- •Contents
- •Preface
- •Part I. Universal criteria of complex assessment of english language proficiency
- •Introduction
- •Block I-theoretical(20 questions time limit-20minutes)
- •Listen to the text. Give t (true) or f (false) answers - 3% (4 min.) (0.3% for right answer ).
- •2. Answer the questions according to the text – 2% (3 min.) (0.2% for right answer).
- •Speaking
- •II. For speaking you should get 6%. Time limit 10 min.
- •Reading
- •III. For reading you should get 4%. Time limit 10 min.
- •1. Read the text and retell– 2 % (6 min.). Famous people
- •Writing
- •IV. For writing you should get 2%. Time limit 10min.
- •3. Write a dictation-1 % (5 min.).
- •In the countryside
- •Part II Hand outs
- •Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- •Speaking
- •Grammar. Verb to be, pronouns.
- •A) Present tense verb “to be”
- •B) Consolidation of grammar.
- •It’s nice to meet you.
- •References
- •Glossary
- •References
- •5. Read and translate these proverbs
- •6. Put the phrases in order of importance and explain your choice.
- •7. Answer these questions:
- •What does Ellen think of her being friendless?
- •Is Joy happy with her only friend?
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Vocabulary
- •What’s the mystery word?
- •My classroom
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Typically British
- •What is typical English breakfast?
- •Glossary
- •References
- •1. Read the text.
- •2. Read the text and put the necessary words.
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Vocabulary
- •Ali’s family
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- •Underline the adjectives in these sentences
- •She is pretty girl.
- •Listening and writing: Tapescript 3.2 [1.29]
- •"Description of a person and a place"
- •B)In pairs guess the meaning of the highlighted adjectives. Check with your dictionary.
- •Questions for a computer based test
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Vocabulary “Telling the time”.
- •Glossary
- •My daily routine
- •References
- •Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- •Vocabulary
- •Questions for computer based tes
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- •● Use in for parts of the day
- •In the morning/ in the afternoon/ in the evening
- •Choose the right preposition. Write at/on/in
- •Complete with in, on, or at and a time expression:
- •3.15 Listening. You’re going to listen to two other people talk about their favourite times. First listen to these sentences. What do the highlighted words mean?
- •Listening t.12 Listen to the interviews. Complete the chart.
- •Speaking
- •Glossary
- •Office Hours
- •References
- •Hobby rap
- •My hobby
- •Glossary
- •References
- •I also love____________ but my wife prefers ___________.
- •Questions for computer based test
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- •Grammar Object pronouns: me, you, him, etc.
- •1.1 Correct these sentences.
- •1.2 Circle the correct option. Then check your answers in the audioscript on page 153.
- •1.3 Change the highlighted words to pronouns.
- •Write four names in each circle.
- •Famous actresses
- •Pop groups
- •I have… brothers/sisters/children
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Look at the photo of Mount Rushmore. Who are the men? Match their first names and surnames?
- •Listen to an American tour guide. Check your answers. [1.52] t.5.2
- •Listen complete with numbers and dates.
- •Read and role-play the dialogue
- •Read the text “The President of the Republic of Kazakhstan” and underline the verbs in the Past Simple.
- •1. Look at the pictures. What do you know about these famous people? Work in pairs.
- •You are journalist and you work for a tabloid newspaper. You’re going to interview b, a well-known singer who doesn’t often give interviews.
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- •Reading Two famous firsts
- •Glossary
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- •Grammar: “Past Simple irregular verbs”
- •Writing: Write sentences with the following irregular verbs.
- •Office Hours
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- •Vocabulary: houses and furniture
- •2. Prepositions of place:
- •Listening [6.1; 1]
- •Questions for computer based test
- •Glossary
- •Read this conversation between Brian and Sarah. Put the verbs into the correct form.
- •Read the text about neighbours. Answer the questions.
- •Love your neighbours? Sometimes it can be difficult!
- •Guess the meaning of the highlighted words or phrases.
- •Mark the sentences t or f.
- •1. Describe this picture. Do your love your neighbours?
- •2. Ask about neighbors.
- •3. Find Kazakh or Russian equivalents and express your opinion on the sayings. Make up dialogues, using these proverbs.
- •Questions for computer based test
- •Glossary
- •References
- •1. Cover the dialogues and listen. Where are Ivan and Eva ? Eva has a guide book, so she can tell Ivan about the attractions.
- •2. Listen again. Put the verbs in brackets into the present continuous or the present simple. What’s the difference between the two tenses?
- •Imagine you are in London and you get lost. Ask for directions ho w to get to:
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- •Vocabulary:
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- •Grammar
- •Intention We use the special going to construction when we have the intention to do something before we speak. We have already made a decision before speaking. Look at these examples:
- •Glossary
- •II. Write the comparative and superlatives:
- •In pairs, look at the sentences from The True False Show. Write t (true or f (false).
- •IV. Read the text “The coldest and the highest place in the world” and complete each heading with a phrase
- •1. Complete the questions with superlative adjectives.
- •A Beijing b Bangkok c New Delhi
- •2. Two people are discussing commuting. Complete their conversation with comparative or superlative adjectives using the words in brackets.
- •3. Roleplay the dialogue and answer the questions below.
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- •Grammar – Explanation of “Would like to/like”
- •Would like to
- •A. Write sentences and questions with would like.
