UNIT 4

Training of Social Workers in the United States

and United Kingdom

Task 1. Answer the following questions. This exercise should be done quickly to test whether the student is able to distinguish correctly between the singular and the plural, and to answer accordingly:

A: /s/, for example treats

D: /z/, for example counsels

C: /iz/, for example changes

What does a teacher do? – He teaches. What do teachers do? – They teach.

1. What does a student do?

2. What do students do?

3. What does a typist do?

4. What do typists do?

5. What do writers do?

6. What does a writer do?

7. What do researchers do?

8. What does a researcher do?

9. What does a lecturer do?

10. What do lecturers do?

Task 2. Give a negative ending to the sentence according to the pattern. Use the word suggested:

Jim speaks English, … .(German) Jim speaks English, but he doesn’t speak German. I like doing the shopping, … (cooking). I like doing the shopping, but I don’t like cooking.

1. I write reports, essays, reviews, … . (books)

2. We perform laboratory works and some experiments, … . (any research work)

3. We have small tests at each class, … . (the concluding test).

4. She works with young patients, but … . (the elderly patients)

5. He has very good professional skills, but … . (communication skills)

6. She interests in clinical psychology, but … . (experimental psychology)

7. They have three lectures on Monday, but … . (any seminars)

8. He often experiences lack of appetite, but … . (thirst)

9. I work in the rehabilitation center, but … . (out-patient clinic)

10. I often feel tired after a busy day at work, but … . (exhausted)

Task 3. Form special questions. Begin your questions with question-words suggested:

I usually do my homework quickly. (How … ?) How do you usually do your homework?

1. We always do English homework on Monday. (On what days… ?)

2. We usually have two lectures on Tuesday. (How many … ?)

3. This web-site contains a great deal of psychology-related information for students and teachers. (What … ?)

4. Many social workers work with young people and their families. (Who …with?)

5. Experimental psychologists use a variety of different research methods and tools to investigate human behavior. (What … for?)

6. Clinical psychologists specialize in mental disorders and work with patients to assess, diagnose and treat these disorders. (What … in?)

7. At our annual conference we address the important causes of depressive disorders in patients. (Where …?)

8. People enter helping professions such as social work for many different reasons. (Why … ?)

9. Our hospice program coordinates medical, emotional, social, and spiritual services for people who are terminally ill. (What … ?)

10. Each institution which offers social work training programs has its own minimum entry requirements. (What requirements … ?)

11. Many of the social work jobs entail home visits. (What …?)

Task 4. Change the sentences into the Past Simple Tense, using the given suggestions. Be sure you know the principal forms of the irregular verbs:

A: /t/, for example placed

B: /d/, for example examined

C: /id/, for example wanted

Our teacher frequently collects our notebooks. (the day before yesterday) Our teacher collected our notebooks the day before yesterday.

1. I often get up early at the weekend. (last Sunday)

2. We often write tests in class. (yesterday)

3. She usually arrives at work at 7.20. (yesterday)

4. She usually conducts team training once a week. (last week)

5. As a social worker, you deal with difficult and unpleasant situations every day. (the day before yesterday)

6. I often encounter cases in social work practice related to prevention of alcohol dependence. (last Monday)

7. Every day I counsel patients who are in extremely distressing situations. (yesterday)

8. Social workers also address such issues as increasing access to suitable housing and medical care, providing aid to the homeless. (in the early 1900's)

9. I often administer cognitive-behavioural therapy to my patients. (last week)

10. We often deal with patients suffering from emotional disorders caused by the death of a family member. (the day before yesterday)

Task 5. Each sentence is the answer to a question. Make the question with the interrogative word suggested:

I learned English at school. (Where …?) Where did you learn English?

1. I spent my summer vacation at home. (Where … ?)

2. I read an interesting book yesterday. (What … ?)

3. It rained heavily during the night. (When … ?)

4. The book provided basic information about psychology. (What … ?)

5. In 1875 William James opened a psychology lab in the United States and used it for class demonstrations. (When … ?) (What … for?)

6. The psychologist had good credentials and all the necessary competencies. (What … ?)

7. Social work emerged as a profession early in the twentieth century. (When … ?)

8. Alice Salomon played an important role in the establishment of an international approach to the organization of social work education. (What … in?)

9. First I collected information to establish a problem solving model. (Why … ?)

10. When I arrived at work yesterday first I checked if there were any new admission to the hospital. (When … ?)

Task 6. Give short answers:

Does he always do his work well? (Yes)/(No) – Yes, he does./No, he doesn’t. b) Did you see this patient yesterday? (No)/(Yes) – No, I didn’t./Yes, I did.

1. Did you come to your class in time yesterday? (Yes)

2. Did you learn English last year? (Yes)

3. Do you go to the University by taxi? (No)

4. Do you attend medical encounters in hospitals every day? (No)

5. Do you get excellent marks every day? (No)

6. Does she go to the library every day? (Yes)

7. Do the medical school textbooks contain large amounts of information? (Yes)

8. Do psychologists address such issue as human behavior? (Yes)

9. Did we include only the specific information about this phenomenon? (No)

10. Do you meet with such cases every day? (Yes)

11. Did the drug begin acting immediately? (Yes)

12. Does the clinic have a staff of 56 people? (No)

13. Does each chapter end with a number of questions? (Yes)

Task 7. Extend the statements, using the Future Simple Tense according to the pattern:

I haven’t seen the doctor yet. I will see him tomorrow.

1. He hasn’t returned the manuscript yet. (one of these days)

2. I haven’t finished my homework yet. (in an hour)

3. I haven’t visited the conference yet. (next week)

4. He hasn’t received all the patients yet. (in two hours)

5. The teacher hasn’t handed us out our tests yet. (in a few minutes)

6. I haven’t switched on the light yet. (in a minute)

7. She hasn’t visited with a newly admitted resident yet. (in half an hour)

8. We haven’t finished the exercise yet. (in a few minutes)

9. I haven’t conducted an extensive social history assessment yet. (in a hour)

10. We haven’t made up our mind yet. (soon)

11. I haven’t worked out a care plan for this patient yet. (tomorrow)