Методические указания для студентов заочной формы обучения Английский язык

Задание на сессию 03.12.2012-17.12.2012

1 курс, АПК гр. 1222211, 1222212

5. Устные темы:

   5. Personal Identification.

   6. Foreign Languages. English as a Foreign Language.

   7. Polessky State University.

6. Лексический материал к вышеуказанным темам.

7. Грамматический материал.

   5. Auxiliary Verbs, the Present Simple and Continuous.

   6. The Past Simple and Continuous.

   7. Modal Verbs.

8. Тексты для домашнего чтения.

   5. Family Life

   6. How to Learn a Foreign Language

   7. Higher Education in Our Country

Форма контроля: письменный перевод в рабочей тетради, постановка вопросов к тексту и беседа по содержанию текста.

М.В. Колесникович

Topical Vocabulary

an official language mother tongue/ native language to be borrowed dialect

standard English

vocabulary

pronunciation

an international language

international communication

English-speaking countries

to speak English fluently

to make up topics and dialogues

aspects of English

grammar

lexicology

phonetics

to be good at pronunciation

an accent

to make a mistake

to learn (learnt, learnt) a language

a foreigner

to travel abroad

the knowledge of languages

to communicate with people

to occupy a special place

to have a command of a foreign

language

all over the world

the language of progressive science and technology

to address international mail

to store computer texts

to get a good working knowledge of a language

a language teacher

computer-iterate

the most widespread language on the earth

second language

native speakers

to leam professional vocabulary

to study English grammar

to take a lot of time and patience

university. student’s life

University life

Topical Vocabulary

assignment

curriculum

Bachelor’s degree

Master's degree

certificate

degree {to take one’s-)

department

diploma

dissertation

be good at smth.

do well

educate

education

educational sustem

enter a university

examination (exam)

examination регiod (exams)

examination question (paper)

grade (Am.)

tuition

carry on scientific/research work

faculty

fail an examination in smth.

hostel

scholarship

ll HOW TO LEARN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

‘'There is no royal road to learning,^№

The importance of foreign language study is quite obvious. There are different ways to improve your command of a foreign language. First of all you should work hard every day. You are to work systematically.

Learning a foreign language is a hard job. But this hard work can near­ly always bring success, when you do your best in learning the language.

First of all you are to have a desire to learn the language; other­wise you can’t be successful. Learning a foreign language requires a lot of mental and physical activity. You should learn different aspects of the language - phonetics, grammar, vocabulary. Besides you should acquire habits and skills in hearing (listening comprehension), speaking, reading, writing.

To master a foreign language means to learn and know how to ask questions and answer them on a topic, a text or a picture (orally and in writing); to make up a story on a picture, to speak about a topic; to understand tape recorded texts, dialogues, songs; to read aloud the text correctly and understand new texts based on the language material already learnt; to divide texts into logically connected units, entitle the units and retell the texts with the help of the titles used as a plan. The most important thing is to learn a foreign language as a means of com^- munication and a means to acquire cultural background information.

In order to know a foreign language well yon are to work with a dictionary, reference literature, tape recorder, videos; you need to train your memory. To achieve this you are to learn by heart as many words, word combinations, colloquial phrases, dialogues and mini texts as you can.

To know a foreign language you are to learn grammar structures and substitute them with different proper words; to apply your knowledge of grammar and vocabulary in talking, reading books, doing various exercises, that is to develop practical skills and habits.

You are to be active in a foreign language learning, Collecting stamps, post-cards where English is used, learning English songs, reading books, listening to tapes, translating, carrying on conversa­tions on different topics and so on may increase your vocabulary and speaking practice. Try to test your knowledge of grammar and vocab­ulary. In short, you are to master the language while reading, listen­ing, writing and speaking. You need practical knowledge of the lan­guage. Don’t be afraid of making mistakes. Try to repeat everything while listening. Learn a foreign language through practice and you’ll be successful. .

1. Прочитайте и сделайте письменный перевод текстов. К каждому из текстов задайте вопросы (не менее 7).

I. Family life

The English are a nation of stay-at-home. "There is no place like home," they say. And when the man is not working he is at home in the company of his wife and children and busies himself with the affairs of the home. "The Englishman's home is his castle," is a saying known all over the world. And it is true.

A "typical" British family used to consist of mother, father and two children, but in recent years there have been many changes in family life. Some of these have been caused by new laws and others are the result of changes in society. For example, since the law made it easier to get a divorce, the number of divorces has increased. In fact one marriage in every three now ends in divorce. This means that there are a lot of one- parent families. Society is now more tolerant than it used to be of unmarried people, unmarried couples and single parents.

Another change has been caused by the fact that people are living longer nowadays, and many old people live alone following the death of their partners. As a result of these changes in the pattern of people’s lives, there are many households which consist of only one person or one person and children.

You might think that marriage and the family are not so popular as they once were. However, the majority of divorced people marry again, and they sometimes take responsibility for a second family.

Members of a family - grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins - keep in touch, but they see less of each other than they used to. This is because people often move away from their home town to work, and so the family becomes scattered. Christmas is the traditional season for reunions. Although the family group is smaller nowadays than it used to be, relatives often travel many miles in order to spend the holiday together.

In general, each generation is keen to become independent of parents in establishing its own family unit, and this fact can lead to social as well as geographical differences within the larger family group.

Relationships within the family are different now. Parents treat their children more as equals than they used to, and children have more freedom to make their own decisions. The father is more involved with bringing up children, often because the mother goes out to work. Increased leisure facilities³ and more money mean that there are greater opportunities outside the home. Although the family holiday is still an important part of family life (usually taken in August, and often abroad) many children have holidays away from their parents, often with a school party or other organized group.

Who looks after the older generation? There are about 10 million old-age pensioners in Britain, of whom about 750,000 cannot live entirely independently. The government gives financial help in the form of a pension but in the future it will be more and more difficult for the nation economy to support the increasing number of elderly. At the present time, more than half of all old people are looked after at home. Many others live in Old Peoples' Homes, which may be private or state owned.