Express your opinion on the following issues.

1. What do you think about the development of science in the Republic of Kazakhstan?

2. Do you agree with the author that discussion of science-related topics can be regarded as the first step to creating a more scientifically-literate society?

3. What do you know about science at schools? What subjects do learners at the secondary school study?

4. Is it necessary to educate school learners about conducting a scientific research?

5. Can you describe various strategies people apply to deal with information?

VOCABULARY

Look at the italicized words in the article and say which word refers to the following.

1. able to show good judgement about the quality of something

2. an important development or discovery

3. responsible for one’s decisions or actions

4. differences between two or more things that should be the same

5. to take away somebody’s rights, especially their right to vote

Using the words under consideration, fill in the gaps.

1. There was a ……………… in negotiations last week.

2. What are the reasons of …………….. between the performance of the ‘focus groups’?

3. …………….. readers are able to analyze the peculiarities of the text.

4. The local council appealed to the …………………… citizens of the community.

5. Scientists are ……………. for the research results.

PRAGMATICS ACTIVISATION: WRITING
Write a short proposal of the theme (in any field of studies) that needs researching (in 300-350 words). Consult the ‘Writing Bank’ section.

LANGUAGE FOCUS

Tenses Revision

Revise the tenses and create a grammar concept map outlining the forms and usage of tenses in the Active and Passive Voice.

Tenses (Active)	Present	Past	Future
Simple (statement)
Simple (interrogative)
Simple (negative)

Progressive (statement)
Progressive (interrogative)
Progressive (negative)

Perfect (statement)
Perfect (interrogative)
Perfect (negative)

Perfect Progressive (statement)
Perfect Progressive (interrogative)
Perfect Progressive (negative)

Tenses (Passive)	Present	Past	Future
Simple (statement)
Simple (interrogative)
Simple (negative)

Progressive (statement)
Progressive (interrogative)
Progressive (negative)

Perfect (statement)
Perfect (interrogative)
Perfect (negative)

Perfect Progressive (statement)
Perfect Progressive (interrogative)
Perfect Progressive (negative)

Read the following short story and conjugate the verbs in the suitable tense form.

John ……….. (always travel) a lot. In fact, he ……….. (be) only two years old when he first ……….. (fly) to the US. His mother ……….. (be) Italian and his father ………… (be) American. John ……….. (be) born in France, but his parents ………… (meet) in Cologne, Germany after they ……….. (live) there for five years. They ……….. (meet) one day while John's father ……….. (read) a book in the library and his mother ……….. (sit down) beside him. Anyway, John ………… (travel) a lot because his parents also ………. (travel) a lot. As a matter of fact, John ……….. (visit) his parents in France at the moment. He ………. (live) in New York now, but ………. (visit) his parents for the past few weeks. He really ………. (enjoy) living in New York, but he also ……….. (love) coming to visit his parents at least once a year. This year ………. (fly) over 50, 000 miles for his job. He …………. (work) for Jackson & Co. for almost two years now. He ………. (be) pretty sure that he……….. (work) for them next year as well. His job ……….. (require) a lot of travel. In fact, by the end of this year, he………… over 120, 000 miles! His next journey ……….. (be) to Australia. He really ………. (not like) going to Australia because it is so far. This time he ……….. (fly) from Paris after a meeting with the company's French partner. He ………. for over 18 hours by the time he ……….. (arrive)! John ………. (talking) with his parents earlier this evening when his girlfriend from New York ……….. (telephone) to let him know that Jackson & Co. ……….. (decide) to merge with a company in Australia. The two companies ……….. (negotiate) for the past month, so it really ……….. (not be) much of a surprise. Of course, this ……….. (mean) that John ………. (have to catch) the next plane back to New York. He ………. with his boss at this time tomorrow.

[12] Beare K. English Tense Review for Advanced Level Learners, 2014

Find an example of an authentic text about science or education, highlight the tenses used their, identify them, then delete and prepare a grammar task on tenses. In class swap the tasks and practice the usage of tenses.

Create your own story related to science and/or education, using all the tenses in the Active and Passive Voice.

INFORMATION-ACCUMULATION: LISTENING

Lead-in: Answer the following questions and create an association map of the concept.

1. What is information society?

2. What characteristic features of information society can you name? [13]

Listen to the text and speak about its main idea.

Listen to the text about the information society and complete the gaps with suitable information.

· (1) ……………., and (2) ……………….. are making the world smaller and faster.

