APPROACHES TO LEARNING
People appear (1) _____ in different ways. Some people expect (2)______ mistakes in their studies and are capable of (3)______ from their mistakes. They dont mind (4) ______ by their teacher and indeed often ask (5) ______ corrected.
Others, however, dislike (6) _____ mistakes. They try to avoid (7) _____ anything which they might do badly. They would rather (8) _____ something in small steps and be sure they have got it right (9) _____ attempt to do a task based on a subject they dont feel they have finished (10) _____ yet.
Both ways of learning seem (11) _____equally valid, but a combination of the two may be the best solution. In (12) _____ to learn effectively, students have to remember (13) _____ risks sometimes. But they also have to feel comfortable and secure with with what theyre doing so (14) _____ not to become demotivated. All students should at least think about (15) _____ the way that they approach learning.
(Macmillan Exam Tests for Russia. Grammar and Vocabulary.Intermediate / Malcolm Mann, Steve Taylore- Knowles, Elena Klekovkina, 2006, - P.111)
Ex.9.Fill in the suitable word.
EXAM SUCCESS
There are many ways of making sure you ____do (0) well in the examinations, both before and during the exam. If you dont ______ (1) much experience of examinations, read the following notes carefully. First of all, if you are ______ (2) the exam the next day, make sure you ______ (3) a good nights rest. Check that you know exactly where the exam is going to ______ (4) place. You should not sit the exam on an empty stomach so ______ (5) a good breakfast but dont overdo it. Dont forget to ______ (6) with you a pen, pencil and eraser. Try and get to the examination centre in good time so you ______ (7) enough time to find the right room. As soon as you ______ (8) your answer sheet, ______ (9) a deep breath, check your name and number and ______ (10) any errors to the attention of the supervisor immediately. Read the instructions carefully and ______ (11) your time answering before the invigilator ______ (12) the exam to a close.
Ex.10.Fill in the proper word.
CHEATING
You are doing a Grammar test. Your friend, whos sitting next to you, really wants to succeed (1) _____ the test. There is a question (2) _____ the use of the Present Perfect Tense, which you have been learning (3) _____ recently. You know a lot (4) _____ it, but your friend isnt really capable (5) _____ answering the question properly. Your friend whispers Help me! to you. What should you do? Should you help your friend (6) _____ the question, or just continue (7) _____ your own test?
Every student has to cope (8) _____ this difficult situation at some point. Whats your opinion (9) _____ cheating? Should you help your friend cheat (10)______ the test or not?
(Macmillan Exam Tests for Russia. Grammar and Vocabulary.Pre-Intermediate / Malcolm Mann, Steve Taylore- Knowles, 2007, - P.29)
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Module ______________________
IN AND OUT OF CLASS
ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY
Answer your names, please.
Ill call out your names.
What was your homework for today?
Take out your books/ put away/
Open your books at page
Begin/ start reading.
Begin reading from the second paragraph/ fifth line from the top (bottom) of the page
Read as far as the bottom of the page.
Read till the end of the paragraph.
Read a little louder (slower, quickly).
Read the text aloud (to yourselves).
Dont read/ go so fast, you are reading very/too fast.
Go on reading until I tell you to stop.
Go on reading from where she left off.
Carry on.
Now, turn over the pages /turn to page/
That will do/ thats enough, thank you.
What cant you understand? Whats the matter?
Did she make any mistakes in her reading?
Translation: translate/ there are 2 variants/ to translate word for word.
How do you translate?/ What is the English (the Russian) for.?
Variants in translation (not versions) / Who has a different variant?
Look up the new words in the dictionary.
Working at the blackboard.
Come to the blackboard! Clean the blackboard! Write on the blackboard!
I am going to write the new words on the blackboard. Divide the blackboard into 2,3,4 parts, columns.
Draw the line down in the middle of the blackboard! Look at the blackboard!
Wipe off the blackboard, wipe off the word, and use it correctly.
Use the duster; dont use your fingers!
Correct incorrect
Write down in abbreviated form, not fully.
Copy something down.
Spell out the word (orally)
Stand aside (at the blackboard, dont leave)
Step aside (go to the place)
Go to your place /seat/ - (when one is at the blackboard)
Asking the task.
Im going to
Ask questions on(about) the text /Answer some questions to the text
Answer some questions in turn / Dont answer out of turn
Repeat- (what has been said before) / Say it again (if a mistake was made)
Say it all together (not in choir)
Speak up / a little louder (I cant hear you)
Listen how I say it (listen to me)
Dont interrupt her (not interfere-physically mostly)
Stop (dont) prompting her
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To leave cut (of articles, prepositions)
To use the wrong word
Be careful, you are still making the same mistake
Hang up (put up) the picture on the wall
Look at the picture! What can you see in the picture?
Written test
Take out your copy-books
Write (put) the date, your name
Leave a wider margin
Distribute collect
Hand in hand out
Home-work (from the text-book) /Task- (smth. additional to work on)
Assignment- (some informational, individual task outside class-room, smth. additional)
Evaluation end-of-term evaluation
Average- (above-, below-)
You are not up to standard
Mind your pronunciation, intonation, spelling
Be careful with your
Your mark (for today) is only a three
Youve got a three today
Discipline.
Sit (stand) still, dont fidget, quiet, please
You are very noisy today
Dont look out of the window, look into your book
Dont all speak at once
Wait till it is your turn
Try harder
You havent been (are not) listening to what Ive said
Put up your hands/ raise your hands
Take it down/ write down / put down
Dont call out
To check (up) homework / go through
Plug on (switch on) the tape-recorder at the main socket (wall socket)
Empty/spare disc
Number of the tape
Head/ ear phones
Turn up (down) the volume (sound)
The sound needs adjusting/ regulating
Play back
Wind/ rewind the tape onto its disk
The tape is twisted
Straighten out the tape and rewind it
To break the tape. Get the glue and join the tape
Press-buttons stop-buttons
Switch over to the loud-speaker
EXERCISES
Ex.1. Make the following sentences interrogative and negative:
We must work with the tape-recorder.
Must we work with the tape-recorder?
You neednt work with the tape-recorder.
You may take those ear-phones.
You can write the word in transcription.
She has some palatalization in this noun.
You may switch on the tape-recorder.
They must learn the poem by heart.
He has to spell the word distinctly.
Ex.2. What does the teacher say if: (Try to expand)
a) a student speaks in a low voice
b) he cant catch what the student said;
c) she wants to ask a student to take a tape-recorder to the lab;
d) a student speaks slowly;
e) he asks a student to help his friend with his grammar;
f) he asks the monitor to collect the papers.