Topics on environment

1. Acid rains
2. Ozone holes
3. Greenhouse effect
4. Global warming
5. Food contamination
6. Chemicals in the atmosphere
7. Water pollution
8. Endangered species 

Group 39

Classes on Thursday - 2nd and 3rd pairs!
Be ready to check Straightforward units (6A, 6C)
3rd pair - homereading

CONFERENCE

The following students will take part at the conference:
1. Соколова Мария
2. Цыганова Радмила
3. Кулешова Наталья
4. Тузикова Оксана
5. Кортелев Эдуард
You should:
1. edit your reports: add the list of literature at the end, add references in the text, i.e.
To do business worldwide you need to understand a country's culture [1,12].
1-number of this book in the literature list, 12-number of the page where you found this information.

Litarature

1. Barry Tomalin and Mike Nicks, the World business cultures and how to unlock them, Thorogood Publishing. - London, 2007. - p.200

2. Hand in your reports to Чекун Ольга Алексеевна (зав.кафедрой, 203 кабинет)

3. Prepare PP presentations

4. Prepare your speech and learn it by heart (speak for 5-7 minutes)

Those who don't take part at the conference should be ready to present their reports at English lesson.
Everyone must be present at the conference!
You must come by 9.30. Group 38, we won't have English classes on Monday.
See you!

Students' conference

The conference will take place on the 28th of March. I'm waiting for all your reports today!!!

The role of art in our life (composition)

Hometask for group 39

1. Stylistic analysis (for those who haven't handed them in, deadline is 10.03)
2. Composition on the topic "The role of art in our life" (deadline is 15.03)
3. Arakin: ex.4, p.165, ex.9, p.166-167 (B and D read and translate), ex.14, p.161(give Russian equivalents and illustrate one proverb in the dialogues) (31.03)
4. Presentation of a famous artist (using topical vocabulary and ex.9)(31.03)
5. Presentation of your favourite painting  (using topical vocabulary and ex.9) (5.04)
6. Web-quest that you'll find on the site http://haze.myweb.uga.edu/introduction.html (should be done in pairs) (07.04)
7. Home reading tasks

Useful Topics for the students' conference

Here are some topics based on intercultural communication that can be useful for those who haven't decided the research on what topic to prepare.

• Stereotypes: a barrier to intercultural communication
• Language picture of the world
• Modern Great Britain (the USA) through language and culture
• The image of "teacher" ("gentleman", "businessman"...etc.) in Russian and English (or American) culture
• English lesson - preparation to intercultural communication
• Communication: taking culture into account