- •Лингвистический анализ текста: лингводидактические и коммуникативные компетенции и оценка (на материале романа н. Хорнби «о мальчике»)
- •035700 – «Лингвистика»
- •Педагогический университет», 2011 contents
- •Introduction
- •Sets of tasks
- •(Chapters 1-3)
- •I. Study the active vocabulary:
- •III. Match the synonyms:
- •Task Set 2 (Chapters 4-6)
- •II. Paraphrase the following sentences:
- •III. Translate the following sentences:
- •IV. Read the following passage, in which the author vividly discloses the issue of bullying at English schools and express your opinion on the problem:
- •V. Read the passage and express your viewpoint in connection with Will’s plot:
- •Task Set 3 (Chapters 7-9)
- •I. Study the active vocabulary:
- •III. Match the synonyms:
- •IV. Answer the following questions:
- •Task Set 4 (Chapters 10-12)
- •III. Translate the following sentences:
- •IV. Read the following passages, and express your opinion on the problem cited by the author:
- •V. Read the passage, permeated with lively humour, and express your viewpoint in connection with Will’s philosophy of filling time:
- •Task Set 5 (Chapters 13-15)
- •I. Study the active vocabulary:
- •III. Match the synonyms:
- •IV. Decide if the following statements are true or false. Correct the false ones:
- •VI. Explain what is meant by the following:
- •Task Set 6 (Chapters 16-18)
- •I. Study the active vocabulary:
- •IV. Add more information to the following:
- •V. Review the dialogues and act them out:
- •VI. Express your attitude to the following issues:
- •Task Set 7 (Chapters 19-21)
- •I. Study the active vocabulary:
- •III. Write a short situation (or separate sentences) with the vocabulary units.
- •IV. Decide if the following statements are true or false. Correct the false ones:
- •VI. Express your attitude to the following issues:
- •Task Set 8 (Chapters 22-24)
- •I. Study the active vocabulary:
- •V. Review the dialogues and act them out:
- •VI. Express your attitude to the ideas enclosed in the following passages:
- •Task set 9 (Chapters 25-27)
- •I. Study the active vocabulary:
- •IV. Answer the following questions:
- •V. Think over the given proverbs and sayings and see if you can relate some of them to the ideas enclosed in the chapters:
- •Task Set 10 (Chapters 28-30)
- •I. Study the active vocabulary:
- •II. Paraphrase the following sentences:
- •III. Translate the following sentences:
- •IV. Add more information to the following:
- •V. Prepare a brief character sketch of the two personages you’ve got acquainted with recently:
- •VI. Imagine the following situations:
- •Task Set 11 (Chapters 31-33)
- •I. Study the active vocabulary:
- •III. Match the synonyms:
- •IV. Answer the following questions:
- •V. Express your viewpoint on the ideas enclosed in the following passages:
- •I. Study the active vocabulary:
- •III. Translate the following sentences:
- •IV. Decide if the following statements are true or false (correct the wrong ones):
- •V. Express your viewpoint on the ideas enclosed in the following passages:
- •Academic grading policy
- •Bibliography
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- •035700 – «Лингвистика»
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- •614990, Г. Пермь, ул. Сибирская, 24, корп. 1, оф. 11
V. Review the dialogues and act them out:
between Marcus and Will (Marcus wants to invite Will to spend X-mas with them) (p. 156)
between Will and Rachel (talking at the party about the children; start with the following - Rachel: “Nirvana sounds to me just like Led Zeppelin…. ”) (p. 174)
VI. Express your attitude to the ideas enclosed in the following passages:
….how you spent Christmas was a message to the world about where you were in life, some indication of how deep a hole you had managed to burrow for yourself… (p. 156).
Will had never wanted to fall in love. When it had happened to friends it had always struck him as a peculiarly unpleasant-seeming experience, what with all the loss of sleep and weight, and the unhappiness when it was unreciprocated, and the suspect, dippy happiness when it was working out…. (p. 171).
Task set 9 (Chapters 25-27)
I. Study the active vocabulary:
date noun /to be smb’s date (p. 180)
shush smb. (p. 184)
snog verb (p. 185)
go round in circles (p. 187)
daydream verb (p. 189)
inculcate verb (p. 192)
catch smb. out (p. 192)
start on smb. sl. (p. 197)
be off one’s head (p. 199)
no end infml. (p. 199)
red herring idiom – отвлекающий маневр (p. 200)
let pass (p. 203)
be overcome with smth./by smb. (p. 203)
II. Complete the sentences (using the units from the active vocabulary):
We saw a couple ________________ on a bench in broad daylight.
___________! I want to hear the weather.
The feeling that things ____________________ made him mad.
Roger has been _______________ about Lisa since they first met.
The examiners will try to ________you______, so have all your answers well prepared.
– Don't ____________ me. It's not my fault!
– Oh, _____it______. I’m just _________________ with anger.
The new film was received favourably. In fact it was praised ____________.
I’m not quite sure if her present behavior is natural or is just a _____________.
How do you_____________ good manners in young children?
– Who's your ________tonight?
– Oh, it’s the girl I’m ______________ at the moment.
III. Write a short story with the units of the active vocabulary. You may entitle it in the following way “Red Herring”, “The event that cheered me up no end”, “A Daydreamer” etc.
IV. Answer the following questions:
Did Marcus have any chance to meet Ellie apart from school? Where did it happen?
What were Marcus and Ellie talking about at the party?
What was the favour Will wanted to ask Marcus for?
Why did Will bother so much about the misunderstanding between Rachel and him?
Why did Marcus want Ellie to be his girlfriend?
Were Marcus and Ali getting on alright? Justify your answer.
Why was Ali off his head about Will and Rachel’s relations?
What incident happened at the newsagent’s?
V. Think over the given proverbs and sayings and see if you can relate some of them to the ideas enclosed in the chapters:
1) The burnt child dreads the fire (Обжегшись на молоке, будешь дуть и на воду).
2) Once bitten, twice shy (Пуганая ворона куста боится).
3) Love laughs at locksmiths (Любовь на замок не закроешь).
4) It is never too late to mend (Никогда не поздно исправиться).