Video competition

Watch the videos of your fellow students, vote for them and don't forget to send in yours if you haven't done it yet. Don't forget to upload it on YouTube and share a link (germanic.department@gmail.com).

Watch videos on YouTube.

Practice. Personality

• Here are materials for your classes: НЕК, 1, 2, 3, 4!
  
• You can also download the list of topics and additional materials to them. The materials will be updated during the month.
• A great video about kindness. 
• Watch this video about the most important qualities people need these days.
• A video about Sherlock Holmes. 
• Self-study manual.
• Video ''The Mirror''.
• What do you love?
• Love is in the air (Activities 1 and 2).
• Dating (1 and 2).
• Watch this short video about weddings in the UK.

Introduction

Вітаю!
На вашу першу пару ви маєте принести з собою зошит у КЛІТИНКУ (24 аркуші і більше), ручку, олівець, лінійку, гумку та ДЗЕРКАЛЬЦЕ!
На цьому блозі будуть розміщуватись матеріали, які знадобляться в процесі навчання. Прошу завантажити їх заздалегідь.
Починаємо з матеріалів для роботи над вимовою.

Перш за все, це книжки та аудіо до них.
Також ми з вами будемо користуватися цією методичкою.
Інші підручники з фонетики ви можете завантажити тут.
Зверніть увагу на табличку фонетичних символів справа.
Крім того, пропоную кілька посилань на гарні електронні словники, якими я закликаю активно користуватися:
http://www.ldoceonline.com/
http://www.multitran.ru/c/m.exe?a=1&SHL=2.


Відео для самостійного відпрацювання звуків ви знайдете тут: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/.

Самостійна робота 1 (до 25.09).
Listening to Unit 13.
Самостійна робота 2 (до 2.10)
Запитання до заліку із ICC.
Копія на дифтонг /ʊə/.
/aʊ/ You will find thousands of flowers in the Swiss mountains.
/ɪə/ Vera, dear, wipe your tears, come over here and forget your fears.

Наполегливо раджу приєднатися до безкоштовного онлайн курсу англійською мовою про підготовку до університету за посиланням !

До зустрічі!

Summer holidays

Congratulations on passing your English exam! No matter what your mark is remember that marks are subjective and relative. It is much more important to be honest about your own achievements and use all the opportunities to your advantage.
I hope that your summer will be full of new experiences and emotions. But take some time to work on your English! It should be fun, not a drag. Here are some suggestions.
1. Read a book in English (preferably download the audiobook as well and listen to it while reading). Choose some modern books you'd like to read, it will motivate you to keep going. This way you will improve the language and have fun. There are plenty of free downloadable resources on the Internet. A good collection of  recordings to some of the classical books can be found at https://librivox.org/. http://englishtips.org/ has a variety of resources.
2.  Watch films or popular series in English (you might find subtitles quite useful) or simply watch short videos on YouTube. Try Anglophenia (Anglophenia) or brush up your grammar in a fun and easy way watching these video stories oomongzu.
3. Work on your pronunciation: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/ and http://www.cambridge.org/elt/resources/skills/interactive/pron_animations/index.htm offer some great resources.
4. You could also improve your listening comprehension with the help of this nice site which offers you to complete song lyrics: http://lyricstraining.com/.
5. Browse educational websites such as http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/, http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/, https://www.ted.com/. Choose the subjects you're interested in and do the suggested tasks. Catch up with your grammar using their materials and tests.
6. Do a free online course on https://www.futurelearn.com/. You can choose from a variety of spheres of knowledge. You'll practice English anyway.
7. Try to speak English. Use any opportunity that presents: give directions to the foreigners, communicate in English on your holiday abroad, find friends in Skype or facebook.
8. Go to an English language camp! Chech the options you've heard about.

Your future progress depends on you, not your teachers. Take responsibility for your own learning. Stay active and motivated.

Exam preparation

Practice your reading skills, translation and retelling using this short story.

You can find a variety of stories there as well.

Good luck! 

Credit in phonetics and other materials

This is the list of questions for the credit in practical phonetics in the 2nd semester.

For the credit you need to bring a fictional book in English. 

City and Shopping

Transport

This folder contains materials to discuss transport and other aspects of city life.
Learn the words to talk about flying with this online exercise.
The daily grind (Do sessions 1-4).
Writing an article. 

List of topics for articles (to be included into the self-study)

• A travel magazine has asked you to write an article about the best place to go on holiday in Ukraine. Write your article containing between 150 and 180 words telling how to get to the place and what you can see and do there.
• You are a reporter of a weekly magazine. You were asked to write an article about the most unusual means of transport you’ve seen or travelled by. Write your article containing between 150 and 180 words.
• A young people’s magazine has asked its readers to write articles describing what sights and facilities would be most attractive to teenagers visiting their home town. Write your article containing between 150 and 180 words about your home town.
• An international magazine has invited its readers to send in their articles about the future of transport in fifty years’ time. Write your article containing between 150 and 180 words with your predictions and ideas.

Shopping

In this folder you will find materials to this subtopic.
Shopping is great (part 1).

Online shopping (video)

You'll need to watch this documentary consisting of four parts discussing consumerism and its consequences.