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Task 3. Answer the questions on the text.Стр 1 из 6Следующая ⇒ TEACHER'S PROFESSION It is not an easy thing to choose a profession but I've made my choice and decided to become ateacher. My patents are also teachers and I know that teaching is a very specific and very interesting job. A teacher is a person who is learning as well as teaching all his life. Most jobs can be done within the usual office hours of 9 a. m. - 5 p.m., but teacher's work is never done. When classes are over teachers stay at school to hold competitions, discoes, meetings of clubs and societies and are busy doing other kinds of extra-curriculum (out-of-class) work. Evenings are mostly spent marking exercise-books and preparing for the next lesson. While teaching you have to encourage your pupils and keep them interested. A good teacher is a model of competence. He studies his children closely -to discover their interests, their needs and abilities. He plans his work upon wnat he learns about his children. The relationships between him and his pupils should be based on cooperation and respect for a person. The function of education is to prepare children for real life situations, to help them live in the community, to bring them up in the spirit of high moral ideals. It is a great responsibility. Teachers develop their pupils' intellect, form their views and characters. They teach children to be honest and kind, to be active and industrious, loving their native land. To be a teacher is not so easy as it may seem at first but love for children and great patience combined with deep knowledge would be quite enough to succeed in work. Thus teacher's profession is a very hard job, but it is also very interesting and creative. That is why thousands of young people choose this profession and dedicate their lives to the education of younger generation. The schools of Russia are proud of such outstanding pedagogues as Ushinsky, Makarenko, Amonashvili, Shatalov and others.
choose (chose, chosen) – выбирать hold (held, held) – проводить (мероприятие) encourage – подбадривать, поощрять abilities – cnocoбности relationships – отношения respect – уважение community – общество bring up (brought, brought) = educate – воспитывать in the spirit of – в духе responsibility – ответственность views – взгляды industrious – трудолюбивый patience – терпение succeed – преуспевать
Task 1. Give the Russian equivalents for: l to choose a professions l to make a choice l to hold competitions l meetings of clubs and societies l extra-curriculum work l to mark exercise-books l to encourage one's pupils l to keep the children interested l a model of competence l a discover one's interests, needs and abilities l to be based on cooperation and respect l to prepare children for real life situations l to bring up children in the spirit of high moral ideals l to develop intellect l to form views and characters l to be honest and kind l to be active and industrious l to love one's native land l great patience and deep knowledge l to succeed in l to dedicate one's life to the education of younger generation.
Task 2. Finish up the sentences: l It is not an easy thing... l Teaching is... l When classes are over... l Evenings are mostly spent... l The relationships between him and his children... l The function of education is... l Teachers develop... l Thousands of young people...
Task 3. Answer the questions on the text. 1. Why have you chosen the profession of a teacher? 2. What qualities are the most important in a teacher? 3. What do teachers stay at school for when classes are over? 4. What is the main function of education? 5. What is necessary to succeed in teacher's work? 6. What are the tasks and role of school in present-day life? (Write down the answer in a form of a short resume and exchange your ideas with the partner. Report to the class.) Task 4. Submit a composition «What is your ideal of a good teacher?»/ «What makes a good teacher?». For doing this look through the sample composition.
