- •Английский язык для первокурсников english for freshmen
- •Часть 1
- •Введение
- •Unit 1 hi, nice to meet you!
- •Vocabulary page 1 personal information
- •Grammar-vocabulary page 2 to be (functions)
- •Speech practice
- •Fill the gaps in the sentences.
- •2. Tell the group about yourself using the Vocabulary Page 1 as an aid.
- •3. Practice mini-dialogues with your partner. Then make up dialogues on analogy of your own.
- •4. Match the following expressions used to describe what people are like: their personal features, capabilities and preferences, likes and dislikes with their Russian equivalents.
- •5. Fill in the gaps in the sentences with proper words.
- •6. Fill in the gaps in the sentences with proper prepositions:
- •7. Translate from Russian into English.
- •What are we like? what do we look like?
- •8. Read the text and translate it into Russian. What Makes People Different?
- •10. Do you have a keen eye? Can you describe your new group-mates from your memory? Describe a person who is sitting behind you without looking at him or her.
- •Vocabulary page 3 appearance what do they look like?
- •Vocabulary page 4 personal traits what is he like? what is she like?
- •11. Do you know these people? Check your answers with the chart below. Match the names of the celebrities with what they do.
- •13. Choose anyone from the list and describe him or her. Sample gapped description below may be of help:
- •14. Everyone has a hidden talent. If you want to know what yours is, take this test. Your hidden talent
- •15. Answer the following questions
- •16. Interview your group-mates and fill in the chart below:
- •17. Describe your friend (group-mate, roommate, neighbour, relative, etc). Questions for discussion
- •Unit 2 student life roller-coaster or why go to university?
- •1. Read the text and make up lists of new words according to categories: social roles, learning procedures and stages of education.
- •2. Study Vocabulary Page 5 “University Life”. Use English-Russian Dictionary to consult for the meaning of the words unfamiliar to you.
- •Vocabulary page 5 university life
- •Vocabulary practice
- •3. Match English expressions with their Russian equivalents.
- •4. Learn the following idioms find their Russian equivalents 2 explain their meanings.
- •5. Match the following Russian expressions with their English equivalents
- •Student glossary
- •6. Match the words with their definitions. Compare your answers with the information from Appendix I (English-English Dictionary). What are the Russian equivalents of these words?
- •7. Consult Appendix II English-English Dictionary for definitions of the following notions:
- •8. English language teachers use a lot of commands during an English class. Are they all familiar to you? classroom english
- •9. Translate from Russian into English:
- •10. Answer the questions Ask your these questions your groupmates:
- •11. Translate from Russian into English:
- •12. Read the text and make a list of new words. Universities of the world. Historical notes
- •12.1. Find the expressions below in the text and give their Russian equivalents. Give definitions to the words and expressions in bold type.
- •12.2. Give English equivalents to the following expressions
- •Comprehension questions
- •14. Each university has its own symbol. Match the symbols and the universities they belong to.
- •15. Read the text and retell it in brief. Harvard university changing the history of education
- •15.2. What are the most significant events in the history of Harvard?
- •15.3. What makes Harvard a very special among American universities?
- •16. Read the text and retell it in detail.
- •Festu: Past, Present & Future
- •Speech practice
- •17. Act out the following mini-dialogues substituting phrases from the lists for the ones in italics (you are welcome to add your own alternatives from the curriculum below).
- •18. Study the sample of curriculum and prepare a description of your studies.
- •20. Do you want to know how good student you are? Do the test. Study skills self assessment
- •21. On the basis of the test above mark out your strong and weak points in your studies and assess them on the scale from 1 (the poorest) to 5 (the strongest) scale.
- •22. Read the text and develop brief recommendations for improving student capabilities. Which of the recommendations given here do you consider useful for yourself? general study tips
- •23. The key person you have to contact with while at university is a teacher. Read the text and translate it into Russian. What teachers make
- •24. Answer the following questions:
- •Questions for discussion
- •Grammar practice grammar page 1
- •Exercises
- •1. Read and answer that this is right for another person or object:
- •2. Give a characteristic to a person or a subject and substitute pronouns for the nouns in the initial sentence.
- •3. Read and express your surprise using really.
- •Grammar page 2 adjectives. Degrees of comparison
- •Exercises
- •Answer the questions using words heavy, difficult or easy.
- •Answer the questions according to the model.
- •Express you agreement according to the model.
- •Answer the questions according the model.
- •Translate from Russian into English:
- •Grammar page 3 there is present
- •In the past
- •In future
- •Exercises
- •Answer the following questions according to the Model.
- •Express your surprise using “really”.
- •Ask questions according to the Model:
- •Translate from Russian into English
- •Grammar page 4
- •Indefinite tenses present
- •Exercises
- •Read and answer that this is right for another person using “also”:
- •Read and ask a question about another person.
- •Ask special questions according to the Model.
- •Past indefinite. Regular verbs
- •Read and answer the question according to the Model.
- •Express your doubt using “really”.
- •Past inedefinite. Irregular verbs
- •Ask if the sentence is true for another person or subject. Use “also”.
- •Read and answer according to the Model.
- •Future indefinite
- •8. Answer the following questions according to the Model:
- •Grammar page 5 continuous tenses present
- •Exercises
- •Read and answer the questions using the model.
- •Read and answers using the words in the brackets.
- •Express your surprise according to the model:
- •Supplementary reading 1
- •Supplementary reading 2
- •How many applicants were chosen to be admitted at Harvard in 1954?
- •Give a brief sociological review of the Harvard freshmen 1954.
- •Retell the passage in brief.
- •Give a brief characteristic of the Reading Period?
- •Do all students get through this period successfully?
- •Retell the fragment in brief. Appendix english-english dictionary
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Questions for discussion
1. How important is higher education? Will it give you more status?
2. Is it important which school, college or university you attend?
3. Should education be free or should tuition be paid?
4. To your mind, what would you change in the modern system of education?
5. Supplementary Reading 2 consists of extracts from the novel “The Class” of a famous American writer Erich Segal. These extracts describe different aspects of studying at Harvard. Read them for more information about this prominent university.
6. Prepare a PP presentation of any famous higher educational institution. Describe its history and present day; major fields of training; students and teaching staff; and role in the development of its country.
7. Compare what you’ve learned about Harvard nd other universities with your own educational experience.
Grammar practice grammar page 1
to be + pronouns
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PRESENT |
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I am a student. You are a student. He is a student. She is a student It is a book .
We are students. You are students. They are students. |
I am not a doctor. You are not a doctor. He is not a doctor. She is not a doctor. It is not a book.
We are not doctors. You are not doctors. They are not doctors. |
Am I a doctor? Are you a student? Is he a doctor? Is she a student? Is it book?
Are we doctors? Are you students? Are they doctors? |
PAST |
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I was a student. You were a student. He was a student. She was a student It was a book .
We were students. You were students. They were students. |
I was not a doctor. You were not a doctor. He was not a doctor. She was not a doctor. It was not a book.
We were not doctors. You were not doctors. They were not doctors. |
Was I a doctor? Were you a student? Was he a doctor? Was she a student? Was it a book?
Were we doctors? Were you students? Were they doctors? |
FUTURE |
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I will be a student. You will be a student. He will be a student. She will be a student It will be a book .
We will be students. You will be students. They will be students. |
I won’t be a doctor. You won’t be a doctor. He won’t be a doctor. She won’t be a doctor. It won’t be a book.
We won’t be doctors. You won’t be doctors. They won’t be doctors. |
Will I be a doctor? Will you be a student? Will he be a doctor? Will she be a student? Will it be a book?
Will we be doctors? Will you be students? Will they be doctors? |