· The growth in telecommunications leads to starting a real (3) ………………….

· Around the world, there are people who don’t understand the language that (4) ……………… of the information is written in.

· The contrast between countries that have information technology and those that don’t have is called (5) ………………..

· The United Nations aims at making the information society a (6) ……………… for more of the developing world.

· In the nearest future the United Nations plans to provide 50% of the world’s population with (7) ……………… from educational institutions, health and cultural centres.

· The United Nations’ idea about information society has some (8) ……………….

· The cyber cities are situated in (9) ………………...

· The domain name system (DNS) does not control (10) ……………….

Discuss the following.

1. What are positive and negative effects of the spread of technology?

2. Can the United Nations’ plan to create the information society for all become the reality? What difficulties may occur?

3. What do you think about the freedom of information?

4. How can technology and the spread of information influence the job market?

5. How can the exchange of information keep local culture alive if most of that information is only in one language? What is the role of the English language in the information society?

PRAGMATICS ACTIVISATION: WRITING

Read the following.

A member of the United Nations’ Committee has been carrying out a research about the spread of technology in various countries of the world.

2 Write your report (in 300-350 words) to the member of the United Nations’ Committee about creating information society in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Describe the current situation, outline the problems and offer solutions. Consult the ‘Worksheets and Instructions’ section.

1.2 The System of Secondary and Higher Vocational Education in the Republic of Kazakhstan and Abroad.Types of Secondary Schools. Documents of Secondary Education.Admission to the University

LEAD-IN

Generate ideas on the following issue.

Most people hold the opinion that getting education at schools, colleges and universities is compulsory for everybody. Still there are some people who consider that there are different ways of getting education and ‘going to school’ is not necessary, and even parents can teach their children at home. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the opinions discussed? Prove your point with suitable examples.

INFORMATION-ACCUMULATION: READING

Answer the following questions.

1. What can you tell about the system of secondary and tertiary education in the target language countries and the Republic of Kazakhstan?

2. What are your fondest (best) memories of high school?

Read the text and choose the extract (A-G) which best fits the gap (1-5).

Education in Kazakhstan

The educational system in Kazakhstan is conducted in two languages - Kazakh and Russian and consists of several levels of state and private educational establishments: infant schools, elementary (or primary) schools, comprehensive schools, colleges and academies.

The constitution prohibits any discrimination on the basis of language or ethnicity and guarantees equal rights in education regardless of nationality. Children start school at the age of 7 and finish at 17. As a rule a child attends the school, located in the neighborhood.

The first stage of education in Kazakhstan is elementary (or primary) school for grades one through four. The second is secondary school for middle grades from five through nine. Upon graduation from secondary school students are given the choice of either continuing to attend the same school (high school -senior grades 10-11) or entering a vocational or technical school.

Both of these schools are meant to provide one, along with the certificate of secondary education with a number of useful skills (e.g. those of an electrician, technical or computer operators).

To be admitted to the institute one has to pass a series of oral or written tests.

Students may get free-of-charge higher education in the higher educational institution and the limited number of the state grants is given each academic year on a competitive basis. Some college departments (law, journalism, foreign language-especially English) have dozens of applicants for one prospective student's position.

Studying of foreign languages and development of computer skills of pupils is of a special importance. More opportunities appear for the interested persons to be trained abroad on the basis of local and state grants, scholarships.

[14] Native English, 2014

A The content of vocational education in senior grades 10-11 is implemented in the context of three fields of specialization: Natural Science and Mathematics, Social Studies and the Humanities, Technology.

B The constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan fixes the right of citizens of the republic on free-of-charge secondary education which is obligatory.

C Private universities, typically for-profit institutions, are subject to the same regulations regarding curriculum but are free to set tuition and salaries as they see fit.

D The system of higher education prepares highly - skilled experts on economy, transport, agriculture, medicine, languages and others. Today the young people of Kazakhstan have the opportunity to choose and acquire various types of education and build their lives according to their ambitions.

E Having completed one's secondary education, one can either become a part of work force or go on college (institution of higher learning-Institute).

F Public universities are subject to the same regulations as other government-owned organs, regarding not only fees and salaries, but also administrative structure, contracting and subcontracting, and ownership of property.

G However, in big cities there are so-called special schools, offering more in depth studies of the major European languages (English, French, German) or the advanced courses in physics and mathematics and children, attending one of this may have to commute from home.

VOCABULARY

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