- •Учебное пособие
- •Learning foreign languages
- •Answer the questions.
- •Read the dialogue and express the opinion “why do you learn foreign language?” Why Do You Learn Foreign Language?
- •Translate these sentences into English.
- •Make up you own dialogue about learning foreign languages.
- •Now you begin an institute course of English. It is very important to know what you think about it. Is it necessary for a future economist (engineer) to study a foreign language?
- •To express your opinion
- •To agree with somebody
- •To disagree with somebody
- •The history of the english language
- •Exercises
- •Answer the questions.
- •Complete the sentences.
- •Make up a plan for retelling the text, pointing out the main historical events.
- •Retell what you’ve learnt about the history of the English Language. History of education
- •Egypt [`iʤipt] – Egyptian [I`ʤip∫n]
- •China [`t∫ain]– Chinese [`t∫ai`ni:z] Greece [gri:s]– Greek
- •Education in russia
- •Read the translation of the first two paragraphs given below. Compare it with the original and say if everything is right.
- •Answer the questions:
- •Higher education in russia.
- •Exercises
- •Answer the questions:
- •Our university.
- •Exercises
- •Pay special attention to the pronunciation of the following words:
- •Find in the text sentences with Passive Voice.
- •Make up general and tail questions to the sentences:
- •Retell the text using the plan:
- •My study at the university Exercises
- •Answer the questions:
- •Higher education in great britain
- •Exercises
- •Remember the words and word-combinations.
- •Pay attention to the reading of the following words:
- •Translate into English
- •Answer the questions:
- •Make up a story about the system of Higher education in the u.K.
- •Use the situations in the conversation:
- •Words and Expressions
- •Try to arrange the Universities in chronological order.
- •Read the text and test yourself, write out the dates of foundation.
- •Read the text and find English equivalents of the next Russian word-combinations.
- •Complete the following sentences:
- •Oxford and cambridge
- •References
- •Exercises
- •Find the equivalents to the English expressions in the right-hand column.
- •Answer the questions.
- •Fill in the gaps.
- •Fill in the table.
- •What tradition is popular to the students at Сambridge?
- •What are students "sconced" (штрафоваться) for?
- •What do the so-called "Bulldogs" do if a student whom they come up to runs away?
- •What students' societies are there at Cambridge and which is the most popular one?
- •The oxford and cambridge boat race
- •Exercises
- •Find in the text English equivalents of the following words and word-combinations:
- •1. Skim through the text and say which of its paragraphs gives the information about:
- •2. Find sentences with the following words and phrases in the text and translate them into Russian:
- •Find answers to the following questions in the text:
- •American Universities and Colleges.
- •Exercises
- •Answer the questions:
- •Read the text again and decide if the following statements are true or fаlse:
- •Translate into English.
- •Чего стоит знаменитый Гарвард
- •Приложение the united states of america
- •Who can be elected
- •Great britain
- •Great britain
- •What was for you new in this text? Explain why
- •Australia
- •New zealand
Министерство образования Российской Федерации
Пермский государственный технический университет
Березниковский филиал
Кафедра общенаучных дисциплин
Учебное пособие
ПО АНГЛИЙСКОМУ ЯЗЫКУ
для студентов I курса всех специальностей
дневной формы обучения
Пермь 2001
Составители: старшие преподаватели Ивонина Л.К.,
Кучина Е.Б.,
Чайникова Г.Р.
В предлагаемом пособии содержятся тексты для аудиторной и самостоятельной работы. В основе построения пособия – принцип интенсивного обучения. Каждый из предложенных текстов включает в себя основной словарь – минимум, грамматические упражнения и творческие задания для ознакомительного чтения, обсуждения и развития навыков разговорной речи.
Пособие предназначегно для студентов I курса всех специальностей дневной формы обучения и тематически связано с разговорными темами, предлагаемыми на I-м курсе.
Пособие снабжено приложениями для чтения с информацией об англоязычных странах.
© Пермский государственный технический университет, 2001
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Learning foreign languages
“He, who knows no foreign language, does not know his own one”.
Goethe
Answer the questions.
Is it necessary to learn English?
What kind of foreign languages do you know?
Is it difficult for you to learn foreign languages?
Where do you learn foreign languages?
Whom do you learn English with?
Who teaches you English?
Do you use your knowledge of foreign languages in your life?
Where do you use your knowledge of foreign languages?
Do you like to learn it?
How long does it take you to do your English homework carefully?
How many foreign languages do you know?
What other languages besides English would you like to learn?
Read the dialogue and express the opinion “why do you learn foreign language?” Why Do You Learn Foreign Language?
— Is it easy for you to learn foreign language?
— Learning a foreign language is not an easy thing. It is a long and slow process that takes a lot of time and efforts.
— Why do you learn foreign language?
— Nowadays it is especially important to know foreign language. Some people learn language, because they need it for their work, others travel abroad, for the third studying language is a hobby. Everyone, who knows foreign language can speak to people from other countries, read foreign authors in the original, which makes your outlook wider.
— Why do you. learn exactly English?
— Nowadays English has become the world's most important language in politics, science, trade and cultural relations.
— Do many people in the world speak English as a mother language (tongue)?
— Over 300 million people speak it as a mother tongue. The native speakers of English live in Great Britain, the United States of America, Australia and New Zealand. English is one of the official languages in the Irish Republic, Canada, the South Africa Republic. English is one of the official languages of the United Nations Organization and other political organizations.
— What language is used by scientists?
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— Half of the world's scientific literature is in English. It is the language of computer technology. To know English today is absolutely necessary for every educated man, for every good specialist.
Do you like English?
English language is a wonderful language. It is the language of the great literature. It is the language of William Shakespeare, Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott, Charles Dickens.
Do you know how to learn English better?
Yes, there are some rules of memory. It is necessary to repeat the material you've learnt every three days. If you don't repeat the material within three days most of the information vanishes as if you never learnt it. It is better to memorize material before you go to bed. You'll memorize it more quickly. It's very useful to listen to the material you are learning to memorize the pronunciation. One should also know that we get 90% of information by teaching others, only 20% by listening and 30% by seeing.