Practical work
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 466.
SEMINAR № 4.
Subject: Great Britain: a social profile of contemporary country
Questions to be analyzed and discussed:
1. What are the dangers for Britain due to its population?
2. What is British family today? Observe different types of contemporary British families: the nuclear family, cohabiting couples, single-parent families, foster families. Tell about the problem of high rate of divorces and non-marital babies.
3. Social class as one of fundamental matters of British society. What are the classes and their representatives today? Why are the English self-conscious about class?
4. Gender: describe women's position in contemporary British society. What are the problems to your mind?
5. Young people in Great Britain and problems of the youth. The difficulties with employment; smoking, alcohol abuse and drugs; bulling at schools and universities; pregnancy under age and young families.
6. Ethnic minorities: the target of discrimination and cheap working forces.
1. What do the words mean?
'baby boom', nuclear family, 'extended' family, 'illegitimate', 'non-marital', cohabitation, residual, 'gentry', merchant, state-funded school, assembled pupils, accountancy, opinion polls, random sample of people, a 'glass ceiling', career penalties, crèches, provision, self-esteem, deprived inner-city.
2. Explain the following words and combinations of words:
Provost, 'The Establishment', 'The Great and the Good', Cabinet, the Shadow Cabinet, High Court, Circuit judges, Permanent Secretary, high-flier, Dulwich College, Patel College, 'macho' organisations.
Literature:
1. McDowall D. Britain in close-up. Longman Group UK Limited, 2002. – Pp. 126 – 145.
2. Levashova V.A. Schools and Schooling in Britain today // Иностранные языки в школе, 2002, № 2.
3. Булкин А.Р., Ощепкова В.В. Everyday life in the United Kingdom // Иностранные языки в школе, 1997, № 3.
4. Ethnic discrimination // Speak out, 2008, №5 (69).
5. Age and the Law // Speak out, 2008, №4 (68).
6. Bulling // // Speak out, 2008, №3 (67).
7. Stop the Bullies // Speak out, 2001, №3.
8. Being a Teenage Mother // Speak out, 2003, №5.
9. To smoke or not to smoke // Speak out, 2001, №1.
10. Health and safety // Speak out, 2007, №5.
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