- •Язык профессионального общения:
- •Starter activity
- •Reading one
- •Moral Re-armament: History and Challenges
- •1. Give definitions of the following words and word-combinations, make use of a dictionary. Reproduce the situations they are used in the text.
- •Reading two Britain’s Moral Crisis
- •Starter activity
- •Reading one What Makes People Volunteer
- •Speech activities
- •Reading two
- •Nurse Nicky Nears Her Peak of Fitness
- •Reading one Who Uses Drugs and Why?
- •2. Check and compare your answers with your partner. Language Focus
- •Reading two
- •Europe: Drugs – Adapting To New Realities
- •Reading three
- •They're toking up for algebra class. Teenagers need incentives to keep it clean
- •Reading four
- •Partnering Against Trafficking
- •Discussion
- •Imagine you are the head of a Charity Fund. Write a report about the charity activities your fund is performing. Functional vocabulary
- •Phrases related to the topic
- •Speech Functions Bank
- •I. Interrupting People
- •Reading One Status of Women
- •Status of women and girls around the world: facts and figures (provided by the Global Fund for Women)
- •Violence
- •Insert prepositions or particles where necessary.
- •Reading two Schoolbooks and the female stereotype
- •Reading One The Qualities to Look for in a Wife
- •Reading two What’s wrong with marrying for Love
- •Reading three
- •I’m your Equal, Partner!
- •Is your relationship out of balance? Scared to stick up for yourself? It's time for a change
- •Imagine you are having a row with your male partner/husband. Work in pairs and try to make it up with the help of the Five r’s.
- •Reading One Careers and Marriage
- •1. Explain the meaning of the word combinations used in the text:
- •3. What practical tips for having a stable and fruitful marriage were given in the text? Discuss them in pairs. Reading two They'll Never Go Home Again
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •Reading three The Frustrated Housewife
- •Insert a preposition or a particle where necessary.
- •Interview several working and staying-at-home mothers about their attitude to the problems raised in the text. Present the findings of your questionnaires in class and analyse the results together.
- •Role-play. Discuss the problem.
- •General Discussion
- •Phrases related to the topic
- •I. Asking for and Giving Opinions
- •2. Use appropriate language from the boxes above to ask for and give opinions in the following situations.
- •2. Explaining and Justifying
- •1. Make the following into statements explaining and justifying using the language from the box above.
- •2. Use appropriate language from the box above to make statements explaining and justifying in the following situations.
- •1. Asking for Clarification
- •2. Giving Clarification
- •1. Make the following into questions and statements asking for and giving clarification.
- •2. Ask for and give clarification in the following situations.
- •1. Make the following into statements of agreement and disagreement using the language in the boxes above.
- •Reading one Censorship Debate
- •Insert particles or prepositions where necessary. Translate the sentences into Russian/Belarusian.
- •Reading two bbc Chiefs Order Tough Curb on tv Sex and Violence
- •Reading three
- •Is Film Censorship Necessary?
- •Insert particles or prepositions where necessary. Translate the sentences into Russian/Belarusian.
- •Reading four Censorship – What and by Whom?
- •Insert particles or prepositions where necessary. Translate the sentences into Russian/Belarusian.
- •Reading two
- •Public Concerns
- •Did he follow this pattern? ________
- •Reading three Paying the Price for News
- •Functional vocabulary
- •Phrases related to the topic
- •The power of the media Speech Functions Bank
- •I. Expressing Preferences
- •II. Talking about likes and Interests.
- •Starter activity
- •Reading one Ten Ways to find the best schools
- •Bruce Kemble. News Week. 2002 Language focus
- •A Whitehall checklist;
- •Speech activities
- •Reading two Slimmed-down School Curriculum Aims to Free Quarter of Timetable for Pupils Aged 11 to 14
- •Reading three High-Stakes Games
- •Reading four
- •5 Times More Florida Kids to Repeat Third Grade State's New Policy Links Promotion to Reading Test Scores
- •Reading one Why Parents Choose to Opt out of State System
- •In the following sentences use the right particle with the verb to put:
- •Reading two
- •Reading three The City – as- School
- •Imagine that a friend of yours is considering sending his/her child to a non-government school (institute) you are working in. Write a letter either encouraging or discouraging him/her.
