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1.The profession of a teacher is a _________ one as a teacher helps to train highly qualified specialists for the country.

2.He is quite _________ in his actions. He doesn’t change his beliefs and he is a person you can rely on.

3.My aunt Ann is a very ________ person. If I were her I would divorce uncle Jack because he has a very difficult character.

4.Nurses in the hospital were very ________. They did everything necessary to treat my broken hand.

5.This man will not hesitate while making a decision. He is quite a ______ person.

6.The profession of a businessman is a ________ one. You should always be aware about the market situation in order not to lose the money invested into your business.

7.Be careful! Don’t worry your mother. She is very _________ and she has a bad heart.

8.It’s a rare case when partners in business are absolutely_______ to each other.

Listening

1. Look through the table, listen and fill in the missing information.

2. Does a job of a teacher have anything in common with the jobs of a news reporter and a surgeon? What are these similarities if any?

Speaking

Describe the portrait of an “ideal” teacher. Do not forget to mention:

-the professional skills a teacher needs (as an educator, as an organizer);

-the features of character a teacher needs (as a communicator);

-the scientific ambitions a teacher needs (as a researcher);

The following phrases may be of some help to you: 1. to know the subject

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to be aware of the methods of teaching to use different forms of work

to know the ways of stimulating the students’ interest to the subject to be able to organize the work

2. to be open to other people opinions

to generate the creative atmosphere at a lesson

to respect the students’ points of views on the subjects to be patient to people differences

to make studying a positive experience for the students

3. to know about the latest achievements in methodology

to study the researches made in human sciences such as psychology, physiology to be aware of the possibilities of computer technologies in the educational process to make research

to publish articles

to take part in conferences

Communication: giving advice.

1. Practice the phrases used to give advice.

2.Use the formulas to give a piece of advice in the following situations.

1.Your friend is ill. He has got high temperature.

2.Your sister wants to study abroad.

3.Your classmate is afraid of speaking to a foreigner.

4.Your mother is tired of washing the dishes every day.

5.Your friend wants to buy a present to his girl friend but he doesn’t know what present she would like to get.

6.Your farther has bought a car but he doesn’t have driving license.

7.Your teacher wants you to know English well.

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3.Do you have problems in your life? Formulate some of the problems and ask your fellow students to give a piece of advice to you.

Homework

1. Translate the text in written form.

TOP 6 KEYS TO BEING A SUCCESSFUL TEACHER

The most successful teachers have some common characteristics. Here are the top six keys to being a successful teacher.

Sense of Humor. A sense of humor can help you become a successful teacher. Your sense of humor can relieve tense classroom situations. A sense of humor will also make class more enjoyable for your students and possibly make students look forward to attending and paying attention. Most importantly, a sense of humor will allow you to see the joy in life and make you a happier person as you progress through this stressful career.

A Positive Attitude. A positive attitude is a great quality in life. You will be thrown many difficulties in life and especially in the teaching profession. A positive attitude will help you cope with these in the best way.

High Expectations. An effective teacher must have high expectations. You should strive to raise the bar for your students. If you expect less effort you will receive less effort. You should work on an attitude that says that you know students can achieve to your level of expectations, thereby giving them a sense of confidence too. This is not to say that you should create unrealistic expectations. However, your expectations will be one of the key factors in helping students learn and achieve.

Consistency. In order to create a positive learning environment your students should know what to expect from you each day. You need to be consistent. This will create a safe learning environment for the students and they will be more likely to succeed. It is amazing that students can adapt to teachers throughout the day that range from strict to easy. However, they will dislike an environment in which the rules are constantly changing.

Fairness. A fair teacher treats students equally in the same situation. For example, students complain of unfairness when teachers treat one gender or group of students differently. It would be terribly unfair to go easier on the football players in a class than on the cheerleaders. Students understand this too quickly, so be careful of being labelled unfair.

Flexibility. One of the principles of teaching should be that everything is in a constant state of change. Interruptions and are the norm and very few days are 'typical'. Therefore, a flexible attitude is important not only for your stress level but also for your students who expect you to take control of any situation.

2. Enumerate the top six key factors to being a successful teacher.

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3.Insert the required form of the verb into the gaps.

1. If I were you I _______ (to require) a well-paid job as you have all the necessary

qualifications.

2.If he ____ (to be) open to other people opinions he would not be so stubborn.

3.She would not have lost control over the children if she _______ (to be) more patient with them.

4.If our teacher of Maths treated all the students equally he _______ (not to raise the

bar) too high for those he doesn’t like.

5.If we _____ (to come) to the party earlier we would have met my uncle.

6.If I _____ (to be) you I wouldn’t be so sensitive.

7.If I could relieve your pain I ______ (to do) everything possible.

