Unit II the major discipline and its scope training and careers in journalism

Task 1

Fill in the missing parts of speech in the chat below, consult the texts in the Student’s Book if necessary.

Noun	Adjective	Verb
qualification	Qualified	To qualify
Trainer/trainee	Training	To train
Graduation/graduate	Gradual	To graduate
Educator/education	Educational	To educate
Supervisor/supervision	supervisory	supervise
vocation	Vocational	-
competition	competitive	To compete
circulation	Circulatory	To circulate
assessment	-	To assess
production	Productive	To produce

Task 3.

Give Russian equivalents for the following words and word-combinations.

Journalism appeals to young people, a nose for news; to make a reputation in the outside world; would-be journalists; a higher standard of school qualifications; to get a job in the first place; to follow a course of training, to lay down a course of training; the chances are very slight; to conduct proficiency tests; to enter the training scheme; to sign apprenticeship form; to be released to attend lectures; an entrant to journalism, accredited courses, experienced journalists, the premier journalism training scheme, to undertake full-time training, to update knowledge, freelance assessors, the necessary level of education and technical efficiency, a national assessment center, to write a clear, vigorous, accurate news story, to broaden skills, preliminary exams

Журнализм привлекает молодых людей; нюх на новости; создавать значимость в мире; будущий журналист; высокий уровень школьной подготовки; прежде всего получить работу; пройти курс подготовки; организовать подготовительный курс; шансы очень незначительны; проводить тесты на профессиональную пригодность; войти в систему подготовки; подписывать договор о курсе практического обучения; отпускать на лекции; начинающий журналист; оплаченные курсы; опытные журналисты; открытие программы по подготовке журналистов; пройти курс с отрывом от производства; совершенствовать знания; эксперты по найму рабочей силы; необходимый уровень образования и технического опыта; национальный оценочный центр; написать понятную, действенную, точную новостную статью; расширять навыки; предварительные экзамены.

Task 5

Match the words with the definitions.

1.an applicant - a person who applies for a position

2. a local authority - a person who represents some local organizations

3. a senior journalist - a person who is higher in rank or authority

4. an educational representative - a person who is elected or appointed to represent educational organizations

5.a graduate - one who holds a university degree

6. a trainee - a person who is undergoing some form training

7. an entrant - a person who enters a profession competitively or in a competitive fashion

8. an experienced journalist - a person who has gained great experience working as a journalist

9. a foreign correspondent -a person who regularly contributes news or articles to a newspaper from a foreign country

10. an employee -a person employed for wages

11. a press photographer - a person who takes pictures for a newspaper, a magazine etc

Task 6

Group the related words. Translate them into Russian.

1.Undergraduate, gradual, graduate, graduation, grade, postgraduate.

2.Representative, to represent, representation.

3.application, to apply, appliance, applicant, applicable.

4. to enter, entry, entrance, entrant.

5.nominative, nominee

READING

Text 1

TRAINING COURSES

Task 1

Match the words with the definitions.

1	Commitment	A small amount of a product that allows one to find out what it is like	A
2	Sample	Means of entering, way in, entrance	B
3	Access	A responsibility or promise to follow certain course of action	C
4	To tackle	A planned list of things to be done	D
5	To dispatch	A sum of money paid for professional services	E
6	To enable	To include, to make a part of a group or of smth larger	F
7	Refreshment	To take action in order to deal with	G
8	To incorporate	Food or drink served as a light meal	H
9	Fee	To send to a place	I
10	Schedule	Give the power, right to do smth	j

1c, 2a, 3b, 4g, 5i, 6j, 7h, 8f,9e,10d

Text 2

HOW DO I GET IN?

Task 1

Match the words with their right translation.

1	Degree	Редактор отдела городских новостей	A
2	Liberal-arts college	Признаваться в грехе	B
3	For one thing	Стипендияб грант	C
4	Metropolitan	Относящийся к большому центру	D
5	Scholarship	Вуз гуманитарного профиля	E
6	To be in the big time	С одной стороны	F
7	Desk	Диплом об окончании Вуза	G
8	A green eye-shade	Они сделают правильно	H
9	To admit a sin	Редакционная статья	I
10	City editor	малоформатная газета	J
11	Tabloid	Зеленый козырек для защиты глаз от солнца	K
12	Editorial	(здесь).отдел газеты	L
13	They will have it right	Достичь вершины в профессии	M

1g, 2e, 3f, 4d, 5c, 6m, 7l, 8k, 9b, 10a, 11g, 12i, 13h

Task 2

Quickly look through the text again and mark the lettered phrases nearest in meaning to the word or phrase given on the left.

A modest assignment	b) an assignment of no importance
A metropolitan newspaper	a big-city newspaper
In a friendly fashion	a) kindly
An old-timer	e)a man who has worked in a place for a long time
He seemed mollified	b)he seemed satisfied
To confess	to say frankly
To be reputed	c)to be reported
To be in a big time	to be brilliant at smth

Task 3

Mark the statements as True or False according to the text.

1. The Columbia School of Journalism shortened its course from 3 to 2. (F)

2. The author of the text is a British journalist who had undergone a one-year full-time course organized by the National Council for the Training of Journalists.(F)

3. When the author came to the small-town newspaper he felt very shy and did not know what to do.(F)

4. As soon as the youngster came to the editorial office of the newspaper he was given an assignment of paramount importance.(F)

5. In the earlier years of the 20^th century editors highly appreciated college-graduate applicants and willingly hired them.(F)

6. The author of the text graduated from a liberal-arts college and got a scholarship abroad.(F)

7. The old-times advised him to apply all his knowledge received at the college to his job in the newspaper.(F)

8. All the journalists quoted in the text held the same opinion.(T)

9. The city editor of the New York herald Tribune was greatly pleased to hear that the job-seeking applicant was a college-graduate.(F)

10. It was no news for the old-timer that the beginner was a college-graduate because he had met him before.(F)

11. The main idea of the text is that the best education for a would-be journalist is one –year part-time study.(T)