My ideal of a good teacher I've never supposed that I'11 study at the Pedagogical University. It is interesting for me that I am engaged in pedagogical process. I couldn't guess that problems of pedagogics and teaching generally will be so actual nowadays. Teaching is the bilateral pedagogical process of communication of teachers and pupils.And it is a great responsibility for teachers to grow up each child as a person, to bring them up in the spirit of high moral ideals. It is the main purpose of education and simultaneously the most difficult task for pedagogues. So, to be a teacher isn't so easy as it may seem at first. Even if you want to be a teacher you can't become a good one. You must be born one. To my mind, a teacher is like a sculptor: he moulds a personality out of a child like a sculptor creates a beautiful statue out of clay. I can say that teacher's profession is very interesting and creative. That is why true genuine pedagogues, besides academic competence, should master broad knowledge. In my point of view a real teacher is agood actor, artist and scientist at the same time. I guess the most inportant qualities in a teacher are:
l Industry l Patience l Honesty
Industrious and patient pedagogues loving their children will be successful in work. Also it will be helpful for teachers to have such qualities as fairness, a sense of humor, and, finally, objectivity. It is really very important treating pupils as anyone of us would like to be treated. As for me, I assume that all relationships between teachers and pupils should be based on cooperation and respect for a person. In conclusion l'd like to say that in our modern hectic life such a significant person as a teacher should be swift and mobile, adopting changes. Pedagogues are learning as well as teaching all their life. So a teacher must be willing to continue his education, to perfect his knowledge not to fall behind. Because material wealth can be lost or stolen or can wear away to dust, but the wealth of the knowledgeable mind is with us throughout our lives.
Supplementary Reading.
Task1. Read the text «A Good Teacher: What is he like?» and do the assignments.
Teaching Practice Teaching is an activity which you can read about, think about, and be tutored in, but in the end it is something which you do. It is an action which is a consequence of thought. And you must do it for yourself in the only place where it can be done — in class-rooms. Another way of saying this is to say that teaching is an art, not a science. How is this difficult art to be mastered? The mastering can occur only with children in class-rooms. It is this fact which makes the provision of teaching practice an indispensable part of the work of any institution whose duty it is to educate students to work as teachers in schools. Without training the concept of a profession is impossible. Without practice in schools, any system of training is impossible. Teaching practice means an opportunity to prepare the material of one's subject more thoroughly then was necessary to pass one's examinations. The second opportunity which teaching practice presents to the students in training is the opportunity to discover how well he or she likes a subject, or indeed whether he likes it or not. There are people who do not have power of clear communication, and clear communication means understanding one's pupils, sympathizing with them, being aware of their individual differences and special aptitudes. The good teacher is a psychologist, capable of understanding children in the complex, changing situation of the class-room. Among other opportunities of teaching practice is the opportunity to understand the social significance of the school. What is done in class-rooms influences tne quality of our society. Briefly, teaching practice gives the student in training an opportunity to recognize his profession as the highly complex activity and the vital influence which it has.
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I. Read and translate the text.
A Teacher of Arts
«The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards». Anatole France.
My favourite subject at school was Drawing. I think it's because we had a very good teacher. He knew his subject very well and was a real artist. He also organized trips to St. Petersburg and Moscow where we visited different museums and admired the collections of art. We had a wonderful opportunity to visit the Hermitage. It's one of the most outstanding museums of world culture and art. The collection of the museum represents the art of Italy, Spain, Holland, Belgium, France, Great Britain and other countries. When we were in Moscow we visited the Tretyakov art Gallery. The collection of the Gallery reflects the history of Russian art, you can see icons of Rublev, portraits by Repin and Brullov, Russian landscapes by Shiskin, Savrasov and Levitan, genre pictures by Fedotov, historical canvases by Surikov. At our school we had the museum of art too. Many fine gifts of paintings are varied objects of art are to be found there. There are paintings of our teachers, drawing of schoolchildren as well as a valuable collection of paintings of local professional and amateur painters. Our school collection also contains a large number of lithographs and other forms of graphic art, watercolours and prints. If I had a wonderful experience not only during my Drawing classes, but after school, working in our museum and helping my favourite teacher. Most people spend a third of their lives at work. So it is important that people enjoy their work as much as possible: and enjoying work means choosing the sight career. Most young people have several choices opened to them when they leave school. I had decided that I wanted to be a teacher of arts when I was teenager. Thanks to my Arts teacher I really enjoyed Drawing classes. In Russia besides general regular schools there are other types of secondary schools for talented children. There are specialized Art schools. And I would like to teach art (Drawing, Sculpture) at such kind of schools. I am going to become a University student and I'd like to spend my student's years studying art of the ancient Rus, making a lot of drawings in the streets of my native city. It's my dream to paint portraits, create series of genre scenes of everyday life. Drawing, painting and sculpture belong to the fine arts. Really when something is extremely beautiful or has great cultural value, we say: “It's art”. Arts reflects feelings and emotions, brings delight and admiration, makes life pure. I'll try to do my best in order to be a successful teacher of arts. I should work hard to gain this purpose. There is a proverb “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart”. “A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops”. Henry Adams.
