Перечень вопросов к зачётам и экзаменам

по дисциплине «Практический курс английского языка»

I курс, I семестр

Перечень вопросов к коллоквиуму по вводному курсу

английского языка

1. Фонетический строй английского языка. Oсновные принципы классификации согласных. Палатализация.
2. Основные принципы классификации гласных.
3. Ассимиляция. Интонация. Низкий нисходящий ядерный тон. Понятие о синтагме.Фразовое ударение. Низкий восходящий ядерный тон.
4. Гласные [u:, eu]. Потеря взрыва 2. Гласные [i:, a:, o]. Носовой взрыв.
5. Редукция. Чтение английских гласных. Первый и второй типы слога.
6. Фрикативный взрыв. Третий тип слога
7. Ударение в двусложных и многосложных словах. Повелительные и безличные предложения.
8. Чтение гласных диграфов в ударном слоге.
9. Употребление постепенно нисходящей и ровной шкалы.
10. Интонация предложения. Интонация вводной синтагмы в конце предложения.
11. Четвертый тип слога. Нисходяще-восходящий терминальный тон
12. Сочетания гласных [ai, au]. Интонационное оформление слова please в словосочетаниях
13. Четыре типа слога. Распределение ударений во фразах с конструкцией there is / are
14. Интонация сложносочиненного предложения. Чтение диграфов перед буквой r.Акцентные типы слов в английском языке
15. Повествовательное предложение в косвенной речи с глаголом to say
16. Ударность указательных местоимений.
17. Интонация восклицательных предложений.
18. Интонация сложноподчиненного предложения.
19. Нисходяще-восходящий терминальный тон.
20. Интонация сложноподчиненного предложения. Нисходяще-восходящий терминальный тон.
21. Употребление нисходяще-восходящего тона в разговорных формулах.
22. Фонетический коллоквиум.

Перечень вопросов к зачёту по дисциплине

«Практический курс английского языка»

I курс, I семестр

1. Personality Traits.
2. My Personality. Going by Appearance
3. Feelings and Relations. The things I Value.
4. The Value of Friendship
5. Family and Relations
6. What is Family?
7. The average British family
8. The average American family
9. Love and marriage
10. Location, furnishing and decorating. Our house and flat.
11. Living out. My room in the hostel
12. Housing. Types of houses. Parts of houses
13. Household chores. Housekeeping. Repairing a flat (a house)
14. My home, sweet home. The project “The house/flat of my dream”
15. Keeping pets
16. Getting into University
17. A student’s day
18. Our University
19. The faculty I study at
20. My studies: success and failure
21. Taking exams. A student’s guide to exam stress
22. Shops and shopping (vocabulary)
23. Shopping in Britain
24. Shop till you drop
25. Buying foodstuffs. Shopping for food
26. Department stores. Shopping for clothes
27. Department stores. Shopping for clothes
28. Meals. Having meals
29. Dinner party. My favourite recipe
30. National cuisine. British food
31. National cuisine. Belarusian food
32. National cuisine. Belarusian food
33. Table manners
34. You are what you eat
35. At leisure. Weekend and pastime
36. Leisure habits. What people do in their spare time
37. My hobby. Cartoons and films
38. Cinema and theatre. Reviews of a film and a performance
39. Hobbies: arts, music, books
40. Hobbies: going places

I курс, II семестр

Перечень вопросов к зачёту

по дисциплине «Практический курс английского языка»

1. The Republic I Live in. The face of the country
2. History of Belarus.
3. Minsk is our capital
4. Places of interest in Minsk.
5. Places of interest in Belarus
6. Famous People from Belarus
7. Belarusian character
8. Holidays in Belarus
9. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
10. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
11. The capital of Great Britain. London
12. Sightseeing in London
13. Sightseeing in Great Britain
14. National Traditions in the UK.
15. British Cuisine
16. Holidays in the UK
17. History of the USA
18. The USA. Geographical Position. Political System
19. Washington, DC
20. New York
21. Holidays and Traditions in the USA
22. Traditional American Food
23. History of the English Language
24. English as a Lingua Franca and its worldwide implications
25. The variety of the English Language in the modern world
26. History ofCanada
27. Canada and its geographical position
28. Canada and its political system
29. Canadian English
30. History of Australia
31. Australia and its geographical position
32. Australia and its political system
33. Australian English
34. History of New Zealand
35. New Zealand and its geographical position
36. New Zealand and its political system
37. New Zealand’s English
38. There is no bad weather
39. The season I like best
40. English climate and weather
41. Climate and weather in Belarus
42. Weather forecast

II курс, III семестр

Перечень вопросов к экзамену

по дисциплине «Практический курс английского языка»

