Don’t insist on English. Patricia Ryan.
1 Answer the questions:
1. What is the role of English today?
2. What are the things you like most and least about English?
3. Why are English proficiency tests (IELTS, TOEFL and others) so popular today?
4. What do you know about language loss?
5. Is the world’s focus on English preventing the spread of great ideas in other languages?
6. What if Einstein had to pass the TOEFL?
2 Remember the words and phrases:
1. to lose one’s way - потеряться
2. to guide sb to sth - сопроводить кого-то до места
3. at an unprecedented rate - с небывалой скоростью
4. to empower sb through sth - наделять кого-то силой путём чего-либо
5. to modernize the country - модернизировать страну
6. to benefit from sth - извлекать пользу
7. to morph from sth to sth - постепенно меняться/превращаться из ..в…
8. to be the sole domain of sth - быть неприменимым атрибутом чего-либо
9. to become a bandwagon for sb - стать привальным увлечением /очень популярным для кого-то
10. to reject a student on linguistic ability only - отказать студенту только на основании лингвистических способностей
11. to pursue one’s dreams - осуществить свои мечты
12. the cure for cancer - лекарство от рака
13. to enter a university - поступать в университет
14. to be a self-fulfilling prophecy - быть самоисполняющимся пророчеством
15. Case in point. - Как пример (показательный пример)
16. to be remedial at school - учиться по коррекционной программе в школе
17. to be prohibitive - быть препятствующим (дорогим) то-то
1. What is the role of English today?
2. What are the things you like most and least about English?
3. Why are English proficiency tests (IELTS, TOEFL and others) so popular today?
4. What do you know about language loss?
5. Is the world’s focus on English preventing the spread of great ideas in other languages?
6. What if Einstein had to pass the TOEFL?
2 Remember the words and phrases:
1. to lose one’s way - потеряться
2. to guide sb to sth - сопроводить кого-то до места
3. at an unprecedented rate - с небывалой скоростью
4. to empower sb through sth - наделять кого-то силой путём чего-либо
5. to modernize the country - модернизировать страну
6. to benefit from sth - извлекать пользу
7. to morph from sth to sth - постепенно меняться/превращаться из ..в…
8. to be the sole domain of sth - быть неприменимым атрибутом чего-либо
9. to become a bandwagon for sb - стать привальным увлечением /очень популярным для кого-то
10. to reject a student on linguistic ability only - отказать студенту только на основании лингвистических способностей
11. to pursue one’s dreams - осуществить свои мечты
12. the cure for cancer - лекарство от рака
13. to enter a university - поступать в университет
14. to be a self-fulfilling prophecy - быть самоисполняющимся пророчеством
15. Case in point. - Как пример (показательный пример)
16. to be remedial at school - учиться по коррекционной программе в школе
17. to be prohibitive - быть препятствующим (дорогим) то-то
3 What can you tell us about Patricia Ryan? What is her story?
4 Answer these questions:
1. Is it important to be able to communicate across generations? Why?
2. Is it important to be able to communicate across countries?
3. Does recruiting of foreign specialists empower the citizens and help to modernize the country?
5 Do you agree with Patricia?
1. ‘Teaching English has morphed from being a mutually beneficial practice to becoming a massive international business that it is today’
2. ‘The best education is to be found in the universities of the U.K. or the U.S.’
3. ‘It can be dangerous to give too much power to a narrow segment of society’
4. ‘This system equates intelligence with a knowledge of English, which is quite arbitrary’
5. ‘When a language dies, we don’t know what we lose with that language’
4 Answer these questions:
1. Is it important to be able to communicate across generations? Why?
2. Is it important to be able to communicate across countries?
3. Does recruiting of foreign specialists empower the citizens and help to modernize the country?
5 Do you agree with Patricia?
1. ‘Teaching English has morphed from being a mutually beneficial practice to becoming a massive international business that it is today’
2. ‘The best education is to be found in the universities of the U.K. or the U.S.’
3. ‘It can be dangerous to give too much power to a narrow segment of society’
4. ‘This system equates intelligence with a knowledge of English, which is quite arbitrary’
5. ‘When a language dies, we don’t know what we lose with that language’