II. Suggest English equivalents for: любознательность; рисование; восхищаться; выдающийся; искусство; иконы; пейзажи; полотна; дары; предметы искусства; художники-любители; литография; акварель; эстамп; опыт; получать удовольствие от работы.
III. Suggest Russian equivalents for: choosing the right career; several choices; specialized art schools; talented children; portraits; series of genre scenes; fine arts; extremely beautiful; cultural value; feelings; delight; pure; eternity, influence.
IV. Read the beginning of the sentence and find its ending in the text. 1. The whole art of teaching... 2. It's one of the most outstanding... 3. The collection of the gallery reflects... 4. Many fine gifts of paintings... 5. So it is important that people... 6. Most young people have several choices... 7. I'd like to spend my student's years... 8. Drawing, painting and sculpture belong to... 9. Art reflects feelings and emotions... 10.Whatever you do, work at it...
V. Ask questions about the text and let your fellow-students answer them.
VI. Make up a brief summary of the text.
A teacher of history The teacher of history The occupation of a teacher attracts many school graduates. As soon as ……………………………….. I was definitely going to apply for a student of the teacher’s training university. I did my best and now I am a student of Volgograd State Pedagogical University, the History Faculty. I made up my mind to enter this faculty and take up history seriously as my future speciality as history of Russia was my favourite subject at school. So I am doing history. I take a full course of world and Russian history, let alone some other things. I must say I take a special liking to the subjects (modern history of Russia, for example) ……………………………………………………….... There are many historical subjects in our programme such as ancient history, history of the Middle Ages, Russian history, etc. I think, we will start learning the contemporary period next year, ……………………………………………………………………….... When I am in my third year, I wish to devote myself to the special study of modern and contemporary history by which I am greatly attracted. ……………………………. why of all humanities I have chosen history, my answer will be: it interests me as a science because it helps one to understand and explain the processes going on in various aspects of human history. It also helps one to foresee the course of events in the future. But no one can really study any particular period of history …………………………. about what preceded it and what came after it. As for me I’m going to work in school and teach children history. I think it will be very interesting to explain them that the entire history of human society is that of wars and struggle for power. Wars were always waged for the purpose of conquering ………………………….. No matter whether Roman dictators or German or French emperors, British kings or queens or Russian tsars - all the monarchs in their fight for absolute power or colonial possessions brutally oppressed their own people, enslaved and plundered the conquered nations. But in course of time empires and monarchies gradually came to a downfall. As a result of bourgeois democratic revolutions some monarchs were overthrown or deposed and ……………………………. I suppose we will discuss all these points on our lessons and it will be a great challenge for me to pass all my knowledge to the youngsters, using some progressive methods and new ideas as well. The children are so different: quite, boisterous, lazy, hard-working, ……………………………………….. If you want to be a good teacher you should be no doubt a good psychologist because kids should be taught in the atmosphere of understanding and happiness. The job seems to be very difficult: a sort of art. But one remembers: no man is his craft’s master the first day. Whether I will make a very good teacher or a research worker remains to be seen, but I am sure that eventually ……………………………………... in the field of history and perhaps social sciences.