8.I wish you _____ (to take control) of the situation.

9.We ___________ (to win) the competition if we had prepared for it properly.

10.If he _____ (to be) a fair teacher he would treat everybody equally.

4.Finish the sentences.

1.If I got through these difficulties I would…

2.If I got a well-paid job I would…

3.If I had high expectations I would…

4.If I had a stressful job I would …

5.If I were rich I would….

6.If I were patient to other people opinions I would…

7.If I had a rewarding job I would…

5.Translate the sentences from Russian into English.

1.Учителю часто приходиться справляться со стрессовыми ситуациями.

2.Работа учителя приносит удовлетворение, если он любит своих учеников.

3.Среда обучения оказывает огромное влияние на мотивацию студентов.

4.Творчество присутствует в любой профессии.

5.Он сделал все возможное, чтобы пройти этот тест.

6.Личное мнение учителя не должно влиять на учеников.

7.К сожалению, заработная плата учителя отрицательно влияет на выбор данной профессии.

8.Он очень решительный человек.

9.Только при условии предоставления ученикам равных возможностей в самовыражении (self-expression), мы можем добиться хороших результатов.

10.Процесс обучения должен быть последовательным иметь логику.

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LESSON 8. INNOVATIONS IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Brainstorming activity

Try to give all the possible answers to the question.

Why do people innovate?

Active vocabulary

Listen and repeat the active vocabulary of the lesson after the teacher.

2. Read the words following the order of their Russian equivalents.

Lead-in

1.Answer the questions using your background knowledge.

1.What is the main purpose of education?

2.How is the knowledge transferred from one generation to another?

3.Does education depend on the technological advances? How?

4.What do you understand under the term “information revolution”?

2.Here are different definitions of the term “innovation”. Do they mean the same

thing or different things?

1.Dictionary definition: Innovation is

1:the introduction of something new

2:a new idea, method, or device.

2.Innovation is the successful exploitation of new ideas and is a vital ingredient for competitiveness, productivity and social gain within organizations.

3.Innovation is an attitude, a state of mind, and a creative process, as much as a specific task or action.

Reading

1.Read the text and choose the best title for it.

1.Need for Innovation in Education

2.Mutual dependence of Education and Technological progress

3.Models of delivering knowledge.

Education plays an important role in the development of mankind and society and its impact penetrates through the whole course of human history and every field of social life, enabling the development of human society. Under the push of societal demands education is constantly changing its own patterns and mode of delivery. Each innovation in education has impact on the development of human society and thereby the educational enterprise acquires new vitality. Constant innovation in education constitutes the source of life of educational development.

In the age of agricultural economy education transmitted the skills of productive labor and the experiences of social life through the medium of personal example and verbal instruction. In earlier times education found its expression in fragmentary

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activities serving the needs of a minority of people, and in later times it evolved into private schools, official schools and religious schools engaged in the transmission of culture. Modern education systems were established with the emergence of industrial civilization, and organized school education was made possible and became the important pillar of industrial production.

With the emergence and development of information society and the changes in economic structure and employment structure brought about by advances in science and technology, the role of intellectual and cognitive abilities has become all the more prominent. It is no longer possible to require the education system to train people engaged in relatively stable occupations, and it becomes necessary to train people who can constantly innovate and adapt to a rapidly changing world.

In the latter half of the 20th century human society entered an era of “knowledge explosion” characterized by the rapid advances in science and technology. The sum of knowledge discovered and created in the 20th century exceeds the sum of knowledge created in the past millenniums, and new knowledge is constantly emerging. Society as a whole and its individual members can only make further advances on the basis of uninterrupted learning and creation. It is obviously impossible for the traditional university education centered around simple transmission of ready–made knowledge to cover all knowledge created by mankind. The more important task of university education is to teach students to learn how to learn and acquire the ability of innovation, keeping in mind the needs of lifelong learning and striving to make a solid foundation and provide the necessary conditions for future learning.

In conclusion we may say that traditional mode and system of education can hardly adapt to the new changes. Innovation in education has become extremely urgent.

2.Answer the questions to the text.

1.What role does innovation play in educational process?

2.What mode of delivering knowledge predominated in the age of agricultural development?

3.What is the min purpose of education nowadays?

4.What are the means of delivering knowledge in the information society?

5.What skills are very important to acquire for a student studying at the university?

3.Try to summarize the main ideas of the text in one sentence.

Vocabulary practice

1.Complete the gaps using the phrases given: to serve, abilities, verbal, example, demands, to play, society, ready–made, uninterrupted, human.

1._____ an important role

2.societal ______

3.______ knowledge

4.personal ______

5._____ instruction

6.information _____

7._______ society

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8.cognitive _____

9.________ learning

10.________ the needs of

2.Fill in the prepositions.

