5 form: Student Cards for the Administrative Speaking Test

C2. STUDENT CARD 1 Give a talk on Russia. Remember to speak about: ·       Russia’s rivers, seas and oceans that wash Russia ·       The plant and animal worlds of Russia ·       Russian symbols You will need to talk for 5 minutes. The examiner will listen until you have finished. Then he/she will ask you some questions.

C2. STUDENT CARD 2 Give a talk on Russian capitals. Remember to speak about: ·       Moscow and the Kremlin ·       Yuri Dolgoruky ·       St Petersburg and Peterhof You will need to talk for 5 minutes. The examiner will listen until you have finished. Then he/she will ask you some questions.

C2. STUDENT CARD 3 Give a talk on British and Russian traditions. Remember to speak about: ·       The ravens in the Tower of London ·       Guy Fawkes’ Day ·       Maslenitsa You will need to talk for 5 minutes. The examiner will listen until you have finished. Then he/she will ask you some questions.

C2. STUDENT CARD 4 Give a talk on continents and countries. Remember to speak about: ·       Continents and oceans ·       Countries ·       Nationalities and languages You will need to talk for 5 minutes. The examiner will listen until you have finished. Then he/she will ask you some questions.

C2. STUDENT CARD 5 Give a talk on animals in danger. Remember to speak about: ·       Indian tigers ·       African elephants ·       Wild animals in the Red Book You will need to talk for 5 minutes. The examiner will listen until you have finished. Then he/she will ask you some questions.

C2. STUDENT CARD 6 Give a talk on the Earth in danger. Remember to speak about: ·       The water on Earth and Lake Baikal ·       Climatic change ·       The Earth’s air You will need to talk for 5 minutes. The examiner will listen until you have finished. Then he/she will ask you some questions.

C2. STUDENT CARD 7 Give a talk on the land and the people of Great Britain. Remember to speak about: ·       The two main islands and the UK with its countries ·       The British people and the languages ·       The Union Jack You will need to talk for 5 minutes. The examiner will listen until you have finished. Then he/she will ask you some questions.

C2. STUDENT CARD 8 Give a talk on the Queen of Britain and Parliament. Remember to speak about: ·       Elizabeth II and the Royal Family ·       The Commonwealth ·       The Parliament: the House of Lords and the House of Commons You will need to talk for 5 minutes. The examiner will listen until you have finished. Then he/she will ask you some questions.

C2. STUDENT CARD 9 Give a talk on health and body care. Remember to speak about: ·       Illnesses and their symptoms ·       Your last illness ·       What we need to do to keep fit You will need to talk for 5 minutes. The examiner will listen until you have finished. Then he/she will ask you some questions.

5 FORM: HEALTH AND BODY CARE

Everybody wants to feel well and look good. It’s important to care about your health, take exercise and eat the right food. People say good health is above wealth. It means health cannot be bought and we should be careful about what we do, what we eat and drink, and see the doctor when we need advice.

Doctors have a lot of knowledge about illnesses and medicines. We visit the doctor if we have a headache, toothache, earache or pains in the stomach. People can suffer from a sore throat when they have tonsillitis, and when they have a cold they sneeze and cough. Small children often fall when they play games and then they have pains in the broken arms or legs. In fact, people often fall ill and then they have to see the doctor.

Let me tell you about my last illness.

It happened to me some months ago. It was winter and the weather was very cold. It was freezing, really. One evening I came home from the swimming pool. They day was sunny, so I had gone without my cap and gloves. When I came home, I was excited – I had done my homework in the afternoon and now had a lot of time to play on the computer. But the next morning I felt that something was wrong with me. I felt a pain in my chest and throat. I was coughing and sneezing, it hurt me to move. It was hard for me to swallow and to breathe. My mum took my temperature and it was rather high. She said it had been silly of me to forget about my cap… We had to call the doctor.

The next day the doctor came. She listened to my lungs, felt my pulse and examined my throat and tongue. My mum thought it was a serious illness like flu or tonsillitis but the doctor said I had caught a bad cold and that I would feel better soon. She prescribed some bitter medicines for my sore throat and my cough and told me to take them three times a day. I had to stay in bed for three days as I was running a high temperature. I took the medicines regularly as the doctor had said and it didn’t take me long to recover.

