- •Развитие самоактуализации студентов
- •I курса педагогического вуза средствами иностранного языка (пособие по английскому языку)
- •Personal profile
- •1. Read the text below and translate it:
- •2. Learn the vocabulary by heart:
- •1. Translate into Russian:
- •2. Match the two parts of the sentence:
- •3. Write down sentences using following words:
- •4. Ask questions to the text. Let your classmates answer them.
- •5. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English.
- •6. Read the dialogue.
- •7. Role play your own dialogue. Use in the dialogue the following words and phrases:
- •A student’s working day
- •1. Pay attention to the pronunciation of the following words:
- •2. All the following words appear in the text. Read and learn them by heart:
- •3. Read the text below and translate it:
- •Vocabulary exercises:
- •1. Find in the text:
- •1. Complete the missing information:
- •2. Find in the text the answers to the following questions:
- •3. Ask your partner/ friend how long it takes him/ her to do the below mentioned activities. Use the model:
- •4. Agree or disagree with the following statements, using the strategies of speaking. Give additional information to prove your agreement or disagreement. Use the model.
- •5. Try to find out the details about your partner's working day by asking the questions to which the following statements are the answers:
- •6. Read and act out the dialogue:
- •7. Describe how your friend starts his/ her working day, using the prompts:
- •1. Read, translate and roleplay the conversations:
- •2. Find 18 verbs based on the topic. They are arranged in two directions:
- •3. Read the text and translate it using a dictionary:
- •4. Answer the question and prove your point of view:
- •My friend
- •1. Read the text and translate it:
- •2. Learn the vocabulary by heart:
- •3. Answer the questions:
- •Vocabulary exercises:
- •1. Circle one word in each group that doesn’t belong:
- •2. Rewrite the sentences so that they have the opposite meaning. More than one word may be possible.
- •3. Read the text and replace the words in bold with a more suitable word from the list.
- •4. Work with the adjectives describing character. In each sentence below put the correct adjective from the group of three above it.
- •5. For each of the 15 adjectives above find in the list below the best adjective which describes the opposite kind of person.
- •1. Read this paragraph an American student wrote about his best friend. Follow these steps:
- •2. Write your own paragraph. Follow these steps:
- •3. Read the essay. Mind some tips for writing an essay in English and in Russian (in the Appendix). Write your own essay for the following topics:
- •Leisure time
- •1. Complete the sentences with adverbs of frequency:
- •1. Check these words:
- •2. Look at the blog. What is it about?
- •3. Read and check:
- •4. Mark the sentences based on the text t (True) or f (False). Correct the false statements:
- •5. Use adverbs of frequency to make sentences about your leisure activities and daily routine on Sundays. Choose from the list or use your own ideas. Read them to the group.
- •1) How can children spend their free time?
- •2) Where would you like to go to? Why? Who with? hobbies
- •1. Read the text and translate it:
- •2. Learn the vocabulary by heart:
- •3. Ask questions to the text. Let your classmates answer them.
- •1. Check these words:
- •2. Read the title of the text and look at the picture. What kind of hobby is the text about?
- •3. Use words from the Check these words task in the correct form to complete the sentences:
- •4. What impressed you the most in the text? In three minutes write a few sentences. Tell the group.
- •Ielts Speaking... Cue Card
- •If you prepare for this cue card you should be able to answer the following cue cards as well with very little changes:
- •8 Tips for Writing an Essay
- •Рекомендации по написанию сочинения с элементами рассуждения Формат и правила написания сочинения “expressing opinion”
- •Useful vocabulary for composition "expressing opinion"
- •1 Абзац. Вводные фразы:
- •2 Абзац. Фразы, выражающие свою точку зрения:
- •3 Абзац
- •4 Абзац. Заключительные фразы:
- •Characterizing a Human Being
- •Adjectives Describing a Person's Character
- •English Proverbs and Sayings
- •Latin Phrases and Sayings
- •Литература
2) Where would you like to go to? Why? Who with? hobbies
Warm-up activity
Match the English equivalents of the following proverbs and sayings to the Russian ones:
By doing nothing we learn to do ill.
Work smart, not hard.
A good deed is never lost.
A Jack of all trades is master of none.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
a) Безделье — мать всех пороков.
б) Доброе дело даром не пропадет (без награды не останется).
в) Умей дело делать, умей и позабавиться.
г) За двумя зайцами погонишься — ни одного не поймаешь.
д) Работай головой, а не руками.
Reading
1. Read the text and translate it:
A HOBBY
Different people like doing different things because their tastes differ. So people have different hobbies. “A hobby” is something that people usually do to get pleasure or to relax and to spend free time.
Usually people choose as a hobby something that they really like doing. Something for their character and their taste. You will never do something as a hobby if you don’t like it. If you have an interesting hobby your life becomes more interesting, of course.
Most people chose something “to do” as a hobby - doing means something active from traveling to taking pictures, from table tennis to football. Others choose something “to make”. Making things includes knitting, sewing, handicrafts, painting, drawing.
“Collecting things” is another popular pastime. People collect different things like books, toys, car models, plane models, coins, CD’s. There are more serious collectors of expensive paintings, rare things or art objects. Such hobbies are for rich people. We can often see such private collections in museums, art galleries or libraries.
Those people who live in big cities and town are fond of gardening, growing flowers and vegetables. This gives them a sense of being close to nature.
Very often a hobby helps people to choose their future occupation. A person is lucky, I guess if he or she can find a job similar to his or her hobby and get money for this.
Nowadays playing different computer games has become a popular pastime for both children and grown-ups.
As for me, I have got a hobby too. Many people go in for sports, they like jogging, walking, swimming, skating, skiing and working out in gyms. If you do sports you begin feeling much better. I personally go in for sports. It is a very important part of my life. I like playing volleyball and going to the gym. I do my morning exercises. Why do I like doing sports? Because I think that a man should be well-built and strong. (It is very important for a woman to be slim and in good shape).
When I have got some free time I also like listening to music. I like different music from classics to rock. I read a lot. Adventure books are among my favourites.
Taking pictures is my another passion. My parents presented me with a good camera last birthday. I never leave home without my camera because you never know when you see the moment that you need to capture. Once I took part in an exhibition. People said they like my photos. I love taking pictures of my family. We have tones of pictures now. But this is a good memory for all of us.
A "hobby" is defined as an activity or interest pursued for pleasure or relaxation and not as a main occupation. For many Russian people the main hobby is gardening especially in summer time. They spend all the weekends at their summer houses growing tomatoes, cucumbers etc. Some of them, who are not as lucky as those who have summer houses, manage to reach the same goal at the balcony.
A lot of men get obsessed with cars and bikes spending all their free time and spare cash customizing their “beloved ones”.
Pets and different exotic animals may also be considered as a hobby though a specific one.
Collecting postcards, stamps, coins, books or posters has always been regarded only as a hobby. But few people may know that those activities can be not only a hobby but a good business that will bring money.
The same story is true for fishing. If you prefer fishing, you can turn this into a good profitable business. You can sell angling gears and help amateur fellow fishers who have no idea on what gears are needed for angling. Gardening is also a hobby which you can easily turn into a business.
Actually anything that people do may become a hobby. Your hobby may not only define your character or taste but also your social status. For example, many wealthy people collect rare paintings, expensive cars, mansions, sculptures and other pieces of art.
In some cases people like to keep their hobbies at secret, because a hobby is something usually you'd like to do alone.