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III. a) Enlarge upon the following topics:

1. After your parents your teacher may be the most important person in your life. 2. Teaching

is not easy and a real challenge to your character, abilities and talent. 3. To be a good teacher you

must be genuinely interested in what you are doing. 4. Teaching is a constant stream of decisions. 5.

Every time you learn something new you become something new.

P r o m p t s: there's one more thing to be noted, moreover, what's more..., I might as well add

that..., in addition, on top of that..., something else I'd like to say is..., talking of....

b) Comment on the quotation from John Steinbeck, say if you share his

opinion. Do you also think that teaching equals art? Why do you think that! Find

more quotations concerned with teachers and teaching, comment on them.

c) Continue the text on the part of the teacher. You may find the following

ideas useful:

A good teacher is one who learns all the time, from life, from colleagues, from children; a

professional teacher integrates theory and practice; this sort of work demands great patience; there

are many skills necessary for good teaching.

d) Prepare a 3-minute talk on one of the great teachers of the past or today,

give reasons for your choice.

IV. a) Act out the dialogue "Choosing is not so easy as it looks".

b) Role-play a talk between an intending teacher and a will-be journalist on

differences and similarities of the careers they've chosen. Use Text В and Essential

Vocabulary П.

V. Speak about:

1. possible change in the system of secondary education in Russia.

P r o m p t s: universal compulsory education, to extend the training course, to improve the

educational process, to modernize programmes and manuals, to use up-to-date technical equipment,

to provide optional training in various subjects.

2. an ideal school as you see it.

VI. Bead the jokes below. See how the verbs learn and s tudy are used in the

context. Consult a dictionary and find out the difference in their meaning and usage.

Retell the jokes in indirect speech:

1. A young teacher just beginning his career asks advice of an older member of the faculty:

"What have you learned in your years of experience?"

"I've learned one thing. Often you will find while you are giving a lesson in class that there is

one young upstart who always disagrees with you. Tell me, would you stop him and try to make him

shut up right then and there?"

"I suppose I would."

"Well, don't. He's probably the only one who is listening to you."

2. A high-school girl seated next to a famous astronomer at a dinner party struck up a

conversation asking, "What do you do in life?"

He replied, "I study astronomy."

"Dear me," said the young miss, "I finished astronomy last year."

VII. Translate the sentences using the words learn and s tudy in their different

meanings:

1. В молодости он изучал химию в университете. 2. Дети легко учат иностранные

языки. 3. Я очень огорчился, когда узнал, что не сдал экзамен. 4. Весь вечер он занимался в

своей комнате. 5. Изучите эту информацию очень внимательно- она поможет вам сделать

правильный выбор. 6. Моя сестра учится, чтобы стать юристом. 7. К сожалению, он так и не

научился читать и писать. 8. Вам еще предстоит научиться, как справляться с трудными

проблемами на уроках.

VIII. Comment on the given proverbs. Make np a situation centered round one

of them:

1. Better unborn than untaught.

2. Like teacher, like pupil.

3. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

IX. a) Fill in prepositions and adverbs where necessary:

Dialogue

B o b : What are you going to take... as a career?

J o h n : Architecture. Actually, I've already started. I began my studies ... last October.

B o b : What are you going to do when you finish?

J o h n : Oh, I shall go back ... home and practise ... my native town. There's a lot of useful

work to be done there — building schools, hospitals, homes ... the people.

B o b : What made you decideto take ... architecture as a career?

J o h n : Well. I was good... Maths and Art... school and I think I had a certain feeling...

design. My teacher encouraged... me and said I had a bent... architecture.

В о b : I find that some young people fail to take ... a career because they're not sure what

they want to do and what career opportunitiesthere are.

J o h n : Yes, that's true. But usually your personal qualities show......school, don't they?

Teachers guide and encourage ... the young to take ... the careers ... which they're best suited.

b) Tell your friends how John chose his career.

c) Make up your own dialogues on choosing a career. Use the word

combinations in bold type in them.