Vocabulary Exercises 2. Give Russian equivalents of the following:
I am doing history; I take a full course of history; let alone other things; I take a special liking to this subject; I made up my mind to enter this faculty; he will make a research worker; I will become quite knowledgeable in the field of history; the processes going on in various aspects of human history; to foresee the course of events; to cast a retrospective look at the historical past; wars waged for the purpose of conquering other lands; fight for power or colonial possessions; in the course of time; monarchies gradually came to a downfall; when we are through with ancient history; when I am in my third year; I wish to devote myself to the special study of; no matter whether Roman dictators or Russian tzars; humanities and sciences 3. Suggest the English for:
изучать в школе всеобщую историю; история средних веков; специализироваться по новой и новейшей истории Англии; историческое (важное) событие; поступать на исторический факультет; иметь хорошие знания в этой области науки; пока не (до тех пор, пока); ученый (в области гуманитарных наук); проявлять интерес к историческим предметам; если не; вести войну с кем-нибудь; кроме (за исключением); борьба за власть; бороться против завоевателей; покорение Сибири; завоевывать государства; угнетать покоренные народы; в результате; моя будущая специальность, свергнуть монарха; короли и королевы, императоры и цари; падение Российской империи; что касается истории древнего мира; очень много времени; быть уверенным в...; колониальные владения; я полагаю, мы будем обсуждать все эти вопросы; понимать; процесс
4. Match a) antonyms b) synonyms
Speaking 5. Complete the following sentences by translating the Russian part into English: 1. Are you through with (своя работа, этот спецкурс, изучение этого предмета, история древнего мира, экзамены)? 2. I am not sure whether (он выберет историю в качестве своей будущей специальности, будет специализироваться по гуманитарным наукам, у нее хорошие знания древних языков, Виктор окончит школу в этом году, из нее получится научный работник, это заинтересует вас). 3. I am going to (специализироваться по новейшей истории Франции, стать историком-медиевистом, поступить на один из естественных факультетов, изучать бронзовый век). 4. I suppose (that) (из него получится хороший специалист, ваши студенты знают историю страны, ваш друг поступил на исторический факультет, вы закончили этот курс, она решила заняться естественными науками, он знающий человек). 5. I made up my mind (поступить в университет в будущем году, создать свою (my own) систему, хорошо изучить английский язык, представиться этому ученому). 6. He takes a special interest in (новой историей США, современной наукой, общественно-политическим строем Англии, великими учеными в этой области, историческими процессами древних времен периодом феодализма в России, колониальной экспансией Британской империи, жизнью английских королей, военной наукой). 6. Use the following questions to speak about yourself and the way you are going to study history.
1. What is your name? 2. Are you a first-year or a second-year student? 3. What faculty are you in? 4. You take a full course of history at the University, don't you? 5. What courses of history do you take? 6. Do you study other subjects? 7. Was history your favourite subject at school? 8. Why did you make up your mind to enter this faculty? 9. Which do you want to become: a teacher of history or a research worker after graduating from university? 10. Are you sure you will make a good specialist? 11. Why have you chosen history as your future speciality? 12. Is it possible to make a good study of a period of history without knowing what preceded it? 13. What is characteristic of the entire human history? 14. For what purpose were the wars usually waged? 15. What did the monarchs usually fight for? 16. How did the monarchs treat their own people? 17. What became of some monarchs and monarchies? 18. What republics were usually proclaimed after the overthrow of the monarchs? 19. What will you study after you are through with ancient history? Words and Word Combinations
to be a first-year student - учиться на первом курсе to take a course in... - слушать курс по... to be going to - собираться (намереваться) делать что-л. to leave school - окончить школу to make up one's mind - решить сделать что-то to enter college (university) - поступить в институт (университет) to take up history - заняться изучением истории to be sure that... - быть уверенным, что...; to be sure of- быть уверенным в чем-л. (ком-л.) in the field of - в области to take an interest in - интересоваться to be through with - закончить что-л. to start doing something - начать делать что-л. at the age of - в возрасте... лет as to (= as regards) - в отношении, что касается to devote oneself to - посвятить себя чему-л. a course of events - ход событий in the course of - в ходе, в течение for the purpose of- с целью to come to a downfall - пасть, рухнуть as a result of - в результате чего-то Supplementary Reading
Translate the text with the help of a dictionary.
