Ex. 5. Answer the questions. Use Tables A, B.

· What qualities should a teacher have?

· What qualities are not desirable in a teacher?

Table A knowledgeable approachable humorous compassionate enthusiastic composed creative meticulous

Table B dull mean-spirited sloppy disinterested unimaginative high-strung withdrawn uninformed

Ex. 6. Work in pairs. Put the words from the box below in the right section - Good Teacher or Bad Teacher – as in the example. Present your results to the group.

 

 

 

level-headed     moody  alert      charismatic      strict       tolerant condescending      edgy         monotonous       arrogant          dismissive lenient     sincere   dependable       engaging          committed   absent-minded      demanding         picky      conceited            witty

Ex. 7. Work in groups. Describe your favourite teacher.

 

You should say:

• who the person was

• what kind of a person they were

• what their lessons were like

and explain why you liked them so much.

 

Follow-up questions:

 

1. Do you think the majority of teachers are good at their job?

2. Teachers often complain about being overworked. Do you agree?

3. What can be done to improve the quality of teaching in schools?

4. Should teachers be allowed to hit students who misbehave very badly?

5. What do you think can be done to improve discipline in schools?

6. What would you do to improve the education system if you were the Minister for Education?

WRITING

Ex. 8. Choose one of the topics and write an essay at least 250 words. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

 

1. Do you think it is better for students to work before their university study? Why? Use reasons and specific examples to support your choice.

2. Compared to the past, more people are now studying abroad because it is more convenient and cheaper than before. Do you think this is beneficial to the foreign student’s home country? Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.

3. Computers have become so advanced and interactive that students in the future will have no need for a human educator in the classroom. Do you agree? Why or why not?

4. University students nowadays have too much freedom and do not study enough. To what extent do you agree and disagree? 

 

Module 2

Unit 1. Language as a mean of intercultural communication

SPEAKING

Ex. 1. A) Choose the correct words in these phrases.

 

Language ability

1. (my) first / last language (is) …

2. be bilingual in / at …

3. be fluent at / in …

4. be reasonably good on / at …

5. can get to / by in …

6. know a little / few words of …

7. can’t speak a word of / with …

8. can have / make a conversation in …

9. speak some …, but it’s a lot / bit rusty

10. pick up / off a bit of … on holiday

B) Choose five phrases from exercise above. Use them to make sentences about yourself or people you know.

C) Work in groups. Take turns to tell each other your sentences. Ask follow-up questions if possible.

READING

Ex. 2. A) Read the article about learning English around the world. Match headings a-e to paragraphs 1-4. There is one extra heading.

1. English seven days a week

2. A changing language

3. People’s attitude to English

4. An English-speaking world

5. A passport to employment

Where’s English going?

1. More people speak English than any other language. However, non-native speakers now greatly outnumber native speakers. A recent report suggested that the number of non-native speakers had already reached 2 billion, whereas there are around 350 million native speakers of English. The British Council predicts within five years about half the world's population – over 3.5 billion people - will speak English.

2. Why such enthusiasm for English? In a word, jobs. English has become the dominant language of international business, academic conferences, science and technology and, of course, tourism. Also, about 75% of the world's correspondence is written in English and 80% of all electronic information is stored in English. According to Dr Jurgen Beneke of the University of Hildesheim in Germany, by far the majority of interactions in English now take place between non-native speakers. For example, at a Toyota factory in the Czech Republic, English was chosen as the working language of the Japanese, French and Czech staff.

3. The way that people study English is also changing. In South Korea, for example, the national government has been building English immersion schools all over the country, where teenagers live in an all-English environment for up to four weeks at a time. In these 'English villages', students check in to their accommodation, go shopping, order food, go to the bank, take cooking classes or acting lessons – all in English. And they appear to enjoy the experience - when we visited one acting class, a student was pretending to be the film star Orlando Bloom to the obvious amusement of his classmates.

4. So what happens to a language when it becomes a world language? It seems that the answer is difficult to predict because this phenomenon has never happened before. However, what is already evident is that these new speakers of English aren't just using the language - they're changing it. Jean Paul Nerriere, a former French IBM executive, believes that the future of English belongs to non-native speakers. For the international business community, he always recommends a version of the language which he calls "Globish" - a combination of 'global' and 'English'. He describes it as English without its cultural associations. It's a simpler version of the language. So, for example, speakers of Globish don't use idioms and they definitely don't try to tell jokes. It has a limited vocabulary of about 1 ,500 words and the speakers use accurate but uncomplicated sentence structures. In fact, Nerriere suggests that native speakers will need to use Globish or they may well feel left out of the conversation!

 

B) Read the article again. What does it say about these numbers, people and things?

 

350 million   3.5 billion     Dr Beneke       75%      Toyota

immersion schools      Jean Paul Nerriere

 

C) Work in pairs. Discuss these questions.

 

1. Do you think Globish will become more important than standard English? Why?/Why not?

2. How important is English for employment opportunities in your country? Give examples.

LISTENING

Ex. 3. Listen to the ESL podcast called Describing Speech and Language Ability and fill in the gaps.

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