- •Reading one Survey Results Detail What Top Entry Level Employers Want Most
- •Reading two Employers Still Prefer Traditional Degrees Over Online Learning, Study Finds
- •Insert prepositions or particles where necessary.
- •In groups of 3 or 4 prepare and stage a debate on the prospects of online learning. For more ideas read the supplementary texts and visit the relevant web sites.
- •Reading three Two in Three Trainee Teachers who Qualify 'Are not up to the Job'
- •Functional vocabulary
- •Phrases related to the topic
- •Speech Functions Bank
- •1. Asking for More Detailed Information
- •1. Make the following into questions or statements asking for more detailed information using the language in the box above.
- •2. Use appropriate language from the box above to ask for more detailed information in the following situations.
- •2. Making Comparisons
- •1. Make the following into statements of comparison using the language in the box above.
- •2. Use appropriate language from the box above to make statements of comparison about the following.
- •3. Making generalisations
- •2. Use appropriate language from the box above to make generalisations about the following.
Reading one Why Parents Choose to Opt out of State System
There are many reasons why parents choose to opt out of the State system and send their children to private schools. Some are opposed to mixed schooling (most private schools are single-sex, at least until the age of 16); some are opposed to the comprehensive system, believing that, for e.g., mixed-ability classes do not make the best provision for the most and lеast аble children. Others believe that there are social advantages to be gained from attending certain schools, particularly the exclusive public schools, which are, despite their misleading name, the most expensive day or boarding schools in Britain. These parents therefore feel they ought to make substantial financial sacrifices to give their children ‘a good start in life’, as can be seen from the following article by Joe Irving with the headline “But How Do We Pay the Fees?” published in The Sunday Times.
Private education has become one of Britain’s liveliest growth sectors. More and more parents seem prepared to take on the formidable extra cost of buying the kind of education they prefer for their children. The result is that fee-paying schools throughout the country are full, and many have long waiting lists.
This is particularly so with day schools, which are now reflecting a changing pattern in the approach to education. Many children are getting the best of both worlds by spending their primary school years within the state system, then moving into a fee-paying school, and sometimes finishing off in a state school.
Just how much value parents place on what they consider to be an adequate education for their children will be indicated in a survey to be published within the next few weeks which is believed to be the first of its kind.
Three hundred clients of a firm of school fees specialists were questioned, and their answers reveal that the average family among them expects to spend a total of £28,246 on education over the years. This average family is currently spending £1.616 a year on educating its 2.2 children aged 81/2. (In the total figure, inflation is taken into account.)
Average parental income was £12,956 a year, though many of the families surveyed earned considerably less than this. To pay school fees, 83 per cent of parents cut down on their household expenditure, mainly holidays and travel. Nearly 40 per cent of fee-paying families or those contemplating fees in the future had to find ways of increasing the household income: in most cases this meant the wife going out to work. A lucky 29 per cent were helped out by generous relatives, principally the children’s grandparents.
Meanwhile, as the specialist company finishes its analysis of the countrywide survey, managing director Gilbert McNeill-Moss reports that the firm’s Regent Street office is up to the eyeballs in work.
Confirmation of the rising interest in private education comes from another school fees specialist, who says, “We are dealing with more enquiries than ever before. And one thing is certain – the high cost of private education is not putting people off. Many enquiries seem to be from people who are worried about the quality of state education in their areas.”
The latest annual survey of the private sector by the Independent Schools Information Service (ISIS) puts the average fees at a boys’ day school at around £940 a year. At a girls’ day school they are about £800. This year fees have been kept to increases of less than 3 per cent a term. This does no more than keep up with inflation and does not take care of higher salaries and soaring administration costs.
Antonia Zerbisias. The Sunday Times. 2001 № 2
Language focus
Highlight the following words and phrases in the article and comment on their meaning:
waiting lists;
to get the best of both worlds;
to be up to the eyeballs;
a good start in life;
to opt out (of the state system);
mixed-ability classes;
comprehensive system;
to make the best provision;
soaring coasts.