Think of three historical figures. What do you know about them? Where did you get your information from? The chances are that you either read it somewhere or someone who read it somewhere told you about it. Did you ever think about who wrote down these facts? How can you be sure that they are true? The thing is, many historical "truths" are historical myths. Let's take some examples. In America, 4th July is Independence Day, the most important holiday in the American calendar, which the Americans celebrate with parades and fireworks. It was on 4th July, 1776 that Congress approved the Declaration of Independence. It was a good start. However, the struggle continued for another seven years after this, with some of the most brutal fighting in the whole war, as King George III was not willing to grant America total independence, which was the only arrangement that the American leaders would accept. So the fighting continued. The first draft of a Treaty of Peace was signed in November 1782 and in February 1783 the King officially announced that the war would soon be over. This led to the signing of the Treaty of Paris on 3rd September that same year. Think about the discovery of America. What's the first name that comes to mind? More than likely it's Christopher Columbus. Was America really discovered by him? He had set out to reach Asia and that's where he thought he was when he came to America. But there were many people there before him. The first ones were certainly the Native Americans, thousands of years before 1492. Where had they come from? Even the Vikings had made a number of expeditions, with Leif Eriksson landing there in around 1000 AD. Perhaps Amerigo Vespucci was the discoverer of America. After all, unlike Columbus before him, he was the first fifteenth-century explorer to realise where he was, or rather, where he definitely wasn't. So, maybe the word "re-discover" is more accurate when it comes to Columbus, if history is to give him any credit at all. Everyone believes such historical "facts" because, like you, they got them from what they thought was a reliable source. But how can such things be written down in the first place? One of the reasons must be that history is seldom "cut and dried". The events are often complicated and messy. The achieving of American independence was a lengthy affair. Presumably 4th July was chosen as the date to celebrate because it was seen as more significant than the date of the actual end of the war. Another reason is that such myths always contain a grain of truth. Columbus was not the first person to travel to America, but he was the first fifteenth-century explorer to go there. His "re-discovery" was, from a historical point of view, extremely significant for Europe since his voyages opened up large-scale commerce between Europe and America. History has traditionally been written by the winners. If the conquered indigenous peoples had written the history of the discovery of the New World, it would most probably have been very different, but not necessarily objective: the point of view of the conquered can be just as biased as the point of view of the conqueror. But that is not the whole story. The writing of history depends not only on the "side" the writer is on, but also on the culture and attitudes of the era it is written in. History is always subjective. So, remember: when you read history, take it with a pinch of salt.
Geography teacher Geography is a great science. Many scientists sacrificed their lives defending their beliefs and ideas. Giordano Bruno, for instance, was burnt to death. Geography as a science deals with our planet Earth and different phenomena occurring on it geo, meaning “earth”, and graphein,meaning “description”. It is closely interrelated with such sciences as design, biology, chemistry, geology, cartography. It includes knowledge about continents, oceans, rivers and other geographical objects and phenomena. Geographers describe and analyze physical characteristics of our planet and the ways in witch people interact with these physical environments and with each other. Most geographers focus on one of the two major branches of geography: physical geography and cultural (economic) geography. The subject of physical geography is the physical features and changes of the earth’s surface. In contrast to physical geography, cultural geography focuses on the impact of human ideas on the earth, it shows how groups of people who share traditions, institutions, activities and interests, charge their habitat. Along with the cultural landscape, geographers also study the process of cultural diffusion, or the spread of part of culture from one area to another. Geography teacher should read new publications in professional journals, such as “National Geographic”, to make his lessons interesting and up-to-date. BBC channels such as “Discovery”, “Animal Planet” contribute to our development, enrich our knowledge and world outlook. The science of geography answers such questions as ·Why does it rain? ·What are the reason of earthquakes and floods? ·Where are the highest peaks in the world? ·Why is one season followed by the other one? Isn’t it interesting to learn how such outstanding Travellers as Przhewalski (1836-1888), Semyonov-Tyan-Shanski (1827-1914), Bellinshousen (1778-1852) discovered new lands and put them on the maps? And the greatest duty of a teacher is to show his pupils that the future of our planet and our lives on it are in their own hands.
