- •Worked out by the faculty of English section of Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- •Preface
- •Part I. Universal criteria of complex assessment of english language proficiency
- •Introduction
- •1.Choose the right variantof present simple.
- •12. Choose the correct variant.
- •I. For listening you should get 20%. Time limit 10 min.
- •Media Design Advertising
- •Answer the questions according to the text- 5% ( 3 min) (0.2 for right answer)
- •Making up a short topic or dialogue. (5-6 sentences) - 7% (3min)
- •Take part in discussion on the given topic– 5 % , (3min).
- •Children and advertising.
- •Guess the meaning of highlighted words and phrase - 5% (4min)
- •Order the words to make sentences
- •2.Complete the letter of application for a job with the words from the box -2%(3min)
- •3. Write an essay to the given topic (8-10 sentences) -2% (4min)
- •Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- •Consolidation of grammar.
- •Kazakh cuisine
- •Vocabulary
- •1) I love my mum’s cooking. ________ food is always the best.
- •Have you ever tried English food? What did you think of it?
- •References
- •Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- •Grammar.
- •My exam nightmare.
- •Look at the photos. Have you ever done any of these sports?
- •Questions for computer based test
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- •Vocabulary and speaking
- •Family matters
- •Grammar: Like and look like Explanation
- •We are family
- •Everyone can see we’re friends 1 _______ ____________
- •Questions for computer based test
- •1. Choose the correct answer
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Clive Oxenden “New English File”. Intermediate level. Work book. Oxford University Press. 2010.
- •Vocabulary
- •Money has no smell
- •The dollar
- •The pound
- •The tenge
- •Questions for computer based test
- •Glossary
- •References
- •KazakhLeadingAcademy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- •● We use the Present perfect continuous to talk about recent activities. It answers the question ‘How have you been spending your time?’:
- •I’ve been writing letters.
- •I haven’t been working very hard.
- •Complete with a verb from the list in the present perfect continuous.
- •Speaking. What have you been doing?
- •L ook at the pictures. What do you think the people have (or haven’t) been doing?
- •Questions for computer based test
- •Glossary
- •Vocabulary
- •Travelling
- •Questions for computer based test
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Warming up: Explain this proverb and give examples “ Every country has its customs” Grammar: must, have to, should (obligation)
- •1.Consolidation of grammar. Circle the correct form.
- •Complete the sentences with mustn’t or don/t/ doesn’t have to.
- •Which is correct?
- •Listening 1. Listen to the dialogue and give t (true) or f (false) answer. [1.2 pp36].
- •What have you learnt from the topic. Retell it.
- •Guess the missing words from the text and complete the sentences.
- •3.Read the poem and summarize it
- •Questions for computer based test
- •1. Read and translate the text “Culture of Kazakhstan. Kazakh culture and national traditions”
- •American Thanksgiving
- •References
- •Warming up: “Culture is the second nature” Explain this proverb and give examples Grammar: Must, may, might, can’t (deduction)
- •When you are sure something is true: Must
- •When you think something is possible: may/might.
- •When you think something is not possible/not true: can’t
- •[1.2 Pp37]. Match a line in a with a line in b. Who is talking? Where do you think the conversation are taking place?
- •People and their appearances
- •2.Answer the following questions using your own words but taking into account the
- •Information in the text.
- •Questions for computer based test
- •Funny professor
- •References
- •Warming up: “Choose an author as you choose a friend” Explain this proverb and give examples
- •Questions for computer based test
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Questions for computer based test
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Find words with the same root in the text.
- •Questions for computer based test
- •References Main literature
- •Additional literature
- •References
- •Vocabulary
- •Change your house to change your life!
- •Questions for computer based test
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Victoria and Albert
- •Tristan and Isolde
- •Vocabulary
- •Questions for computer based test
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Questions for computer based test
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Men’s opinion about…
- •Native Americans
- •References
- •A Great Composer
- •Crossword puzzle “Job”
- •Questions for computer based test
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Kazakh wedding ceremony and traditions
- •Wedding customs and traditions of great-Britain
- •Living a Long Life
- •Questions for computer based test
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Satpaev city
- •Questions for computer based test
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Invention of the telephone
- •I’d like to know where he was born.
