educating the child?
XVI. Act as an interviewer. Let the rest of the group speak about why and how
they decided to qualify as a teacher of languages. Find out:
1. if anybody or anything influenced their choice;
2. when they finally made up their minds;
3. what attracts them in the work;
4. what they consider its advantages and disadvantages.
XVII. Interview a teacher at the school where you have school practice. Ask
him or her the questions from Exercise XVI and also try to find out:
1. how long he or she has been in teaching;
2. if he or she ever regretted having taken up the job;
3. what is the most notable feature of teaching;
4. what advice he or she can give to a teacher trainee.
Discuss the interviews in class.
XVIII. Comment on the picture. You may find these phrases useful:
a Teacher-Parent Association meeting; to keep discipline in the classroom; to use traditional
(new) methods; to be in the habit of giving orders; to be strict with the pupils: to tell the pupils off; a
bossy teacher.
"I will now explain the progressive methods by which your children are taught — so keep
quiet, sit up straight and don't fidget."
XIX. Film "Mr. Brown's Holiday" 10. Film segment 1 "An Unexpected Turn'' (London),
a) Watch and listen, b) Do the exercises from the guide to the film. 11
STUDIES OF WRITTEN ENGLISH I
Clarity, interest and emphasis are marks of good writing. Good writing is also based on
selection of words in a sentence, on organization of sentences in a paragraph, and on unity of a
written passage. These are the main objectives of the second-year studies of written English.
Patterns of written prose. When writing you may choose to describe the facts or events, to
tell a story about them, to argue about them or to explain them according to your understanding.
These verbs correspond to four basic forms of treating a topic: description, narration,
argumentation, and exposition (explanation).
Paragraph is a single sentence or a group of related sentences expressing and developing a
basic idea, or a particular phase of thought. The paragraph is a practical device in writing. Its
purpose is to indicate the beginnings and endings of a thought unit. The beginning of a paragraph is
indicated by beginning a line a little in from the margin.
Here is a short paragraph describing a well-known portrait: "Mona Lisa (Gioconda) is
represented sitting in front of a marble balcony. The left arm rests on the arm of the seat, and the
fingers fold over the end of it. The right hand, perhaps the most perfect hand ever painted, lies lightly