Task I. Give the English equivalents of the following geographical terms: картография физические характеристики физические объекты физическая география экономическая география предмет физической географии сфера обитания процесс взаимопроникновения культур
Task II. Fill the missing forms of the words
Task III. Define the subject matter of geography.
Task IV. Answer the question.
· What is the etymology of the word “geography”? · What other is geography closely interrelated with? · What are two major branches of geography? · What is the subject of physical geography? · What is the subject of economic geography? · What is meant by “the process of cultural diffusion”? · What sources enrich our knowledge of geography?
Task V. Interpret the words “the future of our planet is in our own hands”
Task VI. Render the content of the text in a 4 min talk.
Task VII. Project: Use the Internet, magazines, newspapers or TV programmers to find the information about Christopher Columbus, Captain Cook, Ferdinand Magellan, mark their voyages on the geographical map and report back to the class.
Exercises
1. Answer the following questions:
· How do school-leavers finally choose their profession? · What professions are popular with young people who are going to universities? · Where can young people get information about this or that profession or job? · What are the advantages and disadvantages of a teacher’s job? · What qualities are required to become a good teacher? · What qualities are required to become a good specialist in any job? · What is your idea of a good job?
2. Make up a dialogue using the following questions: 1) Who in your opinion made the greatest contribution to the mathematics of the 20th century? 2) What modern mathematicians do you know? 3) How has our life changed since you went to school? 4) Who invented the computer? 5) How did it change our life? 6) Are you connected with the Internet? 7) What do you use your computer for?
3. Working in groups discuss the questions: 1) Why is it necessary for children to study Algebra and Geometry at school? 2) How can parents encourage their children to take up Maths? 3) Are you a computer user? 4) What subject did you like most of all at school? Why? 5) Tell your classmates about your favourite mathematician.
4. Make a project on one of the following themes: 1. I wish I were a world-famous mathematician. 2. My favourite mathematician. 3. Maths in Russia. Its past and present. 4. Computers. 5. I want to become a good teacher of maths. 6. My favourite teacher of mathematics.
I want to be a programmer. I want to become a computer programmer. Many people continue careers of their parents or grandparents but it is not the case with me. My mother is a teacher and my father is a doctor. But I want to be neither a teacher nor a doctor. My favourite subjects in school were mathematics, physics, and, of course, computer science. My hobby is computer programming and computer games. I have a computer at home and can spend hours working on it. It is much easier to do things on computer, for example to write a composition or to find information you need on the Internet. I think that the profession of a programmer can give many opportunities. Information science with the ideas and message of processing and storing information is of great importance today. Computers are the most rapidly changing spheres of modern technology. We are living in the age of information. That’s why computer technology must be taught in secondary school. At present programming in our country is paid a lot of attention to by the government and much is being done to set up all necessary facilities for its development. The new subject “basic information science and computing machine” was introduced at schools. The pupils teach computers to investigate school problems. Contact with the machine increases the interest in learning, makes them more serious about studying new subject. In schools pupils can explore the Great Pyramid or study molecules from the inside. School computers are used not only for studying information science, but also examination purposes. Young people who finish school must be trained to operate computers. I think that the future is just filled with computers. Today, in England or in the USA people can work, go shopping or even go on dates sitting at their computers. Today they form part of our everyday life. The latest thing today is Virtual Reality. A Virtual Reality system can transport the user to exotic locations such as beach in Hawaii or the inside of the human body. Already today Virtual Reality is used in medicine. In hospitals surgeons could plan operations by first “ travelling” through the brain, heart or lungs without damaging the body. It is also used in police training schools. I think that the profession of a programmer can give many opportunities. We are living in the age of information. That’s why I decided to enter the university and study computer science.