- •Questions for computer based test
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Questions
- •Questions for computer based test
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Questions for computer based test
- •Glossary
- •Kazakhstan Superstitions and Folklore
- •References
- •Kazakh wedding ceremony
- •The marriage proposal
- •Vocabulary. Give the definitions of these words and word combinations, discuss with your teacher or partner.
- •Questions for computer based test
- •Glossary
- •1.Listen to a part of a radio consumer programme where people are talking about bad services, try to guess the meaning of the following words, discuss with your teacher. [3]
- •2. Listen again and give true (t) or false (f) or dosen`t say (d.S) answers
- •Irritating habits
- •Questions for computer based test
- •Glossary
- •Office Hours
- •S tonehenge
- •Questions for computer based test
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Vocabulary. Try to guess the meaning of the following words with you partner. If you don`t know the meaning or translation of the word ask your teacher to help.
- •1.Do animals have feelings?
- •2. What are the Earth's oldest living things?
- •3 . What man-made things on Earth can be seen from space?
- •4. What is the most terrible natural disaster to have hit the Earth?
- •5. Why isn't there a row 13 on aeroplanes?
- •6. Why do women live longer than men?
- •7. Was Uncle Sam a real person?
- •Questions for computer based test
- •Glossary
- •KazakhLeadingAcademy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- •Science crossword. Please, complete the crossword puzzle. Clues down
- •Glossary
- •KazakhLeadingAcademy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- •Read the text and choose the best title for it.
- •Match the sentences from the text (1-8) with the uses (a-g)
- •Что Вы думаете, произойдет в мире через 100 лет?
- •1 You will hear someone being interviewed about her present life and future plans. What does she say about
- •Questions for computer based test
- •Glossary
- •Reference
- •Questions for computer based test
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- •Video presentation “Speaking about Famous people (about our ancestors)”(on slides are shown famous Kazakhs).
- •Abai (Ibrahim) Kunanbayev
- •Word nineteen
- •Questions for computer based test
- •Glossary
- •References
- •2.Choose the right variant of present simple.
- •3.Choose the right variant of present simple.
- •4.Choose the right variantof present simple.
- •8. Complete with the past simple or past continuous.
- •9. Choose the correct answer
- •75. Choose Present Continuous Passive
- •76. Choose Present Simple Passive
- •105.Choose the right variant
- •106.Choose the right variant
- •107.Choose the right variant
- •Practice
- •I will always love you. Whitney Houston
- •Anti-smoking vaccine developed
- •Voice-over 2 The facial
- •Voice-over 3 The foot treatment
- •Voice over Week one.
- •Voice over Week two.
- •Voice over Week three.
- •Voice over Week four.
- •II. For speaking you should get 20%. Time limit 10 min.
- •Taking part in discussion, debates on the given topics--8% (4min).
- •Answer the following questions -- 7% (3min) (0.2 for right answer).
- •Have you ever tried English food? What did you think of it?
- •What mannars do Kazakh people differ from other nationalities?
- •Discussion on the given topic - 5% , (3min).
- •Reading the text and translate it. Kazakh cuisine
- •Translate the first two paragraphs of the text without dictionary
- •Guess the meaning of highlighted words or phrases, explain them.
- •2 .Reading the text and retelling
- •2.Translate the first two paragraphs of the text without dictionary
- •3. Guess the meaning of highlighted words or phrases, explain them.
- •3.Reading the text and retelling it
- •2.Translate the first two paragraphs of the text without dictionary
- •3. Guess the meaning of highlighted words or phrases, explain them.
- •4.Reading the text and retelling it.
- •The dollar
- •The pound
- •The tenge
- •2.Translate the first two paragraphs of the text without dictionary
- •3. Guess the meaning of highlighted words or phrases, explain them.
- •5.Reading the text and retelling it.
- •2.Translate the first two paragraphs of the text without dictionary
- •3. Guess the meaning of highlighted words or phrases, explain them.
- •6.Reading the text and retelling it. Travelling
- •2.Translate the first two paragraphs of the text without dictionary
- •3. Guess the meaning of highlighted words or phrases, explain them.
- •7.Reading the text and retelling it.
- •2.Translate the first two paragraphs of the text without dictionary
- •3. Guess the meaning of highlighted words or phrases, explain them.
- •8. People and their appearances
- •2.Make your own questions according to the text ( 5-6 questions)
- •3.Translate the first two paragraphs of the text without dictionary
- •9.Reading the text and retelling it. Read the text “Books and literature”
- •2.Translate the first two paragraphs of the text without dictionary
- •3. Guess the meaning of highlighted words or phrases, explain them.
- •2.Translate the first two paragraphs of the text without dictionary
- •3. Guess the meaning of highlighted words or phrases, explain them.
- •Education in Great Britain
- •2.Translate the first two paragraphs of the text without dictionary
- •3. Guess the meaning of highlighted words or phrases, explain them.
- •12. Read and work on text “Education in the usa”
- •2.Translate the first two paragraphs of the text without dictionary
- •3. Guess the meaning of highlighted words or phrases, explain them.
- •13. Reading the text and retelling it
- •2.Translate the first two paragraphs of the text without dictionary
- •3. Guess the meaning of highlighted words or phrases, explain them.
- •Victoria and Albert
- •Tristan and Isolde
- •2.Translate the first two paragraphs of the text without dictionary
- •3. Guess the meaning of highlighted words or phrases, explain them.
- •15. Reading the text and retelling it.
- •2.Translate the first two paragraphs of the text without dictionary
- •3. Guess the meaning of highlighted words or phrases, explain them.
- •16. Reading the text and retelling it.
- •2.Translate the first two paragraphs of the text without dictionary
- •3. Guess the meaning of highlighted words or phrases, explain them.
- •17. Reading the text and retelling it. “Job swaps”
- •2.Translate the first two paragraphs of the text without dictionary
- •3. Guess the meaning of highlighted words or phrases, explain them.
- •18. Reading the text and retelling it.
- •2.Translate the first two paragraphs of the text without dictionary
- •3. Guess the meaning of highlighted words or phrases, explain them.
- •Kazakh wedding ceremony and traditions
- •2.Translate the first two paragraphs of the text without dictionary
- •3. Guess the meaning of highlighted words or phrases, explain them.
- •20. Reading the text and retelling it.
- •2.Translate the first two paragraphs of the text without dictionary
- •3. Guess the meaning of highlighted words or phrases, explain them.
- •2.Translate the first two paragraphs of the text without dictionary
- •3. Guess the meaning of highlighted words or phrases, explain them.
- •22. Reading the text and retelling it.
- •2.Translate the first two paragraphs of the text without dictionary
- •3. Guess the meaning of highlighted words or phrases, explain them.
- •23. Reading the text and retelling it.
- •2.Translate the first two paragraphs of the text without dictionary
- •3. Guess the meaning of highlighted words or phrases, explain them.
- •24. Reading the text and retelling it.Kazakh wedding ceremony
- •2.Translate the first two paragraphs of the text without dictionary
- •3. Guess the meaning of highlighted words or phrases, explain them.
- •25. Reading the text and retelling it. Stonehenge
- •2.Translate the first two paragraphs of the text without dictionary
- •3. Guess the meaning of highlighted words or phrases, explain them.
- •26. Reading the text and retelling it. What are the Earth's oldest living things?
- •3 . What man-made things on Earth can be seen from space?
- •4. What is the most terrible natural disaster to have hit the Earth?
- •5. Why isn't there a row 13 on aeroplanes?
- •6. Why do women live longer than men?
- •7. Was Uncle Sam a real person?
- •2.Translate the first two paragraphs of the text without dictionary
- •3. Guess the meaning of highlighted words or phrases, explain them.
- •2.Translate the first two paragraphs of the text without dictionary
- •3. Guess the meaning of highlighted words or phrases, explain them.
- •2.Translate the first two paragraphs of the text without dictionary
- •3. Guess the meaning of highlighted words or phrases, explain them.
- •2.Translate the first two paragraphs of the text without dictionary
- •3. Guess the meaning of highlighted words or phrases, explain them.
- •30. Reading the text and retelling it. Abai (Ibrahim) Kunanbayev
- •2.Translate the first two paragraphs of the text without dictionary
- •3. Guess the meaning of highlighted words or phrases, explain them.
- •Task 2. Have you ever tried English food? What did you think of it?
- •It is very probably that in the future there will be no borders and people will be able to move freely
- •10.Congratulating a Friend on a Promotion
- •11 Congratulations cards
- •12. Congratulations letter
- •13.Congratulations letters.
- •14.Business Congratulations Letter Example
- •15.Achievement Congratulations Letter Example
- •English proverbs and sayings
- •English idioms
- •Quatations
- •Phrasal verbs
- •Business Letter About Shipment
- •4. Business Letter About Meeting
- •5.Contract letter
- •7.Cover letter
- •8. Business Letter About Dissolving Partnership
- •9.Letter of commendation
- •Re: Commendation - Shannon Berloitz
- •10.Letters of introduction
- •11.Letter of reference
- •Re: Customer Reference - Fairmont Litho Arts Inc.
- •13.Letter of credit
- •14.Business letter
- •Business Letters
- •What is a manager?
Practical English Course for Students of Non-Linguistic Majors
INTERMIDIATE
Worked out by the faculty of English section of Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
and Almaty College of Communication at KAU
ABSTRACT
This manual presents an additional course of teaching and assessing the English language proficiency on the III level – Intermediate mainly in the sphere of General English, also touching some aspects of Business and Professional 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 paid to 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 majors, 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
Title |
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Preface |
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1 |
Universal criteria of complex assessment of English language proficiency |
7 |
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1.1 |
Theoretical block |
10 |
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1.2 |
Practical block |
13 |
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2 |
Collection of Hand-outs |
16-154 |
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# |
Grammatical theme |
Lexical theme |
pages |
1 |
Present Simple and Continuous |
Food |
16-20 |
2 |
Past simple, past continuous and past perfect tenses |
Sport |
21-26 |
3 |
Future forms; like/look/like |
Family and personality |
27-31 |
4 |
Present perfect |
Money matters |
32-35 |
5 |
Present Perfect Continuous |
Changing your life |
36-38 |
6 |
Comparative and superlative adjectives. |
Transport and travelling |
39-43 |
7 |
Must, have to, should (obligation). |
National identity |
44-49 |
8 |
Must, may, might, can’t (deduction) |
People and their appearances |
50-54 |
9 |
Can, could, be able to (ability and possibility). |
British Books and literature |
55-59 |
10 |
Grammar: First conditionals |
Education in Kazakhstan |
60-64 |
11 |
Future time clause |
Education in Great Britain |
65-69 |
12 |
Phrasal verbs |
Education in the USA |
70-75 |
13 |
Second conditional |
My ideal house |
76-79 |
14 |
Usually and used to |
Relationships |
80-82 |
15 |
Modal verbs: mustn’t and don’t have to |
Lifestyle |
83-87 |
16 |
Articles |
A man thing or a woman thing |
88-92 |
17 |
Gerund and infinitive |
The right job for you |
93-97 |
18 |
Reported speech |
Life’s great events |
98-102 |
19 |
Passives |
Famous Kazakh people |
103-107 |
20 |
Direct and indirect questions |
British and American celebrities |
108-111 |
21 |
Relative clauses |
Heroes and icons of our time |
112-116 |
22 |
3 rd conditional |
Substitutions |
117-121 |
23 |
Question tag |
Customs connected with birth, wedding and funeral |
122-126 |
24 |
Reported speech |
Habits |
127-131 |
25 |
Phrasal verbs |
Wonders of the world |
132-135 |
26 |
Third conditional |
How well do you know our world |
136-141 |
27 |
Used to |
Science and scientists. |
142-145 |
28 |
Future Perfect |
Tomorrow’s world. |
146-148 |
29 |
Compound nouns |
Mass media |
149-153 |
30 |
General revising’ |
The call of the ancestors |
154-158 |
3 |
Collection of tests and lexical materials |
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3.1 |
Theory |
Bank of tests |
159-171 |
3.2 |
Practice |
Listening practice |
172-189 |
3.3 |
speaking practice |
|
190 |
3.4 |
reading practice |
|
191-207 |
3.5 |
writing practice |
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208-213 |
4 |
Additional material |
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4.1 |
Greeting cards |
|
214-216 |
4.2 |
English proverbs and sayings |
|
217 |
4.3 |
English idioms |
|
218 |
4.3 |
Quotations |
|
220 |
4.4 |
Phrasal verbs |
|
221 |
4.5 |
Samples of business letters |
|
223 |
4.6 |
Texts for special purpose |
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233-237 |
5 |
Literature |
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238 |