X. a) Read the following:

Caring teachers take an active part in defending peace and in solving other social problems,

such as straggling for better living conditions and a happier future for their pupils. Their demands are

well grounded since millions of boys and girls throughout the world are being deprived of a happy

childhood.

b) Support the idea with information from Russian and/or foreign press. Pay

special attention to the situation in the USA and Great Britain.

c) Speak on:

1. your idea of a happy childhood;

2. the problem of deprived children in Russia and abroad.

XI. Here is a series of extreme opinions. Build a conversation about each

topic. Begin as in the model:

English is a very easy language to learn.

A.: It says here English is a very easy language to learn.

В.: I'm not sure I quite agree. I'd say it's fairly difficult.

A.: Why do you think that?

В.: Well, ...

Opinions:

1. A teaching career isn't suitable for men.

2. Teaching a foreign language in a school is pointless.

3. Education is the responsibility of teachers and parents shouldn't interfere.

4. Schoolchildren should be allowed to choose the subjects they want to study.

5. In the near, future schoolteachers will be replaced by computers.

XII. Translate the sentences below into English. Use Essential Vocabulary II:

1. Любовь к детям заставила его стать учителем, и он никогда не жалел о своем

выборе. 2. Похоже, придется выбирать между работой в детском саду и учебой в

пединституте. 3. В моей работе нет большого разнообразия, но у нее есть свои достоинства. 4.

Боюсь, что в этот раз школьникам нелегко будет справиться с заданием. 5. Успехи учеников в

большой степени зависят от их учителя и его профессионального мастерства. 6. Работа в

школе потребует от вас ума, такта и чувства ответственности. 7. Уважение людей можно

заслужить только честным трудом. 8. Не каждый, кто получает профессию учителя в

Великобритании, может найти себе работу. 9. Я работаю учителем уже много лет и могу

сказать, что не смог бы найти более благородного труда. 10. Мой друг выбрал себе профессию

врача, еще когда учился в школе. Он всегда был уверен, что эта работа самая важная на свете.

11. Любовь к музыке и интерес к педагогике (theory of education) заставили меня подумать о

профессии учителя музыки. 12. Часто выпускникам школ бывает трудно решить, какую

профессию выбрать. В этом случае учителя и родители могут помочь им сделать правильный

выбор университета.

ХIII. Role-piaying. a) Act out in pain the following situations; use Essential

Vocabulary II:

1. Mike's father has been asked by the headmaster to come to school because of his son's

unusual behaviour: bad marks, lots of missed classes, rude behaviour. Discuss the causes of his

behaviour and steps to be taken.

2. Next year George and Nick are going to take entrance examinations at the University.

Imagine a talk between them about their plans and the reasons that have determined then choice.

3. Mother and daughter have a very serious talk about the girl's decision to take up teaching

as a career. Her mother, though, is rather sceptical about her choice.

4. Imagine a talk between two friends, one of whom is fed up with his or her present boring,

unrewarding job. The other tries to suggest what he or she should do.

P r o m p t s : might it be an idea to ...; have you ever thought of...; you could always ...; if

I were you, I'd ...; why don't you .,.; you'd better ...

b) Role-play the following situation:

You are at a Parent-Teachers association meeting. You are discussing a problem you feel very

strongly about Among you there is a mother who's sure that children shouldn't be strictly disciplined

at school, a father who has the opposite opinion, a father who tends to blame teachers for his

children's faults, a grandmother who tends to spoil her grandchildren, a mother who gives other

parents advice for the only reason that her daughter is at the head of the class.

XIV. Pick one of these topics and discuss it, making sure each member of the

group gets a chance to speak;

1. How to encourage a child to make better progress at school? Should parents use; praise,

presents, promises of future rewards?

2. Should a child be punished? If not, how to make children obey?

3. Should children be allowed to wear clothes of their own at school? Should boys be

allowed to have long hair, and girls to use make-up?

4. How can parents help teachers with out-of-school activities?