Exercises 1. Answer the following questions: 1. Do you use a computer? 2. What do you use your computer for? 3. When did you first start using a computer? 4. Who taught you to use it? 5. Do you use a computer at home or at school? 6. Are you connected with the Internet? 7. How often do you go to the Internet-cafe? 8. What forms of Internet communication do you use regularly?
The Wired-up School
Churchill Community School in Somerset is a place where pupils and staff have mastered the art of getting what they want out of their computers. Like many schoolboys, Philip Eagle and his friends enjoy making paper airplanes. The only difference is that these boys are being given tips by a computer. “It’s physics, aeronautics and education,” insists Philip. He forgets to add that it’s also a pleasant way of passing the time during the morning break. He is currently working on his personal statement for the university entrance form. He is one of the many pupils at Churchill Community School who have chosen to spend their twenty minutes of freedom in the learning resource centre. Here they can borrow books, do last minute homework, catch up on gossip or take a turn on one of the computers that are always available for them to use. Students use the computers for a wide variety of tasks. Ian Blomfield, for example, used a CD-ROM of back issues of The Times and Sunday Times, along with the electronic encyclopedia Encarta, to find out about environmental damage caused by oil-tanker disasters. But he was able to go a step further. He used E-mail to pick the brains of campaigners and Friends of the Earth. “There was no other way we could have got such up-to-date information,” he says. Because of a technologically advanced link to the Internet, twenty-eight computers can remain permanently on life. Cliff Harris, the school’s computer technician, explains that pupils can use the Internet as easily as any piece of software. “A lot of students are likely to have a PC at home in their room,” he adds. “They go home and have conversations with their schoolmates on the Internet.” Most children seem to use their PC in a way that would please any teacher. Charles Palmer, who can also be found in the resource centre at break-time, says, “I didn’t exactly learn to read using a computer, but it was the adventure game Monkey Island that made me really want to learn. If I couldn’t read what was on the screen, I couldn’t play the game.” Charles also uses his PC for designing his family’s Christmas cards. Helen Brown finds that her PC is an invaluable home tutor that can offer her that little extra bit of help. “Sometimes there are things in algebra or biology that teachers only go over once, and I don’t understand them. But I can use a program I’ve got at home which explains it again and again until I do understand it!” However, she is not impressed by the possibility of computers replacing teachers. “You can’t ask a computer questions,” she says. “It just asks you.” Her view seems widely shared. “It would be totally boring,” says Chris Richmond. “You’d switch the machine off, or switch off yourself.” Nevertheless, he is currently using his PC to write an article on passive smoking, and claims that he is being given the chance to write the best essay he could possibly write with the use of his computer. Pupils without access to a computer at home are obviously at some disadvantage. The school tries hard to make up for this, however. They want all pupils to have a chance to take advantage of this valuable, interesting – and often fun – form of technology.
Questions:
·Who says that students use their PCs to communicate with each other? ·Who used a computer to read old newspapers? ·Who needed to learn to read before he could play a computer game? ·Who thinks pupils can use the Internet without any difficulty? ·Who says that computers as teachers would be very boring? ·Who used a computer to get information about an oil spillage? ·Who uses a computer for extra help at home? ·Who is writing an essay with the help of a PC?
3. Read the texts “I want to be a programmer” and “The Wired-up School” again and say how the pupils in the article use computers in terms of communication, information, education, leisure. 4. Working in groups discuss the questions: 1) Do you have a PC at home? For what purposes do you use it? 2) It is said that computers will replace teachers in the future. Do you believe that this statement is true? Why/ Why not? 3) Do computers help us communicate with others?
