- •Практика чтения и письменной речи reading and writing aid
- •Preface
- •Texts for guided reading
- •Doreen pope
- •Reading
- •Word study
- •Writing
- •Write an essay on the following topic: “What’s done to children, they will do to society” (k. Meuninger).
- •Education: doing bad and feeling good
- •Reading
- •Word study
- •Writing
- •How to plan for happiness
- •Reading
- •Word study
- •Paraphrase the following.
- •Match the following English and Russian proverbs.
- •Writing
- •Compress the information and a) make up an outline, b) write a précis of the text.
- •2. Expand on the following: “He is happy that thinks himself so.”
- •A news report
- •Reading
- •Word study
- •Writing
- •Language and literature
- •Reading
- •Word study
- •Writing
- •Thin end of the wedge
- •Reading
- •Word study
- •Paraphrase the following.
- •Writing
- •How life imitates screen violence
- •Reading
- •Word study
- •Writing
- •The domain of style
- •Reading
- •Word study
- •Group the following words and word-combinations into
- •Writing
- •The open window
- •Reading
- •Define means of producing a humorous effect used in the text (deliberate exaggeration, unexpected comparison, words which do not belong in the situation, etc.).
- •Do you find the story entertaining? Say how it appeals to your sense of imagination?
- •If it were up to you how would you change the end of the story? word study
- •Writing
- •Angel pavement
- •Reading
- •Word study
- •Writing
- •Inflation and the transition to a market economy
- •Reading
- •1. Read the title and define the theme of the text.
- •2. Give the gist of the text.
- •3. Identify the type of writing the text belongs to (publicistic, scholarly writing, fiction).
- •Word Study
- •Writing
- •Up the down staircase
- •Reading
- •5. Comment on the cases of humour and irony in the following examples. Say how ironic or humour effect is achieved.
- •6. Comment on the message of the story. Is it criticism of the system of education or its appraisal? Prove your point of view.
- •Word Study
- •1. Match the two columns.
- •2. Fill in the blanks with words or their derivatives from exercise 1
- •Writing
- •Feminism and the School Teacher
- •Reading
- •1. Read the title and define the theme of the text.
- •2. Skim the text and define the type of writing it belongs to (fiction or non-fiction); give the gist in two or three sentences.
- •Word Study
- •Say this in Russian.
- •5. Use an English-English dictionary to differentiate between, to give illustrative contexts for the following.
- •Writing
- •1. Compress the information and
- •2. Write an essay on the gender problem in education.
- •A last will
- •Reading
- •1. Read the title of the text and see of you can define the theme of it.
- •2. Run over the text, define the type of writing it belongs to and give the gist in 2 or 3 sentences.
- •Word Study
- •Writing
- •Texts for non-guided reading
- •The complete plain words
- •In what ways cyber space differs from america The boundlessness of the Internet opens new horizons
- •I/We Gather Together
- •Is School Unfair to Girls?
- •Reading and writing techniques
- •Humour, Irony, Sarcasm
- •Keys to exercises
- •Reading and writing test
- •Contents
- •Reading and writing aid
Reading
Skimming
Read the article, define the theme of it and give the gist in 2 or 3 sentences.
Read the title once again and say how it is related to the contents of the article.
Scanning
Scrutinize (scan) the text for right answers to the following questions.
What conclusion did the doctor arrive at after a life time analyzing the motives and influences on the performers of violent crimes?
How did he explain the growth of violent crime over the past 20 years?
Does the author give any evidence of the connection between the blood-spattered films and the crimes committed by people?
What arguments do film-makers use defending their products?
Social scientists agree that there’s casual connection between exposure to violence in the media and violent behaviour, don’t they?
What do parents think about the role of mass media in bringing up children?
Close reading
Comment on the quotations given in the article and explain why the author resorted to somebody else’s opinion on the topic?
Comment on the form of presentation chosen by the author (a news report, a feature article, an essay, a piece of fiction). Prove your point of view.
Comment on the means and special stylistic devices (metaphors, similes, epithets, etc.) used by the author to impress the reader with the amount of screen violence nowadays.
Say if the tone of presentation is objective or subjective?
Prove by evidence that the text now under consideration belongs to publicistic writing.
Critical reading
Say if the topic the author has concentrated on is of vital importance.
Whose opinion about the screen violence do you support that of film-makers or that of parents?
Say if you agree or disagree with the following statements.
a) the entertainment industry has no impact on people;
b) it only reflects what is going on in society;
c) it gives the public what they want;
d) if you don’t want to watch TV, you can always turn it off.
Do you think the author managed to analyze the problem thoroughly and to make his readers support his viewpoint? Give evidence for your opinion.
Word study
Match the two columns.
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h) crime
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Pick out 8-10 words relating to the topic discussed.
Find in the text synonyms to the following words.
1) destructive, injurious
2) chaos, confusion
3) dirty, wicked, criminal
4) attack
5) let smb down.
Say this in English.
беспрецедентный; совершить преступление; культовое кино; нападение; причинная связь; подвергнуть насилию; нанесение увечья; уклоняться от ответственности.
Say this in Russian.
violent crimes; pernicious effect; foul language; wrongdoing; to corrode the family; to behave anti-socially; children’s access to violent videos.