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XXII. Try your hand at teaching.

1. The situation gives below could cause difficulties for the teacher. Describe

how you would handle the situation in the teacher's position. Decide amongst your

group which is the most practical solution;

Bill, a fourth former, was always telling the class about his dog Timber, the tricks he could

perform, what a wonderful watch-dog he was and how Timber would protect Bill. Each week he

would come to school and tell about the wonders of Timber.

As it turned out, Bill did not own a dog and none of his relatives or close friends had such a

dog.

2. Learn to use alternative ways of controlling the class, using polite requests

rather than direct commands.

Notice:

a) The following forms express annoyance and irritation.

— Do try to work on your own.

— Just speak up a little!

b) You can make your commands sound more polite by using either a low rising tone or

words, phrases and structures like "please; I'm afraid; I think; perhaps; don't you think; I (don't) want

you to...; I (don't) expect you to...; would you like; would you, please; ..., will you; ..., could you;

what if...; let's/let's not."

Assignments:

1. Practise giving instructions to pupils in a polite manner, use the phrases

below:

go on to the next exercise, carry on (proceed) reading, repeat what you said, copy this off the

board, work in twos (threes), share the textbook, try the next item, practise the irregular verbs, listen

carefully to what I say, etc.

2. Take it in turns to play the part of the teacher beginning and finishing the lesson. Make

sure that you don't sound too straightforward. (See "Classroom English", Sections II and III.)

LABORATORY EXERCISES (I)

1. Listen to the text "Anne Meets Her Class", mark the stresses and tunes,

repeat the text following the model.

2. Respond as shown in the models, check your replies.

3. Combine the sentences into one conditional sentence.

4 . Write a spelling-translation test:

a) Translate the given phrases into English.

b) Check them with the key.

5. Answer the questions using the phrases "to like the idea/dislike the idea".

6. Translate the given sentences into English. Check your sentences with the

key.

7. Listen to the Jokes connected with school life. Get ready to retell them in

indirect speech.

TOPIC: CHOOSING А CAREES

TEXT A. WHAT'S YOUR LINE?

School! Lessons, games, clubs, homework. A bell rings. You go to a classroom. A bell rings.

You have lunch. A bell rings. You go home.

But one day you go to school for the last time. What to do after that? You realize that the time

to choose one job out of the hundreds has come. It's going to be a hard choice and nobody can make

it for you.

Before you can choose, you ask yourself quite a lot of questions. What do you know you are

good at? What do you enjoy doing? Perhaps you enjoy working with your hands. Or you may prefer

using your head — your brains. Are you interested in machines? Or do you like meeting people? It's

difficult to know all the answers to these questions until you have left school and actually begun

work.

Many young people consider teaching as a career. It's not surprising: after your parents your

teacher may be the most important person in your life. With all the teachers you meet, you think

there isn't anything you don't know about the work. That's where you are wrong, since only those

who are in it can appreciate it. Have you ever asked yourself why most teachers are so devoted to

their work and privately think, though they may not like to admit it openly, that they serve humanity

doing the most vital job of all? Those of us who spend our days in schools know how rewarding the

job is. At the same time it is not easy and a real challenge to your character, abilities and talent, as

teaching is a constant stream of decisions.

Children in your classroom aren't just boys and girls. Every one is a unique individual who

has never been before and will never again exist. If you like people, you will love teaching. To be a

good teacher you must be genuinely interested in what you are doing.

The most important things in the world are awareness and learning — wanting to know every

day of your life more and more and more. Because every time you learn something new you become

something new. An ignorant teacher teaches ignorance, a fearful teacher teaches fear, a bored teacher

teaches boredom. But a good teacher catalyzes in his pupils the burning desire to know and love for

the truth and beauty.

John Steinbeck, writing about his school days said, "I've come to believe that a great teacher

is a great artist and you know how few great artists there are in the world. Teaching might even be

the greatest of the arts since its medium is the human mind and the human spirit." What an incredible

responsibility to be the guardians of the human spirit and the human mind! I think, that is the reason

why humanity has the deepest respect for teachers.

I would never stop teaching and I'm sure that you, having chosen it for your career, feel the

same way. If you don't feel that way then, please, for all our sakes, get out! The human mind and the

human spirit are too wondrous to destroy. But if you are prepared to accept the responsibility, I wish

you all the luck in the world.

A Teacher

TEXT B. CHOOSING IS NOT SO EASY AS IT LOOKS

J a n e : Hallo, Bob!

B o b : Hallo!

J a n e : Oh, you've just left college, haven't you?

B o b : Yes.

J a n e : What are you going to do?

B o b : Er... well, it looks like a choice between teaching or going into an office and... I

think I'd much prefer to go in for teaching, because... well you get long holidays.

J a n e : But, Bob, wouldn't you get bored with the same routine year after year teaching...

teaching the same material to the children. And... a sense o! responsibility you need — all those

children, all those parents.

В o b : Oh, look, it wouldn't be as boring as... as working in an office. Teaching is terribly

stimulating. It's ... new every day — I'm sure I'd enjoy it.

J a n e : But I mean, there's so much variety in office work! Look at my job: I'm dealing

with people and their problems, there're new situations to cope with all the time.

B o b : Yes, that's quite true, but I think there's a number of differences between teaching

and office work and, well, I think I'll go in for teaching because... it really attracts me.

(From J. Jones "Functions of English". Cam., 1981)

Memory Work

Autumn Flies

In the other gardens

And all up the vale,

From the autumn bonfires

See the smoke trail!

Pleasant summer over