2.20 The karelian branch of the north-west academy of public administration in petrozavodsk.2) Make a summary of the text on the history of universities in your own words.
3) Add anything from your own experience that works well for your studies.Make a comment whether you agree or disagree with them. 2) Read the text and copy out all the secrets of straight-a students.2.18 The Secrets of Straight-a Students.1) Read the text and translate it into Russian.3) Say if the statements are true or false:.
3) Support or decline the tricks suggested by the author of the text.2) Scan the names typed in bold and say who of them you would like to read about.2) Generalize the reasons for learning foreign languages based on the text examples.1) What are possible reasons for learning foreign languages?.1.11 Reasons for learning foreign languages.2) Share your opinion on the simplification of a language.2) Find the definition of the word “misnomer” in the text.2) Give a definition to the word combination “false friends.”.1) What does the title of the article mean?.2) Find more examples of the differences between American and British English.1) Use the examples from the text and disagree with / prove the statement: “American English and British English are mutually incomprehensible.”.1.7 Differences between american and british english.1) Translate the first passage of the text into Russian.2) Say if the statements are true or false:.Dialects and regional varieties of english.3) Would you like your children to study English at the age of seven, as in Switzerland? Talk about your own language learning experience.2) Express your opinion on the quotation “Everywhere people speak English, not just abroad.”.1) Read the text and say which problems are covered in it.1) Find the answers to these questions in the text:.Which of these languages would you choose to study after English? 3) In Russia, the most popular foreign languages to study are English, German, French, and Spanish.2) Is Russian “a relative” of English? For whom is it easier to study English as a foreign language?.1) Read the text and draw the English language family tree.