Срсп 3. Outstanding personalities of kazakhstan.

Практические цели: ознакомление с выдающимися личностями, их работой. Закрепление новых слов и словосочетаний, развитие навыков устной речи, умение высказываться в ситуациях.

Mukhtar Auezov.

Mukhtar Auezov (1897-1961) a distinguished Kazakh writer, playright and statesman was born in Semey region of Kazakhstan. Auezov’s grandfather was a friend of the outstanding Kazakh poet and educator Abai Kunanbaev. He taught the future writer to read from Abai’s manuscript verses.

Mukhtar Auezov graduated from Semipalatinsk Teacher’s Seminary and in 1929, from Leningrad University.

His writing career began with the play “Enlik-Kebek” (1917), based on the folk legend of tragic love. In the course of his life he wrote over 20 plays and many short stories and novels. His best work rightly considered to be the epic novel “Abai”, which gives a mastery panorama of Kazakh life in the second half of the XIX-th century. The novel has had an enormous influence on Kazakh literature and has been translated into many languages. A famous story “Kokserek” was published in 1929. It reminds the readers of Jack London’s story “The call of the wild” and “White fang”. In his story Auezov portrays a wolf as the wild beast which although raised by men remains true to his own nature and opposed to the world humans. The story focuses on the relations between nature and men. It leaves room to reflection: causing good or cruel things to nature never passes without leaving a trace.

The name of Mukhtar Auezov is the brightest among the most remarkables names of his contemporaries. He is a prominent translator of Tolstoi, Checkhov, Shakespeare, London are masterpieces, that greatly enriched Kazalh literature.

Ex.1. Comment on these historical facts. Use the words in italics.

Mukhtar Auezov (1897-1961) a distinguished Kazakh writer.

Mukhtar Auezov graduated from Semipalatinsk Teacher’s Seminary and in 1929.

His writing career began with the play “Enlik-Kebek” (1917).

His best work rightly considered to be the epic novel “Abai”.

A famous story “Kokserek” was published in 1929.

The story focuses on the relations between nature and men.

Ex.2. Discussion. Topics for discussion.

1. The cultural heritage of the Kazakh people.

2. Kazakh poet and educator Abai. ( “The incurable sadness of the wise one”).

Ex.3. Have a talk based on the text with your group mates, making use of the following topics. Working in pairs.

1.Famous persons in Literature. Their contribution for the development of our country.

2. The most famous people in Kazakhstan.

3. You are a famous person of your country.

Ex.4. Make up short stories, using the following words.

Writer

Outstanding

Educator

Verses

A career

A play

Tragic love

The best work

a mastery panorama

an enormous influence on

many languages

readers

wild

own nature

relations

cruel things

a trace

contemporaries

a masterpiece

Ex.5. Choose from the text all the terms relating to literature.

Ex.6. Supply replies, making use of the text.

What is Mukhtar Auezov?

Who are his parents?

What university did he gratuate from?

What play did his career begin with?

Have you read it before?

How many stories and novels did he write?

Do you know about the best work in his life?

What do you say about his famous story “Kokserek”, have you watched it?

Ex.7. Write a composition about one of the M. Auezov’s story, film or novel which you’ve ever read or seen.

Learning recommendations:

Class activity: In this unit of the course book students are supposed to get introduced with the new material: read the text, translate into their native language, summarize in English, complete post-reading tasks and grammar exercises, discuss new speech topics, compose monologues and dialogues in the class.

Home task: Students are assigned to find out additional short information about specific topic of the unit, complete grammar exercises, prepare reports given by the teacher.

Literature:

1. Учебно-методический комплекс для студентов 1 курса неязыковых специальностей, М.Ж. Тусупбекова, А.М. Мухтарханова, 2008, Астана, _____стр.

UNIT 4

GREAT BRITAIN

Texts: Who are the British? A tradition of immigration. The city of Sheffield.

Grammar: The Complex Subject.

Практические цели: овладение дополнительной информацией о стране изучаемого языка, знакомство с историей, обычаями и традициями страны. Закрепление грамматического материала.

Who are the British?

Most people in Britain are English, Scottish or Welsh, but in some British cities you can meet people of many different nationalities. There is one London street, less than 300 meters long, with businesses run by Arabs, Greeks, Indians, Italians, Jamaicans, Nigerians, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish, as well as British.

But is Britain a cosmopolitan society? It really depends on where you go. There are large areas of Britain untouched by immigration. In 1991, 5.5 per cent of the 57 million populations described themselves as belonging to an ethnic minority of Caribbean, African or Asian origin. However, in Scotland, Wales, the north and south-west of England only 1 per cent of the population belongs to an ethnic minority. Most members of ethnic minorities live in the South-East. In Greater London, they represent 20 per cent of the population.

London's immigrants come from inside and outside Europe. There are almost the same numbers of Irish immigrants (3.8 per cent of the population) as Black Caribbean immigrants (4.4 per cent of the population). Many so-called "immigrants" are born in Britain: more than 36,000 Londoners born in Britain describe themselves as "Black British" instead of "African" or "Afro-Caribbean".