Glossary

English	Russian	Kazakh
to be exhausted	сильно уставать	қатты шаршау
to lose confidence	терять самоуверенность	сенімділікті жоғалту
to swap	менять	ауысу, алмастыру
increase salaries	повысить зарплату	жалақыны көтеру
to book	забронировать	броньдау
to be banned	запретить	тыйым салу
to require	требовать	талап ету

Home assignment

Ex. 5C 1, 2 [2, p.50, 51]

SIW

Write down a formal letter and CV.

Office hours

1. Write an essay about job swap using gerund and infinitive (about 100-120 words).

2. Make a dialogue “Job swapping”

References

Main literature

1. Clive Oxenden and Christina Latham-Koenig “New English File”. Intermediate. Students Book. Oxford, 2010.

2. Clive Oxenden and Christina Latham-Koenig “New English File”. Intermediate. Workbook. Oxford, 2010.

Additional literature

3. Audio Disc of “New English File” for Intermediate level.

4. “Essential Grammar in Use” by R.Murphy. Second Edition. Cambridge, 2008.

5. Internet resources: www.learningenglish.com/www.crossword.com/ www.learn-english-today

Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
Hand out
English as a foreign language	Department of General Humanitarian Training
Intermediate level	Academic year 2012-2013
2 credits	The 3rd term
Practical lesson № 18
Lexical theme “Life’s great events”. Grammar “Reported speech”
Assistant professor Karybayeva Adina Seilgazyevna

Reading

Read the text and discuss the questions below the text.

Kazakh wedding ceremony and traditions

The formal marriage proposal begins with a delegation from the groom’s parents visiting the house of the bride. The delegation typically consists of five to ten of the family’s most respected relatives. Wedding are arrangements made during the wedding ceremony. It is obligatory to pay the kalym (in the past, cattle; nowadays, cash), which the bride’s parents then use to purchase a gift for the newlyweds, such as furniture, home electronics, etc.

The wedding consists of two parts: the bride’s farewell and the official wedding.

The religious part of the Kazakh wedding ceremony is called Neke Qiyu. The wedding process may take up to many weeks and even months to complete. This is because a Kazakh marriage, like marriages in most Muslim societies, involves a contract between families which requires negotiation.

The Neke Qiyu usually takes place on the evening of the day the bride is revealed to her groom's family. This festive ceremony is called betashar (Kazakh: Беташар) or "revealing of the face." After she shows respect to her groom's family, the veil is lifted and the bride receives a kiss from her mother-in-law. The mother-in-law then puts a white scarf on her head to symbolize her marital status and then welcomes her into the groom's family.

After several hours of feasting, a mullah arrives. He performs the Neke Qiyu. Even though the betashar is performed outside in the garden in the presence of many relatives and friends, the Neke Qiyu is performed inside with close relatives only. The mullah and the couple sit facing one another. He briefly recites some verses from the Quran and asks the couple to confess the faith of Islam. When this ceremony is done, the couple must go and register their marriage at the state registry office.

After the wedding (usually the next day), the groom’s family hosts a Kelin tea ceremony, in which the new wife serves everyone tea, for which the guests offer her money.

While there are over a hundred ethnicities living in Kazakhstan, this post will only describe the wedding traditions of the Kazakhs themselves. The most important wedding traditions are: the formal marriage proposal (kuda tusu), the bridal payment (kalym), the bride’s farewell (kyz uzatu), revealing the face of the bride (betashar), the wedding and post-wedding ceremonies.

Read the text and compare the wedding traditions and discuss.