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Факультативный курс по специальности 010501 «Прикладная математика и информатика»
Программа курса
Программа составлена: к.ф.н., доцент А.В. Зубкова, ст. преп. Е.В. Аношина
Содержание
- Identity: What makes you?
- Speaking:
- Discussing what gives you your identity.
Discussing people's self-image. - Grammar: Review of basic verb structures.
- Listening:
- People describing what gives them their identity.
Four men talking about their self-images - Writing:
- Writing an e-mail and an informal letter about yourself.
Auxiliary verbs. - News. Images of the twentieth century.
- Speaking:
- Talking about famous events in the twentieth century.
Exchanging personal news. Showing interest & empathizing. - Grammar:
- Passive voice.
Question tags & short answers.
Indirect questions. - Listening:
- People talking about memorable images of the twentieth century.
Radio news broadcasts. - Writing:
- Writing a magazine/newspaper article
- Time: Time management. Work.
- Speaking:
- Talking about rules and regulations.
Talking about work places. - Grammar:
- Modals.
- Listening:
- Radio discussion on attitudes to time.
People talking about their work place. - Writing:
- Writing a business letter.
Writing a letter of application.
- Cyberspace. Digital. Communication.
- Speaking:
- Talking about gadgets. Making predictions about the future. Discussing the state of the world at the end of the 21st century. Giving a presentation.
- Grammar:
- Conditionals.
- Listening:
- People talking about why they use e-mail & the Internet.
- Writing:
- Writing a report based on statistics.
- Reading:
- Article: a newspaper interview with Stephen Hawking.
- Going global
- Listening & Speaking:
- Talking about the effects of globalizations.
Discussing English in a changing world
- Grammar:
- Introducing points in an argument.
- Task:
- Devise an action plan to master your English (reading, writing, extended speaking).
- Conscience. Crime & Punishment.
- Speaking:
- Discussing what makes you feel guilty. Discussing crimes & appropriate punishments.
- Grammar:
- Paraphrasing. Word linking
- Listening:
- People discussing ways of raising money for charity. People stating what punishment they think are suitable for certain crimes.
- Writing:
- Writing a letter of complain/ of apology. Task: decide what to say in a difficult situation.
Литература
- Sue Kay & Vaugham Jones, Inside Out, Upper-intermediate, SB, Macmillan, 2001.
- Sue Kay & Vaugham Jones, Inside Out, Advanced, SB, Macmillan, 2001.
- Martin Hewings, Advanced Grammar in Use, CUP, 1999.
- Michael McCarthy, Felicity O'Dell, English Vocabulary in Use ( advanced), CUP, 2002.
- Richard Side and Guy Wellman, Grammar and Vocabulary for Cambridge Advanced and Proficiency, 1999.
