- •Л.М.Кузнецова, ж.Л.Ширяева are teachers born or made?
- •Contents
- •Are Teachers Born or Made? Preface
- •Define the expressions which you failed to use in your answers to the above given questions. Translate these expressions into Russian and make up sentences of your own to illustrate their usage.
- •State the difference between a novice teacher and a trainee teacher. The teenage teachers
- •Set Work
- •I. Complete these statements by choosing the answer which you think fits best.
- •II. Find in the article the English for:
- •Как я неделю работала учителем
- •Set Work
- •Some personal qualities of a teacher
- •Set Work
- •Учитель на идеальном фоне
- •Set Work
- •What makes a teacher special?
- •Set Work
- •I. Practice the pronunciation of the words below. Transcribe and translate them.
- •II. Find in the article the English for:
- •VII. Say whether you agree or disagree with the statements from the article.
- •VIII. Points for discussion.
- •Если ваш ребенок не любит школу, советы специалистов помогут вам справиться с этой проблемой
- •Страхи и беспокойство
- •Одиночество
- •Хулиганы
- •А может, все дело в здоровье?
- •Проблемы с учителями
- •Set Work
- •I. Think of the best English equivalents to say:
- •II. Render the given article into English. Make use of the words from the first task.
- •III. Points for discussion.
- •Inspiration
- •I. Have you ever had a teacher who inspired you? We asked successful people to tell us about a teacher who had a great influence on them.
- •Set Work
- •I. Define the meaning of the words below. Say how they were used in the cited opinions.
- •II. Find in the opinions the English for:
- •III. Interpret the idea behind the following lines:
- •IV. Points for discussion.
- •V. Write an essay about a teacher in your life. A teacher’s profile Why I became a teacher
- •Something not many people know about me
- •I. Learn the pronunciation of the following words. Transcribe and translate them.
- •II. Say what the given abbreviations stand for.
- •III. Find in the article the English for:
- •VIII. Say whether you agree or disagree with the statements from the article.
- •IX. A) Give the gist of the article.
- •X. Imagine that the lines printed in bold type refer to you. What answers would you give to the questions taken from the article? Share your first-hand experience as a teacher.
- •Студенты-педагоги не хотят идти в школу
- •Set Work
- •II. Say why novice teachers are unwilling to go to school these days. Recognising excellent teachers
- •Set Work
- •V. Make up a list of words and word combinations referring to the learning and teaching process.
- •VI. Formulate the idea behind these lines. Enlarge on it.
- •VII. Say whether you agree or disagree with the statements:
- •VIII. Points for discussion.
- •Set Work
- •I. Think of the best English variant to say:
- •II. Points for discussion.
- •Funny moments for teachers
- •Set Work
- •Insight into the profession. What makes a good foreign language teacher?
- •Set Work
- •«Ты существуешь ради учеников, а не они ради тебя» Катехизис – слово греческое, а означает оно наставление
- •Set Work
- •I. Render the article into English; try to use as many words under study as you can.
- •II. Which tips do you find especially helpful?
- •III. Say how you understand the headline of the article. Dwell on the implication. An ideal language teacher: what is he like?
- •Set work
- •I. Find in the article the English for:
- •II. Explain in their context the following phrases:
- •III. Answer the following questions:
- •IV. Come out with a talk on any foreign language teacher you know, who may serve as an example of an "ideal", back up your opinion. Teacher stress
- •Set Work
- •I. Learn and practice the pronunciation of the words below.
- •II. Find in the article the English for:
- •III. Define the words and word combinations below. Say how they were used in the article. Make up sentences of your own to illustrate their usage.
- •IV. Dwell upon the contextual meaning of the following lexical units used in the article. Reproduce the context with the given words and word combinations.
- •IX. Points for discussion.
- •Мучения сельского учителя корреспондент «кп» провел день в сельской школе
- •Режим дня сельского учителя
- •Set work
- •I. Supply the best English equivalents for the words below:
- •II. Points for Discussion
- •Learning and loving it
- •Set Work
- •I. Say what is meant by:
- •II. Reveal the difference between the words below. Give examples to illustrate their usage.
- •III. Find in the article the English for:
- •IV. What do the following interjections mean? In what situations can they be used?
- •V. State the idea behind the lines below and enlarge on it.
