Fill in the table using the sentences from the previous exercise with useful words and phrases. Look up for more in the Internet or other sources.
Stating your personal point of view |
Giving example |
Giving pros and cons |
Adding information |
Drawing a conclusion |
Exercise 13
You are sitting with your friend Kate in a canteen after a lecture and discussing various topics. Kate is very close-minded and you find some of her ideas dubious. Listen to Kate’s statements and give a response to her. Speak about advantages and drawbacks (2-3 points) of each idea and share your final opinion. You have 1 minute to prepare and 1 minute and 30 seconds to speak. Use linking words from the previous exercise.
I don’t want to take part in a group project, individual one is way better. | Voting will not change anything |
I want to take part in “Work and travel” program in America. | Exotic food is way better than traditional one |
I want to live in the countryside. | Driving a car is better and safer than a bike |
I don’t want to be a tutor to younger students | There is no reason to travel abroad, I can also make a computer tour |
Living in a dorm is very inconvenient | Studying English is not fashionable now; the world is crazy about Chinese. |
I don’t want to work during study because it will influence my grades | Politics is not important in my life |
Marrying at a young age is a very good idea | I can write down some imaginary facts in CV about my study achievements and skills. |
Exercise 14
Listen to five short texts and write down the main idea in your own words. Write 2 supporting ideas for the main idea28[57]. You are allowed to make notes
Text 1. Dolphins
Main idea
1)_________________________________________________________________
Supporting ideas
1)_________________________________________________________________
2)_________________________________________________________________
Text 2. Meerkat
Main idea
1)_________________________________________________________________
Supporting ideas
1)_________________________________________________________________
2)_________________________________________________________________
Text 3. Black beauty
Main idea
1)_________________________________________________________________
Supporting ideas
1)_________________________________________________________________
2)_________________________________________________________________
Text 4. “Call of the wild” 29 [47]
Main idea
1)_________________________________________________________________
Supporting ideas
1)_________________________________________________________________
2)_________________________________________________________________
Text 5. “Moby dick” 30[45]
Main idea
1)_________________________________________________________________
Supporting ideas
1)_________________________________________________________________
2)_________________________________________________________________
Exersise 15
The following items contain important vocabulary from the listening part. Using the context and your knowledge of related words, guess the meaning of the words in bold.
1)_____________ …I love that she went home and continued to geek out about this kind of ridiculous demonstration that we did in class.
2) _____________… and they transcend all technology or buzzwords in education
3) ____________ … but if instead we have the guts to confuse our students, perplex them, and evoke real questions, through those questions, we as teachers have information that we can use to tailor robust and informed methods of blended instruction.
4) ____________ I've been teaching for 13 years now, and it took a life-threatening situation to snap me out of 10 years of pseudo-teaching
5) _____________ Second, he embraced, and didn't fear, the messy process of trial and error, the inevitable process of trial and error.
6) ____________ But if we as educators leave behind this simple role as disseminators of content and embrace a new paradigm as cultivators of curiosity and inquiry
Exercise 15.2
Now check your answers. Match the definition and the number of the sentence that includes this word.
1) To be or become extremely excited or enthusiastic about a subject __1___
2) A person, who spreads the information __6__
3) To have courage ___3_
4) A word or phrase, often an item of jargon, that is fashionable at a particular time or in a particular context ____2__
5) To remove something from something ___4___
6) Trying repeatedly for success. ___5_
Exersise 16
Read the text31 [51] devoted to the modern role of a teacher.
Today's teachers face many challenges
Good teachers have always been concerned with what goes on in a child's mind, but their role is even more important today because they spend more time with kids than do most other adults, says Yvonne Machuk.
"Children have always needed adults in their lives, but home, church and community have less influence now than they used to. Sometimes, teachers are the most stable adults in a child's life—the people they can count on the most," says Machuk.
Machuk, an assistant principal at Canmore High School and a former French teacher in Banff, still remembers her first French class, over 20 years ago. "I taught a group of kids from Grades 7 to 12, and in that time there was only one remarried parent and one widowed mother. That would never be the case today, even in a small rural school.
"Parents are in a terribly difficult position today. I've never yet met a parent who didn't care about their kids, but I know many who don't have the time or the parenting skills to cope. In so many families both parents have to work, and teenagers, particularly, wind up at home alone. It's not a big mystery why many get in trouble."
Schools have attempted to keep up with social changes by altering the curriculum, using different management strategies and making better use of our expanded knowledge of child psychology and physiology, Machuk explains. "So much of the time, though, we're dealing with situations where you have to say, first the good news, then the bad news."
The good news, Machuk says, is that we know so much more about why children behave the way they do. "There's a whole new body of learning that teachers have to acquire today. This information and understanding is a real plus, but too often the resources we're given are so limited, that it's just more frustrating."
Twenty years ago, no one knew anything about attention deficit disorder, she says. "Now our students are identified as having special needs, and we know ways to help these children reach their full capacity. Unfortunately, we don't always have the time or money to put this knowledge into effect."
Finding the time to accomplish everything a teacher wants is even harder than finding the money, Machuk says. "The time crunch for most teachers is so bad, we just get worn down. We see this ever-widening gap between what we want to do and what it's possible for us to do given the time we have. And it's hardest on the really good teachers. They become so overwhelmed, they're often the first ones to leave and look for work elsewhere."
Machuk says the paperwork involved in all these changes adds another dimension to the time crunch, for teachers, administrators and secretaries.
Teaching styles and requirements have changed too. "When I first started teaching, we had one basal reader for a whole Grade 5 class. Even if you had 35 students in your class, it was manageable. Today, many teachers still have 35 students, but the kids are reading from half a dozen different books, at different speeds. It's great for the students, because it meets their needs better, but it's almost impossible for the teacher."
Barbara Grinder
Exercise 16.2
Now watch the video32 [58] at „3 rules to spark learning“. State the opinion of Yvonne Machuk and Ramsey Mussalam of what has changed and what has to be changed in a modern teaching process. Explain the reasons they give for holding their opinion. Speak about problems that the Russian education system faces and give possible solutions to them.
Exercise 17.1
Each of the sentences contains one or more idioms. These common idioms are found particularly in newspapers and they can be easily misunderstood or pass unobserved. Explain their meaning and give your own examples. Address to the dictionary if necessary.
The program of reconstruction in the city center is now well under way. The pilot said that with one engine of the plane out of action, it had been touch and go over the Channel With the breakdown of the latest round of talks, a strike must now obviously be on the cards. It is generally assumed, however, that urgent discussions will continue behind the scenes to bring the two sides together. The Bolshoi Ballet Company has taken London by storm. British cars have pride of place at this year’s International motor show. The opposition cannot afford to sit on the fence in such an important matter. The odds are that taxes on beer and cigarettes will be increased once again next April. If he had played his cards right he would be a manager by now Furniture manufacturers are now feeling the pinch of the latest credit restrictions.
Exercise 17.2
Watch the video33 [50] called “idioms in reality” and write out all mentioned idioms. What do they really mean? Find their direct meanings in the dictionary. Think of more idioms you know and demonstrate them as it was made in the video.
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