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СИБИРСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ ПУТЕЙ СООБЩЕНИЯ

Хохлова А.В.

Мир вокруг нас. Россия и зарубежные страны.

Native and Foreign Social Environment

Методические указания к разговорным темам по английскому языку

для студентов 1 и 2 курса всех специальностей

НОВОСИБИРСК 2013

Мир вокруг нас. Россия и зарубежные страны.Native and Foreign Social Environment: Метод. указ. к разговорным темам по английскому языку для студентов 1 и 2 курса всех специальностей СГУПС / Сост. А.В.Хохлова. –

Новосибирск: Изд-во СГУПСа, 2013. - с.

Методические указания включают в себя 6 разделов – «Язык как средство межкультурного общения», «Достопримечательности России и стран изучаемого языка», «Искусство и спорт»

«Сохранение окружающей среды», «Глобальные проблемы человечества и пути их решения», «Научно-технический прогресс и информационные технологии». Упражнения направлены на развитие навыков работы с текстами и устной речи. Предусмотрены задания для студентов с высоким уровнем знания английского языка.

Методические указания рассчитаны на 80 часов.

Указания предназначены для студентов 1 и 2 курса всех специальностей СГУПСа.

Методические указания рассмотрены и рекомендованы к печати на заседании кафедры «Иностранные языки».

О т в е т с т в е н н ы й р е д а к т о р канд. соц. наук, доцент Сибирского государственного университета

путей сообщения Чусовлянова С.В.

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кафедра иностранных языков Новосибирской государственной Академии водного транспорта, зав. кафедрой «Иностранные языки», канд. филол. наук, доцент, Мартынова Е. И.

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b) Have you ever communicated with someone who doesn’t know your

language? How did you communicate, what language did you use?

3. Прочитайте текст и найдите в тексте ответы на вопросы: How

important is English? What’s its role?

English as a Global Language

People began to speak many centuries ago, and since then they have been speaking different languages. Every language reflects the soul, behaviour and temperament of each nationality. Peoples created their own alphabets and rules, but they always wanted to communicate with each other, to understand and to know more about each other.

Languages help people to understand each other better, they help them to solve different economic and political problems, which stand before them, and so people learn foreign languages.

All languages are different. Some are very hard, some are easier, some are similar, but there are no identical languages in the whole world. There are more than 2,700 languages in the world. Many of them are "alive" because people use them, but there are some "dead" languages, for example Latin.

What does a Global Language mean? It means a common language for the world. Having such a status, the global language has to be of great importance, influencing all the domains of the human activity in the world. For example, English dominates every field such as the media, foreign language teaching, business, etc. English can be called an international language because of its simple and wide use already.

The thinning of national borders due to globalization has made English a global communication tool. In one way or the other, every language is a pathway to understand its parent culture, because each language contains the unconscious assumption of that culture. This certainly is true of English which provides us an

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opportunity to know the culture that it generally represents. This we learn through various media including stories/fiction, movies, and so on.

While English is not an official language in most countries, it is currently the language most often taught as a second language around the world. However, now English is spoken practically all over the world. It is spoken as a mother tongue in Great Britain, the United States of America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Besides, a lot of people speak English in Japan, India, China, Africa and many other countries.

Facts:

-Over one billion people speak English. That's almost one fifth of the world's population.

-For over 400 million it's their first language.

-For the other 600 million it's either a second language or a foreign language. Two thousands years ago, Latin was the world's most important international

language. Today this title belongs to English. English is the language of popculture, of tourism, of markets, of the Internet and trade. English is one of the official languages of the United Nations Organization and other political organizations. Nearly half of all business deals in Europe are conducted in English. It is the language of sports and glamour: the official language of the Olympics and the Miss Universe Competition. The largest broadcasting companies in the world (CBS, NBS, ABC, BBC) transmit in English to audiences that regularly exceed one hundred million.

Facts:

-Half of the world's technical and scientific literature is in English.

-English is the medium for 80 per cent of the information stored in the world's computers.

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Several people speak English with their friends, and people get introduced to each other most often in English. English encompasses more than just a convenient means of communication among people around the world.

Facts:

- Over half of all personal letters/sms/E-mails are also written in English. English language is a wonderful language. It's the language of the great

literature. It's the language of William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens and others.

4. Ответьте на вопросы:

1.What are language functions?

2.How many languages are there in the world?

3.What requirements should global language meet?

4.How many people speak English as their first language, a second language or a foreign language?

5.What was the world’s most important international language 2 thousand years ago?

6.What events are held in English?

7.Name famous English poets and writers. Can you add any other names?

5. Расскажите о месте английского языка в современном мире (2

минуты). Сначала еще раз просмотрите текст English as a Global Language, найдите и запишите информацию, касающуюся следующих вопросов: 1) who speaks English; 2) in what domains English is used; 3) English

as an international language

Используйте эти слова и фразы: Firstly/first of all, secondly, thirdly; For

instance/for example; In short; In conclusion/To sum up.

2. Подумайте, по какой причине вы хотите изучать английский язык. Объясните, почему вы выбрали именно эти причины (можно с помощью примеров из вашей жизни). Затем расспросите других студентов об их причинах изучения английского языка, используя вопросы

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и фразы: What/how about you?; Sorry, I couldn’t hear what you said. /Sorry –

could you say that again, please? /Could you repeat that, please?

Unit 2

Across the continents and countries

Part 1. Cultures and national stereotypes

I. Прочитайте новые слова и их перевод:

1. Выберите 3 любых слова. Пользуясь словарями, найдите к ним как можно больше однокоренных слов. Прочитайте эти слова и их перевод группе. Пример: majority – большинство; major – главный, значительный;

majors – главные компании, монополии.

2. Прочитайте текст и объясните, что такое национальный характер.

Cultures and national stereotypes

A nation is a group of people who share common history and usually a language and usually, but not always, live in the same area. Culture can be described as our everyday life: how we communicate, what makes us happy and sad. It also includes our language, religion, traditions, behavior, way of life – in

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other words, what we do each day. People that belong to various nations may differ and they always differ from one another.

For example, the Germans are regarded as scientifically-minded and industrious, they're always considered solid, intelligent and mathematical. There is a big amount of examples we can list about national character of different people. Proving the difference of the national stereotypes I want to compare Russian and English nations. There are a lot of features that vary. The Russians are industrious, tough, brave, progressive and suspicious. They are also considered to be over - patriotic (because of this reason they're good soldiers), we are willing to respect opinion of other people.

Speaking about Englishmen I may note that they're reserved, tradition-loving, courteous, honest etc. To my mind, they have a specific sense of humor. They say that they can't understand our jokes and anecdotes not only because of the different meanings of the words, but because their humor is more delicate. Looking at these features of the Russians and the Englishmen it is not hard to mark out the differences. The Englishmen are reserved, but the Russians are open-hearted and communicative. The Englishmen are tradition-loving and the Russians, to my mind, don't keep their traditions in such a degree. There is a great majority of factors that influence the nations stereotype and its people's character. People that live in the southern countries have less problems than those who live in the North and because of this they're more cheerful and artistic. The history also has a great influence on the national character.

The National Character exists. It is not a myth, it's a reality. But the National Character doesn't describe the character of every person, it describes the character of people of nation in general. Every person has its own character, but according to the person's belonging to some nation many traits of character are similar and these features may be explained as the national character.

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