- •VI. Say what you think about the tips offered. What other tips would you put forward?
- •VII. Does Bruce Choy seem to be a competent teacher? high school students speak on the ideal teacher
- •Set Work
- •I. Say what is meant by:
- •II. Find in the article the English for:
- •III. Fill in the correct prepositions.
- •IV. Enlarge on the idea.
- •V. Comment on each idea for improving teacher performance. Which of them are of paramount importance? Can you come up with some more helpful propositions?
- •VI. Points for discussion.
- •«Клянусь научить всему, что знаю сам» Накануне Дня учителя прошел финал всероссийского конкурса «Учитель года-2004»
- •Set Work
- •I. There is no Teacher’s oath so far. Read excerpts from the draft oath drawn up by a contestant.
- •II. Render the article.
- •III. Say what you would write if you were a contestant. Bad behaviour
- •Set Work
- •I. Define the words and word combinations below. Say how they were used in the article.
- •II. Scan the article for the following English equivalents:
- •IV. State the difference between the words below. Give examples to illustrate their usage.
- •V. Check against the article for the following prepositions.
- •VI. State the idea behind the following lines taken from the article.
- •VII. Points for discussion.
- •VIII. Scan the article for the sentences which reveal its message. Реформировать нужно не школу, а зарплату учителей
- •Some say laws designed to protect children may have swung the balance too far. Are people who work with children too vulnerable to false accusations? Has child protection legislation gone too far?
- •Rodger Edwards, uk
- •Michael t. Farnworth, Isle of Man
- •Mark b, uk
- •Gerry Anstey, England
- •Martin Adams, uk
- •Richard, uk
- •Rob, England
- •John b, uk
- •Beth, uk
- •Helen, uk
- •Set Work
- •I. Define the following lexical units:
- •II. Find in the article the English for:
- •III. Fill in with the right prepositions.
- •IV. Supply the word with the following meaning.
- •V. State the idea behind the lines below.
- •VI. Say whether you agree or disagree with the given statements. Give reasons.
- •VII. Points for discussion.
- •Пойдет ли мужчина в нашу школу?
- •Set Work
- •Render the above article into English.
- •Say why few men-teachers go into the profession.
- •Is it better to be taught by a male or female teacher?
- •Is a teacher born or made?
- •Set Work
- •Supplement
- •One of my favourite students
- •II. Define the meaning of:
- •III. Do you think it’s important for a teacher and a pupil to come and talk to each other? teaching infants
- •Practice
- •Principle
- •Practice
- •Practice
- •Principle
- •Practice
- •Principle
- •Practice
- •Set Work
- •Set Work
- •Home schooling
- •Set Work
- •I. Read the passage and then underline the information that answers these questions:
- •II. What do you think of home schooling? Would you like your child to be a home-schooler? и не надо родителей в школу вызывать
- •Set Work
- •I. Render the article into English. The Teacher Catherine Lim
- •Set Work
- •I. Read the text and formulate its message.
- •Государственное образовательное учреждение высшего профессионального образования Липецкий государственный педагогический университет
- •398020 Г. Липецк, ул. Ленина, 42
- •Пойдет ли мужчина в нашу школу?
- •Мучения сельского учителя Корреспондент «кп» провел день в сельской школе
- •Анна Бессарабова
Set Work
I. Think of the best English variant to say:
Выгораживать обидчика; управлять учителем; раскрыть карты; дрессировщик; фокусник; хищник; держать в узде; бунт; подыгрывать кому-либо; обруч; проявить норов; «не высовываться»; украдкой; в квадрате; неуспеваемость; амплуа; отсутствующий взгляд; массовик-затейник; обидчивый; заигрывать; аномалия; голословный; заискивать.
II. Points for discussion.
Is the author serious about the given classification?
Is there a grain of truth in the article?
Have you ever come across the described teacher types? Which of them is the worst?
How would you categorize all teacher types?
Is it worth knowing how to manipulate a teacher? Have you ever resorted to such a manipulation?
