- •About myself & my future career
- •1. Answer the questions in writing.
- •2. Use your answers and make up a topic about yourself.
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary work
- •Registration form
- •2. Copy out and fill in your own registration form for your University classes of English:
- •Registration form
- •About myself
- •Vocabulary
- •3. Give the English equivalents to the following.
- •4. Read the following statements and say whether they are true or false.
- •5. Ask 15 questions to the text and be ready to answer your groupmates’ questions.
- •6. Fill in suitable words:
- •7. Work with a partner. Ask him/her the following questions:
- •8. Give the English equivalents to the following:
- •9. Read the classroom vocabulary. Try to guess and/or look up the meaning of these phrases. Memorize them.
- •10. Make up a dialogue with a partner and use as many classroom expressions as possible.
- •Verb to be
- •1B. Write the full form (she is / we are not etc.).
- •3. Write full sentences. Use am/is/are each time.
- •4. Write positive or negative sentences. Use am / am not / is / isn't / are / aren't.
- •Jobs & hobbies
- •1. Look at the names of the professions. Pair up. Try to guess from the mime of your partner what the job is:
- •Choosing a Career
- •Vocabulary
- •2A. Can you find ten hobbies hidden below?
- •6. A. Speak about your friend using the following plan:
- •7. Speak on the topic (first word in the passage) and use the introduced vocabulary.
- •8. Read the dialogues. What do the people who talk to each other do?
- •9. Answer the questions.
- •11. Translate the sentences into Russian:
- •12. Discuss the daily routines of:
- •13. Describe the working day of a clerk. Use the following office timetable (in a humorous way):
- •14. Comment on the following:
- •Present Simple form
- •Exercises:
- •1A. Rewrite each sentence as a positive or negative sentence, or a question, according to the instructions.
- •Imagine you already work. Where do you work? What is your position? What do you do? How much money do you get for it? Present Simple: short answers form
- •4. Write the short answers:
- •1. Read and remember English letters, sounds and phonemic symbols.
- •2. Spell your names in English, using the alphabet. Pronounce each letter.
- •3. Look up the pronunciation of the words society, people, hierarchy in a dictionary. Как работать со словарем
- •3. Translate the sentences into Russian using a dictionary:
- •5. Translate the proverbs into Russian:
- •6. Put the words in the dictionary (I.E. Alphabetic) order:
- •7. Define the initial form of these words:
- •8. Translate the following collocations:
- •1. Write the correct pronouns for these sentences.
- •2. Write the correct reflexive pronouns for these sentences.
- •3. Write the correct possessive adjectives for these sentences.
- •4. Write the correct possessive adjective or pronoun for these sentences.
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Fill in suitable words:
- •2. Give English equivalents to the following words and collocations:
- •3. Finish the sentences:
- •Imagine your online friend has come to Russia from Canada to visit you. What will you show him/her in Samara? Tell him/her about the city as much as you can.
- •6. Discuss the following, giving your arguments for or against.
- •7. Speak on:
- •8. Illustrate the proverbs:
- •2. Interrogative sentences
- •4.Exclamatory sentences
- •Interrogative sentences (am/is/are)
- •1. Write questions from these words. Use am/is/are:
- •2. Write questions with What/Who/How/Where/Why . . . ? Use am/is/are:
- •3. Ask the questions (Read the answers to the questions first):
- •4. Write positive or negative short answers (Yes, I am / No, he isn't etc.).
- •5. Make four different types of questions questions from these statements:
- •6. Rewrite these sentences without using to or for.
- •7. Rewrite these sentences in the correct order.
- •Samara state university
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Answer the questions:
- •More about Samara State University
- •1. Say if these statements are true or false:
- •2. Fill in suitable words:
- •3. Discussion
- •1. Rewrite each sentence as a positive or negative sentence, or a question, according to the instructions.
- •2. In your notebook, write these sentences putting the verbs into the correct tense (Present Simple/Present Continuous):
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Give English equivalents to the following words and collocations:
- •2. Finish the sentences:
- •3. Translate the text into Russian.
- •4. Use each of the following word combinations in sentences of your own:
- •5. Retell the text.
- •6. Top Sixteen Reasons for Studying a Foreign Language: give your reasons for studying languages and fill in the gaps.
- •1. Fill in the indefinite article: a or an.
- •6. Write a, the, or no article to complete these sentences.
- •7. Write the names of the places below in two columns, those with the and those without the:
- •8. Insert the articles where necessary:
- •Great britain (The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Answer the following questions:
- •2. Say if these statements are right or wrong:
- •3. Finish these sentences:
- •4. Speak on:
- •5. Use each of the following word combinations in sentences of your own:
- •6. Retell the text.
- •Irregular Plurals:
- •1. Write the plural:
- •3. Paraphrase the following using the possessive case:
- •5. Some of these sentences are right and some are wrong. Correct the sentences that are wrong. Write 'okay' if the sentence is right.
- •6. Which is right? Complete the sentences:
- •7. Write the words in the plural and in the correct column.
- •8. Complete the sentences using the words from the box in the plural form.
- •9. Some of these sentences are right but most are wrong. Correct the sentences that are wrong.
- •10. Complete the words using the vowels in the box below.
- •Customs and traditions
- •Englishmen and their Habits
- •Vocabulary
- •1. A. Read the dialogue.
- •2. Answer the following questions.
- •3. Find in the text the English for the following and use them in sentences of your own.
- •4. Give the three forms of the following verbs:
- •5. Study the following and add as many names of the countries, nations and languages to the list as you can. Consult a dictionary.
- •6. Study the following combinations and use 3-5 of them in one situation.
- •7. Insert prepositions or adverbs. Retell the text.
