- •Сидоренко с.І. Посібник з практичного курсу англійської мови
- •Contents
- •Bringing up children
- •1.Read the following text and find answers to the following questions:
- •Explain the meaning of the following words and word combinations used in the text:
- •3. Do you agree with all ideas expressed in the text? Discuss the following:
- •4. Read the following text and draw a diagram showing development of perceptual, emotional, intellectual and behavioral capabilities in childhood.
- •5. Act as psychologists and on the basis of your diagrams and the information from the text give advice to parents as to what they should focus on in different years of their child’s development.
- •6. Why is it important to teach children responsibility? Here are some recommendations aimed at teaching responsibility. Do you think they may be effective? Add your own recommendations to the list.
- •7. Read the following text to find out about the role adults, especially parents, play in bringing up children:
- •8. Give arguments to support the following:
- •10. Problem page
- •11. Who or what spoils children? Read the following ideas about what child can be called spoilt and express your attitide:
- •12. Parents and teachers today are concerned about children’s growing aggressiveness, particularly visible in teenagers. Read the following passage to find out more about the problem.
- •In your opinion, are the factors leading to youth crime in Ukraine the same as in the usa?
- •13. Role play
- •14. Discussion club “children and school”
- •15. Group work. In groups of three or four consider the following statements, decide whether you agree with them or not and write your arguments for or against:
- •16. Make oral or written commentaries on the following quotations:
- •The united states of america
- •How much do you know about the United States of America? Can you answer the following questions?
- •Study the following information about the country and be ready to speak about its general characteristics:
- •Do you know that
- •Design a tourist brochure featuring some major cities of the United States. Use the information given below. Present your brochures to your group-mates in class.
- •Check yourself. What do you know about:
- •Read the following outline of us early history. Single out the main events.
- •Put the following historic events in chronological order and supply them with dates:
- •10. Check your knowledge:
- •Holidays in the usa
- •Independence Day (July 4)
- •Travel agency
- •Usa quiz
- •Ukraine
- •1. How well do you know the geography of your country? Supply the information missing in the following text about Ukraine.
- •2. Read the following information about Ukraine from a brochure for foreigners.
- •3. Kyiv
- •Read about some other Ukrainian cities and find answers to the questions which follow.
- •5. Culture of ukraine
- •Imagine that you are to write a chapter on Ukrainian culture for a book of world cultures. Discuss the conception of the chapter. Write the outline.
- •6. Project work
- •7. History of ukraine
- •Inernational status
- •IV. Painting
- •To start thinking on the topic answer the following questions for yourself and then discuss your answers with other students. Find out about their ideas and opinions.
- •Read the following outline of the history of Western painting. Find out about the dominant artistic schools and prominent artists.
- •Landmarks of western painting
- •Learn the following vocabulary and use it in your descriptions of paintings:
- •Impression
- •English landscape painting of the early 19th century
- •Great english portraitists
- •Impressionism
- •Comment on one of the following:
- •Write a description of your favourite painting.
- •Check yourself
- •Crossword “art”
- •V. Music
- •1.To start thinking about the topic, discuss the following questions:
- •2. Read the following passage about the art of music and complete the sentences given below:
- •3. Read the following passage about Modest Mussorgsky and choose the best endings for the sentences which follow:
- •4. Have you ever been to an opera house? What did you see? What was your impression?
- •5.Interview your group-mates to find out:
- •9. Here is an article from The Daily Telegraph featuring Madonna’s arrival for the premiere of her new film in London. What do you learn from it about the singer?
- •If you were a reporter going to interview Madonna, which five questions would you ask her?
- •11. Listening comprehension
- •Discuss in pairs some of the following opinions:
- •Get ready for a discussion “Ukrainian rock and pop music”.
- •VI. Man and nature
- •Read the following passage and speak about the state of the environment in Ukraine:
- •2. Study the following materials on different types of pollution and fill in the table which follows.
- •4. Read the following texts to find answers to the questions which precede them:
- •5. Role play
- •6. Can you explain why the consequences of the Chernobyl catastrophe which happened in 1986 remain a burning ecological issue for Ukrainian nation? Read the article below to find more arguments:
- •10. Conference “earth in the 21 century”
- •VII. Higher education. Teacher training
- •Recall the main aspects of the secondary education in Great Britain. Check whether you remember:
- •2. Study the following text about higher education in Great Britain. Higher Education in Great Britain
- •7. Read what Vicky Smith, a 4-year chemistry student of Oxford University, recalls about her entering the university and her present impressions and plans.
- •Developing Skills
- •Outside of College
- •9. Paying for education is a problem. Read the following information to find out how Oxford University tries to help students cope with financial problems.
- •Is Oxford Expensive?
- •If a British student can not pay the tuition fee out of his own or his family income, where can he get the sum he needs?
- •10. Study the following overview of the us university system and make conclusions about specific features of higher education in the usa. Draw parallels with Great Britain and Ukraine.
- •University Organization
- •Read the following text to learn more about the organization of teacher education. Teacher education
- •List of the sources used
Travel agency
Split into groups of 4-5 and imagine that you work at a travel agency. You are to plan a ten-day tour of the United States. Mind that your clients want to see the country in its diversity and that too much sightseeing and museum walking can be tiresome. Some fun and relaxation from excursions are “a must”! Do not forget about convenient transport transfers – rushing from one end of the country to the opposite and then back would be waste of time and money. Think of something original you could offer your clients to make the tour really unforgettable! Schedule the tour for some certain period so that you can take into account holiday celebrations (if any). Your final task is to have the tour schedule ready for each of the ten days and to advertise it to your clients (your groupmates). Use a map of the USA.
Usa quiz
The northern neighbour of the United States.
The southern neighbour of the United States.
The ocean which washes the USA in the west.
The capital of the United States.
The first capital of the United States.
The most important river of the USA.
One of the Great Lakes which lies completely on the US territory.
A mountain chain in the east of the country.
A mountain complex in the west of the United States.
The main geographical zones of the USA.
A statue which greets visitors to New York.
The name of the US flag.
The “youngest” state.
The largest state.
The chief executive of the United States.
Two main political parties.
The President’s residence in Washington D.C.
Two houses of the US Congress.
City – the centre of car industry.
City – the largest inland port.
City where the Declaration of Independence was signed.
City where jazz was born.
State known for Kennedy space centre and winter resorts.
Golden State.
The main crop grown by American farmers.
Wild West was a period of war among …
The lowest point in the USA.
A famous national park in the Rocky mountains.
The centre of movie production.
The author of the draft of the Declaration of Independence.
The president who never lived in the White House.
The building which dominates Washington skyline.
The main street in Manhattan.
The military heart of the United States.
The first permanent English colony in America.
The name of the ship which brought the Pilgrims to America.
The date when the Declaration of Independence was adopted.
The Civil War was a war between…
A famous bridge in San-Francisco harbour.
The number of colonies which proclaimed themselves independent from Britain.
The battle which decided the result of the War of Independence.
The name of the general who took Richmond during the Civil War and defeated the confederate troops.
The holiday celebrated on February 14.
The holiday which appeared due to perseverance of one woman.
Jack-o’-lantern is the symbol of…
Traditional Thanksgiving dishes.
Trees whose blossoming is celebrated as a festival in Washington D.C.
The heart of New York City.