Funny moments for teachers
YOUNG LOVE
I was in charge of a group of students aged six to seven years old. Martin was a sweet blonde boy who every afternoon went to the bus stop with me. When I took the bus, he said goodbye and left. In class he was gentle and a good student, of course. He went for chalks, he looked for a new duster; whatever I need he was always ready to help. One afternoon, we were both walking to the bus stop as usual (he was carrying my books) and I asked him why he didn't go home to have tea or just to play with his friends and he replied: "If granny is not wrong I am falling in love with you". My God!!!!!!! I didn't know what to say but words came out of my mouth and nervously talked to him about the day I met my husband and how nice it was to be in love. Fortunately the bus came and I had to go. We went on going together to the bus stop but we never mentioned the word "love" again. But three weeks after that, we were going out of school when I left him just out of the door because my husband was there waiting for me. The following class he brought the chalks and the duster as usual, but before going to his seat he asked me “Miss Annie: Is that tall man more good-looking than me?”
I FELL IN LOVE WITH THAT LITTLE ВОY AT ONCE! and I will never forget him.
Ana Jacobi
CHEATING
In one of my first teaching jobs, I taught at a school in the South of France as an assistant teacher, trying to motivate young pupils and encourage them to speak. After a few weeks, I tried a role play game, which involved the students buying and selling products from each other, trying to make the most money. I had prepared pretend money, things to sell, and they were really enjoying it until one of them decided that another boy was cheating. "Tricheur", he said, and they got into an argument in French. After sorting out the problem, I taught the class a new word, “Cheat”, which they repeated and wrote down in their vocabulary books. The following week, a horrified English teacher asked me not to teach the class swear words. I had no idea what she was talking about until she explained that after she caught one of the girls copying from another in the class test, the whole class turned round to her (no doubt trying to impress their teacher) and said "You are a cheat." Unfortunately, as noisy twelve year old beginners, who can't quite differentiate between "sh" and "ch", the sentence didn't quite come out like that....
Margaret Bell in France
WALKING THE DOG
This amusing "got wrong end of the stick" incident happened in my adult EFL class. I was teaching the structure "have something done". After eliciting several good examples from students: in Britain you go to the hairdresser to have your hair cut, you go to the optician to have your eyes tested, you go to the photographer's studio to have your photo taken...One student who had lived in the USA said she had heard that people with busy lives "had their dogs walked" and asked whether it happened in the UK. To which I replied that yes, but it wasn't very common. As I looked round the class, I noticed a very puzzled expression on one Pakistani student's face. When I asked him what was wrong, he, in all seriousness, piped up “Oh, in Pakistan our dogs don't have to be walked. In Pakistan our dogs can walk by themselves.” The whole class simply fell about laughing.
Z Aziz in Scotland
LATEST FASHION
There's always something I take great care of when I’m starting a new English group. I plan my outfit weeks before the class is to begin, I choose the most appropriate suit, the right colour, the shoes, the bag, the jeans and T-shirt for adolescent groups and so on. It's just something that comes naturally to me; the way you dress can help you when want to give the best impression and win the students over by the end of the class!
So anyway, about ten days ago I was handed over my list of new students. Our registers have a space for their dates of birth, which are only completed if the students are under age. I read through the names and realised it was a kiddies group, as their dates of birth made then 9 and 10 year olds. I did find it strange that the list had been handwritten (they normally come straight out of the computer) but I didn't give it that much importance.
Anyway, that's when I put my thinking cap on and eventually realised that the starting date was actually the first day of Spanish Carnival. "Great! I thought. I'll use my teddy bear suit, bring in my box of cuddly toys, and base my first class on animals and colours". I remember thinking that most kids dress up at carnival and they'd find it cute if their teacher was also in the carnival spirit.
And that's what I did, I arrived on the first Thursday of carnival, dressed as a cute little teddy bear, with my box of toys under my arm and my folder with the register inside it, in my left hand. I walked through the door quite happily... only to see the Director of Studies watching me completely astonished, in the company of a middle aged smart looking man in a suit. I smiled at her and looked straight at her as she said: "Good afternoon, Vicky, I would like to introduce you to Mr. Mendez, the Director of "XXXXXXX" who has organised the English course which you will be teaching today". I nearly died. But luckily, Mr. Mendez had an excellent sense of humour and started to giggle. The secretary then interrupted to apologise to me about having given me the wrong details for my new class. Unfortunately the computer had been re-programmed and had lost part of the school's vital information. That's why my register was handwritten!
Be careful! You never know what could await you in your next English class!
Vicky Lopez Sheridan in Spain
/From “English” №13, 2004/