- •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
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
Split into two or three groups. Design and make your own brochure for foreign tourists about Ukraine. Discuss what cities, places, attractions you would feature in the brochure to make foreigners interested in your country. Search for the materials you may need. Use pictures, photos, etc.
Present the results of your work in class.
7. History of ukraine
Complete the following chronological table of the main events in Ukrainian history:
Dates |
Events |
882 |
Prince Oleh defeated Kyiv Princes Ascold and Dir and rallied round Kyiv the Slavic tribes of Eastern Europe (Kyiv – Mother of Rus cities) |
955 |
Kyiv Princess Olha was… |
988 |
|
XII c. |
Feudal strife split Kyiv Rus into principalities and lands |
1240 |
|
|
The Cossacs united in a single military organization |
1569 |
The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was formed |
1648 |
|
1654 |
|
1667 |
Moscow and Warsaw… |
|
The Poltava Battle – the turning point in the Great Northern War |
1775 |
Russian troops ruined… following the order of the Empress Catherine II |
|
Haidamaka uprising – rebellions against… |
1813 |
A peasant movement in Podillya which spread to Kyiv province and Bessarabia (Ustym Karmalyuk) |
1845-1847 |
Foundation of the Brotherhood of… |
4 March 1917 |
|
1917-1920 |
|
7 (20) November 1917 |
|
12 (25) December 1917 |
|
|
The forceful collectivization of agriculture |
|
The forced Holodomor (Famine) killed about 5 mln people in Ukraine |
1939 |
Western Ukraine … |
22 June 1941 |
|
1945 |
Transcarpathian Ukraine was joined to Ukrainian SSR as a separate region |
|
By a special Decree of the USSR Supreme Soviet the Crimea became part of Ukrainian SSR |
|
Deep crisis in all spheres of life |
1988 |
The Ukrainian Helsinki Union was organized |
1989 |
The Rukh National Movement for Perestroika was formed (since 1990 known as the Narodny Rukh of Ukraine) |
24 August 1991 |
|
1 December 1991 |
A referendum took place during which… |
1994 |
L.Kuchma won the Presidential elections |
|
Сonstitution of Ukraine was adopted at the Fifth Session of Verkhovna Rada |
Which other events of Ukrainian history could you add to the table?
Pick out some events which from your point of view had crucial role in the history of Ukraine and discuss their impact on the country’s further development.
Discuss the changes that have taken place in Ukraine since it became an independent country. What effect have these changes had on the life of Ukrainian people? Consider the following aspects: