I. Translate from English into Russian the following words and phrased and find in the text or make up your own sentences with the phrases

inner processes, learning processes, mental processes, the science of mental processes, mental "abilities”, mental tests, mental qualities, particular mental qualities, the development of particular mental qualities, the development of educational psychology, intellectual development, mental development, general human development, child development, to govern child development, to govern mental processes, the laws governing the mental processes, die laws governing child development, to reveal the laws governing die mental processes as processes, to concentrate on revealing the laws governing mental processes, to measure mental “abilities”, to classify discrete mental abilities, to develop the abilities of children, to develop the qualities of behaviour of children, to be concerned with the teaching, to be concerned with the upbringing, as education concerned, to lie at the basis of education, to lie at the basis of psychology, the children under somebody's care, a support to education.

П. Find in the text English equivalents to the following Russian phrases

наука о психических процессах, современная психология образова­ния, обдумывать возможную линию развития психологии образования, развитие определенных качеств ума, изменений и развитие человека, умственное и психическое развитие человеке, развивать способности, развивать определенную способность; законы, управляющие развитием ребенка, законы, управляющие процессом обучения; открывать законы, управляющие психическими процессами как таковыми, измерять и клас­сифицировать конкретные «способности» ума, жизненная необходимость, внутренние процессы; дети, о которых заботятся родители; обучение и воспитание, основная задача, поддержка процессу образования, лежать в основе процесса образования, что касается быть связанным с..., ис­ключать любую попытку объяснить что-либо.

Ш. Put in the missing prepositions

1. Education is concerned both ... Teaching and ... Upbringing.

2. Psychology lies... the basis of education, 3. The chief role of psychology is to assist parents and teachers to develop the abilities and qualities of behaviour of children... their care. 4. Current educational psychology must concentrate not only ... measuring and classifying discrete, mental «abilities» ... the method of using mental tests. 5. The main task of educational psychology is to explain inner processes that result... human change and behaviour. 6. Educational psychology must be of great assistance... the teacher or parent concerned ... creative education.

4. Find in the text and give «look up and say» answers to each of

the following questions

I. What is psychology? 2. What is education concerned with?

3. Psychology lies at the basis of education, doesn’t it? 4. Is the chief role of psychology to discover the laws governing child behaviour? 5. What does current educational psychology concentrate on? 6. Why can’t the method of using mental tests be the chief method of psychology? 7. What is the main task of educational psychology? 8. Psychology must act as support to education, mustn't it?

4. Read and translate

THE STORY OF THE BOY WHO «COULD DO BETTER»

Episode 8

Appleford is a special dyslexic boarding and day school. Tim’s needs were met immediately, both in the teaching and pastoral care, and the boarding option was suddenly seen as an opportunity, not a threat. The school’s aim is to build up the self-esteem of children who come to them already damaged. Here they are never presented with a blank page. Instead there are tick boxes, questions read out repeatedly for them to absorb, essays relayed on tapes, and visual aids to help their eager minds’ absprb information. They are loved and nurtured, given coping strategies and disciplines. The atmosphere of safety and support encourages the children to accept and help each other with their disabilities, while discovering their innate intelligence, untapped for years.

Text 9 learning disabilities parti

Learning disabilities is a universal problem that occurs in all cultures and countries in the world. In all cultures there are children who have severe difficulty in learning oral language, reading, writing, or doing mathematics, despite the fact that they seem to have normal intelligence. The term «children with specific learning disabilities» means those children who have a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written. The disorder may manifest itself in imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or to do mathematical calculations. Such disorders include such conditions as perceptual handicaps, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia, and developmental aphasia. Such term does not include children who have learning problems which are primarily the result of visual, hearing, or motor handicaps, of mental retardation, of emotional disturbance, or of environmental, cultural, or economic disadvantage. There is a growing concern for children and youth with learning disabilities.