- •Reading “Are you looking for a really special present?”
- •A Do you like singing in the shower? Would you like to be a pop star? Now you can record the song of your dreams at a real recording studio? Price £ 249.99
- •IV. Home assignment
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Niagara Falls
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Five-year-old banned from bungee jumping
- •Glossary
- •References
- •1. Choose the correct variant in the Past to give.
- •Glossary
- •Our academy
- •Glossary
- •Vocabulary
- •Invitations
- •My impression about my studies
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Part 3 Audio-scripts
- •Part III Collection of tests and lexical materials Block I- Theory
- •Block II - Practice
- •1. Speak on the given topics:
- •2. Answer the following questions on given themes
- •Introducing yourself
- •People and countries
- •Hobbies and leisure
- •About myself
- •My House
- •Asking for medicine
- •Sport activities
- •Is Joy happy with her only friend?
- •Marat and Laura
- •My classroom
- •What is typical English breakfast?
- •About Mark
- •Old friends
- •The history of umbrella
- •Writing
- •Writing a postcard: Imagine you are on holiday. Send your friend a postcard. Write (40 - 50 words):
- •5. Write a letter to the animal home asking for a job.
- •6. Writing an invitation letter: Write an invitation letter, use the model.
- •In the countryside
- •English proverbs and sayings
- •American English-British guide
Practical English language for students of non-linguistic majors
Elementary
Worked out by the faculty of English section of Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
ABSTRACT
This manual presents an additional course of teaching and assessing the English language proficiency on the
I level – Elementary mainly in the sphere of General English.It is designed for students of non-linguistic majors at universities, colleges, high schools and language courses. All materials of manual is systematized from the point of its practical, communicative importance for the students of non-linguistic majors, on the basis of accessibility and sequence of stating and gradual complicating the language knowledge and language skills. A great attention was made on materials of study in the class (collection of handouts) and materials for students’ independent work after classes (collection of tests and lexical materials).
This manual presents an updated version of Universal criteria of complex assessment of English language proficiency (2008) under edition of professor A.A. Kussainov on the basis of lasting and reach experience of teaching foreign language at non-linguistic departments, taking into account the guides of national language policy, requirements of state educational standards and the achievements of the native and foreign scholars and methodologists in this field.
Contents
Preface |
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Part I. Universal criteria of complex assessment of English language proficiency 5-8 |
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1.1 |
Theoretical block |
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1.2 |
Practical block |
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2. |
Collection of hand outs |
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Grammar |
Lexical theme |
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Module I |
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1. |
verb to be+, pronouns: I, you, etc. |
Greetings |
9-12 |
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2. |
verb to be – and? |
Personal information. |
13-15 |
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3. |
possessive adjectives: my, your, etc. |
About my friend. |
16-21 |
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4. |
a/an, plurals, this/that/these/those |
Our classroom. |
22-25 |
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5. |
present simple + and -; |
Typically British. |
26-30 |
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6. |
present simple? |
Meeting people. |
31-34 |
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7. |
a/an , Present Simple+ |
Jobs. |
35-39 |
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8. |
possessive s |
My family. |
40-45 |
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9. |
adjectives quite/very |
Describing things and people. |
46-49 |
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10. |
telling the time, present simple. Revising of Present Simple |
Daily routine. |
50-54 |
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11. |
adverbs of frequency |
Healthy life. |
55-57 |
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12. |
prepositions of time |
Festivals. |
58-61 |
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13. |
can/can’t. V: verb phrases: buy a newspaper, etc |
Hobbies. |
62-66 |
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14. |
Like+(verb+ing) |
Free times activities. |
67-69 |
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15. |
object pronouns: me, your, him |
Life stories. |
70-73 |
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Module II
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16. |
Past simple of be: was / were |
Famous people. |
74-76 |
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17. |
Past simple. Regular and Irregular verbs –ed endings |
Travelling. |
77-80 |
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18. |
Irregular verbs, past simple |
The way of life. |
81-84 |
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19. |
there is/there are |
My house/ flat. |
85-88 |
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20. |
Present simple/ Present continuous |
Neighborhood . |
89-92 |
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21. |
Present simple/ Present continuous |
Cities and directions. |
93-98 |
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22. |
Countable/uncountable nouns. a/an, some/any. |
Food around the world. |
99-102 |
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23. |
To be going to, predictions, plans |
Future plans and intentions. |
103-106 |
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24. |
Comparative and superlative adjectives |
The world around us. |
107-111 |
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25. |
Would like to / like |
Adventures. |
112-115 |
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26. |
Common adverbs. Adjectives and adverbs |
Looking good. |
116-120 |
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27. |
Present Perfect |
Have you ever…? |
121-125 |
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28. |
Present Perfect or Past Simple |
Films and books. |
126-129 |
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29. |
Irregular Past Participles |
Our Academy. |
130-133 |
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30. |
Lexica - grammatical revision of the themes |
My impression about the first term. |
134-137 |
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Audio-scripts |
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141-150 |
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Part 3. Collection of tests and lexical materials |
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3.1 |
Bank of tests |
151-161 |
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3.2 |
Practice on speech activities: Listening; Speaking; Reading; Writing ; |
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3.3 |
Phrasal verbs |
176 |
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3.4 |
English proverbs and sayings |
177-178 |
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3.5 |
British-American guide |
179 |
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