- •8. Fill in the blanks with a suitable word from your active vocabulary. Translate the sentences into Russian.
- •9. Make up a dialogue to illustrate the difference between custom and habit. Study the example.
- •10. Speak On:
- •11. Illustrate the proverbs with examples from your life experience.
- •1. Write these sentences in the past simple, keeping them as questions or negatives.
- •2. Change the verbs into the past simple, keeping them as positives, negatives, or questions.
- •3. Use the verbs above to complete these sentences.
- •4. Write the past simple positive of these irregular verbs.
- •5. In your notebook, write these sentences putting the verbs into the past simple. Remember that the infinitive is used for questions and negatives.
- •The united states of america
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Answer the following questions:
- •2. Say if these statements are true or false:
- •3. Finish these sentences:
- •4. You are writing a report on the us and you need some general information about the country. You want to consult an expert on:
- •5. Speak on:
- •6. Translate the sentences into Russian. Pay attention to the words in italics:
- •Asking General and Special Questions
- •1. Make questions from these statements.
- •2. In your notebook, make ten questions from the box below, and give the answers.
- •3. Write the questions.
- •What is sociology?
- •Sociology
- •1. Look through the text and answer the following questions:
- •2. Complete the sentences below using words from the following list:
- •3. Use each of the following word combinations in sentences of your own:
- •4. Read and translate the following text. Some more facts about Sociology
- •1. Answer the following questions:
- •What is Sociological Theory? Origins of Sociology.
- •1. Answer the following questions:
- •2. Match the words and phrases on the left with their definitions on the right and translate them.
- •1.Rewrite these sentences as questions or negatives, according to the instruction given.
- •2. Complete these sentences using can or could. If two answers arc possible, write them both.
- •3. Rewrite these sentences using may or might. Where two answers are possible, write them both:
- •4. Complete the telephone conversation using may {not) or might {not). Where two answers are possible, write them both.
- •5. Write the sentences, choosing one of the modals:
- •6. Complete the sentences with can, could, may, might, should or must in the positive or negative:
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Brain Teaser
- •2. Fill in suitable words:
- •3. Choose the most suitable word or phrase to complete the sentence below:
- •4. Read and translate the text. Learn the words and collocations in bold type. Family as a Social Phenomenon
- •5. Answer the questions:
- •6. Find in the text equivalents to the following words and word combinations.
- •7. Work with a partner. Ask him/her the following questions and make a note of his/her answers.
- •10. Say it in another way:
- •11. Use each of the following word combinations in sentences of your own:
- •12. Answer the following questions:
- •13. Translate the text into Russian:
- •1. Write these sentences, putting the verbs into the future simple.
- •2. Write the correct form of going to or will to complete the dialogue:
- •3. Complete these sentences with the correct tense (will or going to):
- •Methods and techniques of sociological research
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Fill in suitable words:
- •The University of Chicago. The Department of Sociology
- •1.Write the sentences below using direct speech. Write each sentence twice, putting she said, he said, etc. Before and after the statement.
- •Indirect speech
- •2.Write these sentences in indirect speech, using the words given. Remember to change the pronouns where necessary.
- •3.Write these sentences in indirect speech, using the words given. Change the pronouns where necessary.
Methods and techniques of sociological research
Pre-reading task: what do we need methods of sociological research for?
How do sociologists study human behaviour and institutions? Like the typical citizen on the street, the sociologist is interested in the central questions of our time. Is the family falling apart? Why is there so much crime? and such like. However, unlike the typical citizen, the sociologist must use scientific method in studying society.
Scientific method is a systematic, organized series of steps that ensures maximum objectivity and consistency in researching a problem. There are 5 basic steps in scientific method that researchers follow in developing useful research. These are:
defining the problem (i.e. stating as clearly as possible what you hope to investigate),
reviewing the literature(i.e. refining the problem under study, clarifying the techniques to be used in collecting data),
formulating the hypothesis (i.e. developing a guess, that should be scientifically tested and confirmed, revised or refuted),
selecting the research design and then collecting and analyzing data,
developing the conclusion.
Let us briefly summarize the process of scientific method through a review of the example. In the 1980s, people in the United States became increasingly aware of the plight of the homeless in the nation’s urban centers.
The researchers defined the problem (the relationship between homelessness and mental illness). They reviewed the literature (other studies of the presence of mental illness among the homeless) and formulated the hypothesis (“Most homeless persons are not mentally ill”). The researchers collected the data by creating an appropriate sample of homeless persons (767) and analyzed them. Finally, they developed a conclusion: the typical homeless person is likely not to have a history of mental illness.
Thus, through the systematic application of scientific method, these researchers studied a contemporary social issue and generated meaningful findings of interest to sociologists, mental health workers and policy makers.
Vocabulary
series['siεri:z] – серия, цикл, ряд, последовательность
research, researcher, to develop research
personnel [pεsε'nel]= staff
technique [tek'ni:k] - техника, технические приемы to acquire, develop, work out a technique — приобретать, нарабатывать технику to apply a technique — применять какой-либо технический прием 2) метод; методика, способ Syn: method, means
data['deitε] - сущ.; мн. от datum данные, факты, сведения; информация
hypothesis[hai'po:ǿisis] - гипотеза, догадка, предположение to advance, formulate, propose a hypothesis — выдвинуть гипотезу to confirm a hypothesis — подтверждать гипотезу working hypothesis — рабочая гипотеза
plight – затруднительное, сложное положение
i.e.– (Latin) id est = то есть = that is
1. Answer the questions:
What questions are sociologists interested in?
What differs the sociologist from the typical citizen?
What is scientific method? What are the five basic steps in scientific method?
What does it mean to define a problem?
What is a hypothesis? Is it always correct?
Why developing a conclusion isn’t the end of a research study?