5. Make a project on one of the following themes: 1) Computers and Modern Life. 2) The History of Computer Science. 3) Virtual Reality. 4) Modern computer technology in education. 5) I want to be a teacher of basic information science and computing machine. 6) The Internet and Modern Life. TEACHER'S PROFESSION It is not an easy thing to choose a profession but I've made my choice and decided to become ateacher. My patents are also teachers and I know that teaching is a very specific and very interesting job. A teacher is a person who is learning as well as teaching all his life. Most jobs can be done within the usual office hours of 9 a. m. - 5 p.m., but teacher's work is never done. When classes are over teachers stay at school to hold competitions, discoes, meetings of clubs and societies and are busy doing other kinds of extra-curriculum (out-of-class) work. Evenings are mostly spent marking exercise-books and preparing for the next lesson. While teaching you have to encourage your pupils and keep them interested. A good teacher is a model of competence. He studies his children closely -to discover their interests, their needs and abilities. He plans his work upon wnat he learns about his children. The relationships between him and his pupils should be based on cooperation and respect for a person. The function of education is to prepare children for real life situations, to help them live in the community, to bring them up in the spirit of high moral ideals. It is a great responsibility. Teachers develop their pupils' intellect, form their views and characters. They teach children to be honest and kind, to be active and industrious, loving their native land. To be a teacher is not so easy as it may seem at first but love for children and great patience combined with deep knowledge would be quite enough to succeed in work. Thus teacher's profession is a very hard job, but it is also very interesting and creative. That is why thousands of young people choose this profession and dedicate their lives to the education of younger generation. The schools of Russia are proud of such outstanding pedagogues as Ushinsky, Makarenko, Amonashvili, Shatalov and others.
choose (chose, chosen) – выбирать hold (held, held) – проводить (мероприятие) encourage – подбадривать, поощрять abilities – cnocoбности relationships – отношения respect – уважение community – общество bring up (brought, brought) = educate – воспитывать in the spirit of – в духе responsibility – ответственность views – взгляды industrious – трудолюбивый patience – терпение succeed – преуспевать
Task 1. Give the Russian equivalents for: l to choose a professions l to make a choice l to hold competitions l meetings of clubs and societies l extra-curriculum work l to mark exercise-books l to encourage one's pupils l to keep the children interested l a model of competence l a discover one's interests, needs and abilities l to be based on cooperation and respect l to prepare children for real life situations l to bring up children in the spirit of high moral ideals l to develop intellect l to form views and characters l to be honest and kind l to be active and industrious l to love one's native land l great patience and deep knowledge l to succeed in l to dedicate one's life to the education of younger generation.
Task 2. Finish up the sentences: l It is not an easy thing... l Teaching is... l When classes are over... l Evenings are mostly spent... l The relationships between him and his children... l The function of education is... l Teachers develop... l Thousands of young people...
Task 3. Answer the questions on the text. 1. Why have you chosen the profession of a teacher? 2. What qualities are the most important in a teacher? 3. What do teachers stay at school for when classes are over? 4. What is the main function of education? 5. What is necessary to succeed in teacher's work? 6. What are the tasks and role of school in present-day life? (Write down the answer in a form of a short resume and exchange your ideas with the partner. Report to the class.)   Живите по правилу: МАЛО ЛИ ЧТО НА СВЕТЕ СУЩЕСТВУЕТ? Я неслучайно подчеркиваю, что место в голове ограничено, а информации вокруг много, и что ваше право...  ЧТО ТАКОЕ УВЕРЕННОЕ ПОВЕДЕНИЕ В МЕЖЛИЧНОСТНЫХ ОТНОШЕНИЯХ? Исторически существует три основных модели различий, существующих между...  Что способствует осуществлению желаний? Стопроцентная, непоколебимая уверенность в своем...  Что будет с Землей, если ось ее сместится на 6666 км? Что будет с Землей? - задался я вопросом... Не нашли то, что искали? Воспользуйтесь поиском гугл на сайте:
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