Задайте вопросы к выделенным в тексте словам.

5. Закончите следующие высказывания:

1. She doesn’t do reading because she has tried it …

2. All her students devised …

3. This boy professes helplessness …

4. For each student the goal was …

5. A lot of instructional time is diverted to …

6. It is more efficient to establish safe classrooms where …

7. As a teacher you will deal with the “survival” …

6. Ответьте на вопросы:

 

1. Who had experienced various degrees of failure and frustration in school careers?

2. What is more efficient: to establish classrooms that are caring and emotionally safe places or to use self-protective measures?

3. Why do some students make themselves as small as possible, but others appear unapproachable and intimidating? What is the reason for that?

4. Why do children devise a variety of self-protective techniques?

5. Who professed helplessness in the face of even the most uncomplicated tasks?

6. What techniques can students devise as self-protective measures?

7. What is the goal of the “survival” behaviors?

 

7. Вставьте в пропуски слова из рамочки, подходящие по смыслу:

careers measures caring through care prevent

1. A preschool teacher spends plenty of energy and instructional time to … “survival” behaviors in the classroom.

2. Children learn … their own daily experiences.

3. Some teachers profess helplessness in the face of these self-protective … of their students.

4. To become a good professional in the field of early childhood education means to be able to establish … and emotionally safe classrooms.

5. She teaches her students not to be afraid of failure and frustration in their school … .

8. Найдите в тексте эквиваленты следующих словосочетаний:

 

разнообразие приёмов, отгораживаться от стресса, определять степень чего-либо, различные степени неудачи, казаться недоступным, быть более эффективным, меры самозащиты, отводить учебное время, несложные задания, взглянуть прямо в глаза

в течение учебного дня, знать все, самый первый день.

 

9. Выполните перевод предложений с русского языка на английский, используя данные предложения:

 

1. Two main currents developed over the centuries in answer to these questions: the empiricist and rationalist currents.

Какие течения развились на протяжении столетий?

2. For young children there is no distinction between work and play.

Какое различие существует для детей между работой и игрой?

3. The game should provide a stimulating context for children’s mental ability.

Что должна обеспечивать игра?

4. Russian preschool education is concerned with balancing young children’s physical and intellectual development.

Какой проблемой обеспокоено дошкольное образование?

5. Some readers were surprised by the description of a typical day in a Japanese 3rd-grade classroom.

Описанием чего были удивлены читатели?