1.to penetrate ______

2.mode ___ delivery

3.the source ___ life

4._____ the medium

5.to evolve _____ private schools

6.to adapt ___

7.___ the basis of

8.to keep ___ mind

9.advances ___ science

3.Give the English equivalents to the Russian phrases.

Играть важную роль, способствовать (давать возможность) развитию общества, источник жизни развития образования, навыки эффективного труда, опыт общественной жизни, передача культурного опыта, адаптироваться к быстроменяющемуся миру, информационная революция, достижения в науке и технике, передача готовых знаний.

4. Rank the given statements in order of their importance in answering to the

question: “What is the main task of education from the point of view of the 21st century student?” Give arguments to prove your choice.

The main task of education is

1.to transmit the skills of productive labor

2.to transmit social experience

3.to transmit culture

4.to teach students to learn how to learn

5.to develop in students the ability of innovation

6.to help students to realize their strengths and weaknesses in order to develop their inborn abilities

7.to help the students to adapt to the rapidly changing world

4.Read the sentence and try to remember the last variant.

1.We live in an era of “knowledge explosion”.

2.We live in an era of “knowledge explosion” characterized by the rapid advances in science and technology.

3.We live in an era of “knowledge explosion” characterized by the rapid advances in science and technology which results in the fact that new knowledge is constantly emerging.

4.We live in an era of “knowledge explosion” characterized by the rapid advances in science and technology which results in the fact that new knowledge is constantly emerging therefore the traditional form of delivering ready–made

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knowledge doesn’t suit the modern societal demands.

5.We live in an era of “knowledge explosion” characterized by the rapid advances in science and technology which results in the fact that new knowledge is constantly emerging therefore the traditional form of delivering ready–made knowledge doesn’t suit the modern societal demands as it has become obsolete and not effective.

6.Here are different reasons that may cause innovation enumerated. Can you think of arguments for the reason if you think it is true and arguments against the reason if you think it is false?

1.Necessity as necessity is considered to be the mother of invention.

2.A desire to challenge the intellect with complex problems and gain recognition for solving them.

3.Money that a person can get for the introduction of new idea. “Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success”. Charles H. Duell

4.The inner desire of a person to change the world for the better, to make his life more comfortable.

5.The desire to create something new.

Model: I agree with the statement that “Necessity is the mother of invention” as advances in science and technology together with the development of human mind change the living conditions. So when people satisfy their lower fundamental needs for survival they start thinking about the improvements in their everyday life and labor activities. The desire to create effective ways of productive labor and the need to free oneself from tiresome household chores bring to the forefront the inventions of home appliances to make one’s life more comfortable and to free people’s life for creativity.

Reading

1.There are different types of innovations in education. Read the text and list the global changes suggested into three columns. The first column is done for you.

INNOVATION IN EDUCATION FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

1. Innovation of Mode of Education

Establish the role of students as the principal part in the process of teaching. Attention must be given to the stimulation of their independent thinking, to the cultivation of their scientific spirit and creative thinking, and to the development of their ability to analyze and solve problems.

Teaching objectives will be designed in light of the needs for students’ development. Students will be enabled to learn through receiving, probing, imitating and experiencing.

Reduce children’s overloaded burden of studying. Teaching quality will be improved and pilot schemes on “pleasant learning” will be experimented so as to enable students to develop in a lively manner and on their own initiative.

2. Innovation of Technology

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The application of information technology in education will be pushed forward. One way to spread and use educational technology in educational institutions is the usage of multi–media computer technology as the core.

Another is to promote the popularization and application of the networks. The third is to develop modern distance education, to build up and provide network resources extensively, and to establish a life-long learning system with this as the platform.

The network will provide a variety of channels for learning and training programs to the general public. High-quality courses will be available at low cost on islands, in agricultural and mountainous areas. More practical technology will be provided for the farmers. Distance education facilities will also be used to transmit quality courses to the economically less developed western regions so as to promote educational development there.

3. Innovation of Structure

A learning society and the trend of life–long learning call for readjustment of the educational structure. Basic education must be given top priority. Higher education will be developed considerably through a variety of means. Learning can be achieved through diverse channels. Fly-overs can be built for the development of talented persons. A life-long learning system is being established to advance towards the learning society.

2.Any person can be an innovator as our life is an endless process of self– perfection. Imagine that you are a group of Innovators. You are invited to the university to make some changes. Discuss in groups the following questions:

1.If you were offered to make some changes in the educational process what you would change?

2.What kind of innovation it would be? (innovation of mode of education, innovation of technology, innovation of structure).

3.Why do you think these changes are necessary for the educational process? Will they be effective?

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