1. The modern world of jobs. Is it friendly or hostile?
2. Career Guidance. How well do you know yourself?
3. Choosing a career. Your vision of an ideal job.
4. Job hunting. How to compile a successful CV?
5. Job hunting. How to shine at a job interview?
6. How to introduce yourself to the international professional community?
7. Career prospects for language students.
8. Teaching as a career.
9. What makes an ideal language teacher?
10. Studies and school subjects.
11. What is a perfect school of today?
12. Schooling in Great Britain.
13. Schools in the USA.
14. Belarusian School: traditions and perspectives.
15. What features of English or American Education would you like to integrate into the Belarusian system of education?
16. What features of English or American Education would you like to integrate into the Belarusian system of education?
17. World Universities.
18. The Bologna process and its implementation.
19. The future of the higher education in Belarus.
20. Teacher training: traditions and innovations.
21. Educational institutions for teachers in Great Britain and the USA.
22. International cooperation in the field of education.
23. International cooperation in the field of education.
24. Application for admission to University abroad as an international student.
25. Success through a foreign language.
26. English as a world language.
27. Is your English good enough? Ways of self-assessment.
28. What English do you need?
29. Innovative technologies in studying English.
30. Computer technologies in language learning. The system CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning)

II курс, IVсеместр

Перечень вопросов к зачёту

по дисциплине «Практический курс английского языка»

1. Symptoms and diseases
2. Symptoms and diseases
3. At the doctor’s. What seems to be the problem?
4. Getting a medical check-up
5. In hospital. A case for treatment
6. At the dentist’s. Rules for keeping teeth
7. Prescribing medicines. Visiting a chemistry (drug) shop.
8. Holistic medicine: myths and reality
9. Alternative therapies: advantages and disadvantages
10. What are the maladies of the XXI century?
11. Under stress
12. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS): ways of surviving
13. Smoking should be banned in public places
14. War against drugs
15. Dire consequences of alcohol addiction
16. AIDS hysteria
17. The magic world of sport
18. How sporting are the British
19. What makes the Belarusian kin? Sport in Belarus
20. Children in sport
21. Lifestyle and fitness. Why exercise?
22. Physical Education at school: compulsory or optional?
23. Relaxation: how to reduce stress and tension
24. Magic steps to a healthy life
25. Means of Travelling
26. At the railway station. Booking tickets in advance
27. Travelling by Plane. At the Airport
28. Booking a Room in a Hotel. Checking in
29. Finding the Way. Giving Directions

III курс, VIсеместр

Перечень вопросов к экзамену

по дисциплине «Практический курс английского языка»

1. How media literacy can change the world. Censorship
2. The Press. Headline English
3. Mass media in Great Britain and Belarus
4. Mass media and education. The Open University
5. Television and computers: doing good or harm?
6. Children and the Internet obsession
7. Philosophy of education
8. The purposes of education
9. Constructing knowledge
10. Developing human intellectual abilities
11. Education at home or abroad: advantages and disadvantages
12. The problems of co-education
13. The mission of a teacher
14. Living among people
15. Our faces and our expressions
16. The art of positive communication
17. Professional communication
18. The English teacher: how to effectively communicate in the classroom
19. Are you a doer or a thinker?
20. Control of emotions
21. If you really want to succeed
22. Leadership. What makes a real leader?
23. Movies. The history of cinema
24. The wonderful world of the theatre
25. Cinema and theatre in Belarus
26. Painting. Visiting a museum
27. Music in our life
28. Giants of pop-art
29. Top stars really earn their monеу
30. My entertaining priorities

IV курс, VIIсеместр

Перечень вопросов к экзамену

по дисциплине «Практический курс английского языка»

1. What is the role of natural environment in our life?
2. Environmental hazards: acid rains, depletion of the ozone layer, climate crisis. How to cope with the consequences?
3. Nuclear energy. Chernobyl’s dire consequences.
4. Environmental protection – nationwide concern. What do we know about the measures taken to?
5. Are science and technology getting out of hand?
6. Creating a human-friendly world. How science and technology may be helpful
7. The role of computer technologies in education
8. Pressing problems of the modern world. Who can cope with it?
9. What are the consequences of urbanization?
10. Demographic issues
11. The paradox of population growth
12. The dangers of terrorism
13. The immorality of war
14. Immigration and Europe
15. Integration Policies

IV курс, VIIIсеместр

Перечень вопросов к экзамену

по дисциплине «Практический курс английского языка»

1. What do you think of the modern family?
2. Parent-adolescent conflict. How to bridge the gap between generations
3. Upbringing Children: social roles of school and the family
4. Problem children: ways of interacting
5. Millennium generation: young people’s problems.
6. Juvenile delinquency
7. Roots of violence: what makes people commit crimes
8. What do you think of crimes and punishment?
9. What do you think of crimes and punishment?
10. Discrimination in the XXI century. Can we stop it?
11. Pluralistic world: major religions
12. Equality of opportunities in the XXI century: myths or reality
13. The notion of culture. Cultural background
14. What is art: aesthetic effects or profound expression of human thinking
15. Does art enrich our life experience?
16. Creative personality and the society
17. Youth Culture
18. Intercultural competence: predictability, obstacles, ways of interaction