During that time I had to keep to a diet. I ate neither fried food nor ice-cream. I drank a lot of mineral water, warm milk with honey and other dairy products. Such food is definitely not my cup of tea! But if you want to keep fit, you should remember the rules:

·       Get up early and go to bed early to keep fit.

·       Take regular exercise to keep fit.

·       Take a cool/cold shower to keep fit.

·       Eat healthy food to keep fit.

·       Never smoke to keep fit.

·       Clean your teeth every morning and every evening to keep fit.

·       Wash your hands before you eat to keep fit.

Don’t forget, that

·       Too little food make you thin.

·       Too much food makes you fat.

·       The wrong food makes you ill.

·       The right food keeps you well.

·       Too many sweets are bad for you especially for your teeth.

“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.”

Дебаты Карла Поппера: 9А

20 февраля 9А провел дебаты по теме Rap. 

Ребята обсудили следующие вопросы: влияет ли рэп на насилие среди подростков и следует ли учителям, обучающим средние и старшие классы, слушать этот жанр музыки.

Членами жюри выступили учащиеся 11А класса.

Дебаты начались с презентации Даши Ванифатьевой, которая рассказала об характерных особенностях жанра, истории возникновения рэпа, знаменитых исполнителях и тематике песен.

Далее каждая из команд представила свою точку зрения и соответствующую аргументацию. Выступления команд сопровождались перекрестным опросом и обсуждением каждого из представленных аргументов.

 

 

 

 

Заключительный раунд: ранжирование аргументов по значимости после обсуждения и подготовка окончательного выступления команд в защиту своей позиции.

 

По мнению жюри, девушкам удалось лучше показать свою точку зрения и представить более убедительные доказательства. 

Члены жюри также отметили недостатки в работе групп: невысокий уровень взаимодействия среди членов одной и той же команды и языковые ошибки в изложении материала, дебаты велись на английском языке.

Что ж, нам есть над чем поработать!

Благодарим членов жюри, учащихся 11-х классов и учителя 11А, за участие в проекте и объективность в оценке дебатов.

 

Благодарим психолога школы Гвильдис С.В. за предоставленные материалы.

Дебаты Карла Поппера: формат

В каждом раунде дебатов команды – Утверждение и Отрицание, одна из которых поддерживает заявленную тему, а другая, соответственно, её отрицает. После каждой речи, кроме двух последних (аналитических), спикерам задаются вопросы от противоположной команды (раунд перекрёстных вопросов, или раунд перекрёстного допроса).

1.     У1 – 6 минут – представление команды, актуальность темы, определение основных понятий, выдвижение критерия (игра, однако, может вестись и по аспектам) – основной ценности команды, – и краткое заявление с минимумом поддержек всех аргументов команды.

О – 3 минуты – перекрёстный допрос У1.

1.     О1 – 6 минут – представление команды, выражение позиции команды по заявленным определениям (согласие), принятие/отклонение критерия или аспектов, атака на аргументы Утверждения, подведение итога раунда перекрёстных вопросов, а также краткое раскрытие всех аргументов Отрицания.

У – 3 минуты – перекрёстный допрос О1.

2.     У2 – 5 минут – восстановление линии Утверждения, подведение итога раунда перекрёстных вопросов, атака аргументов Отрицания и полное раскрытие своего кейса.

О – 3 минуты – перекрёстный допрос У2.

3.     О2 – 5 минут – подведение итога раунда перекрёстных вопросов, восстановление линии Отрицания, атака кейса Утверждения и полное раскрытие своего кейса.

У – 3 минуты – перекрёстный допрос О2.

4.     У3 – 5 минут – анализ игры: выявление точек столкновения и соприкосновения мнений, акцентирование узловых моментов дебатов, объяснение, почему аргументы Утверждения убедительнее. После речи к спикеру не задаются вопросы.

5.     О3 – 5 минут – последнее слово Отрицания, аналогично: анализ игры.