- •1. A story for reading and discussion doctor in the house by richard gordon
- •1. Read the text and be ready to discuss it using exercises given in Section 5.
- •2. Essential vocabulary list
- •3. Vocabulary notes
- •5.1. Make a lexical analysis of the words from the essential vocabulary according to the following outline. Word lexical analysis
- •Word lexical analysis sample
- •5.2. Translate the following illustrative examples from the Essential Vocabulary into Ukrainian, then do their back translation.
- •1. Annoy
- •2. Chatter
- •3. Cheer
- •5. Rattle
- •6. Reduce
- •5.3. Complete the following sentences with an appropriate word.
- •1. Annoy
- •2. Chatter
- •3. Cheer
- •5. Rattle
- •6. Reduce
- •5.4. Unscramble the following sentences.
- •1. Annoy
- •2. Chatter
- •3. Cheer
- •5. Rattle
- •6. Reduce
- •4. Essential vocabulary exercises
- •1. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian paying attention to the word combinations in italics.
- •2. Paraphrase the sentences using the word combinations in italics.
- •3. Translate the sentences into English using the word combinations.
- •4. A three-minute conversation. Ask another student some of the questions given below. Have a whale of time just chattering for three minutes!
- •5. A) Translate the expressions from the story into Ukrainian.
- •6. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian paying attention to the words in italics.
- •7. Translate the sentences into English paying attention to the words in italics.
- •8. A) Fill in the correct prepositions or adverbs.
- •11. Fill in the suitable synonyms. Annoy, vex, irritate, bother, irk
- •Chatter, gab, chat, gibber
- •Reduce, decrease, lessen, diminish
- •12. Complete the sentences using annoy, reduce, go, cheer, chatter, rattle and their derivatives.
- •13. Translate these expressions into English using the essential vocabulary.
- •14. Unscrambling sentences. Unscramble the following sentences and write out each sentence putting the words or constituent parts in the correct order.
- •16. Translate the following passage into English using the essential vocabulary.
- •5. Text exercises
- •Reading aloud expressively. A) Before reading the passage from the text expressively, practice the following pronunciation phenomena.
- •3. In the reading of the story choose one sentence that you find interesting (or incomprehensible) and write it here. Talk about its meaning with another student/the group.
- •4. Responding to the story: Look through the story and answer the following questions.
- •Your response:
- •Identifying facts:
- •Interpreting meanings:
- •10. A plot summary. Give a short summary of the story using the following guidelines.
- •1. Background
- •2. Preliminary Work
- •3. Making a plot summary
- •11. A character sketch. Take one of the characters in the story – the narrator, the invigilator, an examinee (a man student or a woman student) and analyze his/her personality.
- •1. Background
- •2Writing a Character Sketch
- •Character Sketch Table
- •12. A story evaluation. Explain your response to the story Doctor in the House. Analyze the language of the story.
- •1. Background
- •Prewriting
- •3.Writing a Story Evaluation
- •13. Text analysis. Analyze the text of the story Doctor in the House according to the following guidelines.
- •13.1. Analyze the plot of the story/passage.
- •13.2. Analyze the structure of the story/passage.
- •13.3. Analyze the character/s.
- •13.4. Analyze point of view in story/passage.
- •13.5. Analyze the tone of the story/passage.
- •13. 6. Analyze the style of the story.
- •13.7. Analyze the meaning of fiction.
13.5. Analyze the tone of the story/passage.
1. Do all the speeches seem right for speaker and situation?
2. Are all descriptions appropriate, all actions believable?
3. If the story is comic, is the writer laughing too?
In serious situations, is there evidence of understanding and sympathy?
Does the writer ask you to lament the human condition?
4. What kind of character is the speaker?
Is s/he intelligent? Friendly? Idealistic? Realistic?
5. Do any words seem unusual or especially noteworthy, such as dialect, polysyllabic words,
bookish or colloquial words, foreign words or phrases that the author assumes you know, or especially connotative or emotive words?
13. 6. Analyze the style of the story.
1. What sort of passage is it? Narrative? Descriptive? Does it contain dialogue?
2. Is there a speaker with clearly established characteristics?
How does the passage reflect his/her personality?
3. Is there any slang? Are any words used only in particular occupations or ways of life?
Are there any contractions? Do they indicate a conversational, intimate level of speech?
4. Are there words the most common ones that might be used?
Can you think of more accurate ones? Easier ones? More difficult words?
Are there many short words? Long words?
5. Can you easily imagine the situation described by the words? Prove it.
6. Are the sentences long or short? Is there any variation in length?
Can you observe any relationship between length and topical material? Dwell on it.
7. Are the sentences simple, compound, or complex? Does one type predominate? Why?
8. Are there any noteworthy stylistic devices? How are they used?
What is their effect and functions?
13.7. Analyze the meaning of fiction.
1. Is the idea personal, social, political, economical, scientific, ethical, aesthetic, or religious?
2. How pervasive in the story is the idea?
3. How can character, action, dialogue, statement, description, scene, structure, and the development be related to the idea?
4. Are there contradictory statements?
Implications? Images? Symbols?
5. Is the idea asserted directly, indirectly, dramatically, ironically?