Let me introduce myself. My name is Masha. I have finished school this year. It is my dream to become a student of the English department. I want to study English, German and maybe French.

Knowledge of a foreign language opens a new world for us. If you know a foreign language, you can speak with foreigners and it is a way to better understanding. If you know a foreign language you can read books in the original, and it is a way to better understanding of other people"s nature and culture.

In our country children study different foreign languages. At school I took up English. I read stories by English, American and Australian writers. It has become my habit to read English books in adapted form every day. I learn poems and do a lot of grammar exercises.

Now I know I must work hard to master English. Studying the English language under the guidance of the University teachers I want to learn much about the history of words, their origin and usage in ancient times. For example; the word "window" is made of two very old Anglo-Saxon words, such as "wind" and "eye". The word "window" means "the wind"s eye". It tells us of the time when a window was only a hole in the wall, and the wind used to come through it.

When I finish my studies, I"ll begin teaching in a secondary school. I think I"ll enjoy the work greatly. Teaching is a noble profession. In modern times all kinds of specialists need foreign languages in their work - teachers, doctors, engineers and people in many other professions. If a specialist doesn"t know a foreign language he can"t use all the foreign books which he needs in his work. I want to teach my pupils to read English books in the original, so they won"t depend on translations.

Выбор профессии (Учитель)

Позвольте представиться. Меня зовут Маша. Я закончила школу в этом году. Моя мечта - стать студенткой факультета английского языка. Я хочу изучать английский, немецкий и французский языки.

Знание иностранного языка открывает нам новый мир. Если вы знаете иностранный язык, то можете разговаривать с иностранцами и это помогает лучше понимать друг друга. Если вы знаете иностранный язык, вы можете читать книги в оригинале, и это помогает лучше понять характер и культуру другого народа.

В нашей стране дети изучают различные иностранные языки. В школе я изучала английский язык. Я читаю рассказы английских, американских, австралийских писателей. У меня вошло в привычку каждый день читать адаптированные книги на английском языке. Я учу стихотворения и делаю много грамматических упражнений.

Я знаю сейчас, что я должна много работать, чтобы овладеть английским языком. Изучая английский язык под руководством преподавателей университета, я хочу многое узнать о происхождении слов и их употреблении в давние времена. Например, слово "окно" состоит их двух древних англо-саксонских слов, таких как "ветер" и "глаз". Слово "окно" означает "глаз ветра". Оно говорит о том времени, когда окном была дыра в стене, и через нее часто дул ветер.

Когда я закончу учебу, я начну преподавать в общеобразовательной школе. Я думаю, что получу огромное удовольствие от работы. Учитель - это благородная профессия. В наше время всем специалистам надо знать иностранные языки - учителям, инженерам и людям других профессий. Если специалист не знает иностранный язык, он не может пользоваться всеми книгами на иностранном языке, которые ему нужны для работы. Я хочу научить моих учеников читать английские книги в оригинале, что-бы они не зависели от переводов. Я надеюсь, что сделала правильный выбор.

Choosing a Career
Finishing school means the independent life for millions of school-leavers. Many roads are open before them: technical schools, colleges and universities. But it is not an easy thing to choose a profession out of thousands! Some pupils follow their parents" advice; others can not make any decision after leaving school.
In childhood I wanted to be a spaceman; then I dreamed of becoming a policeman. Only a few years ago I started thinking about my future career seriously. Life is quite difficult, but I want to have an interesting job and would like it to be connected with different countries and people. That is why I decided to become an interpreter. I am good at foreign languages. My favourite language is English. I like watching films and reading books in the original.
I think the questions- young people should ask themselves are: What am I interested in? and What do I want to be? When they find the answers, they will have the goal to achieve. If you are good at a particular subject and you want your profession to be connected with it, it is important that you study it seriously.
My father wants me to follow in his footsteps and become a physicist. But I am not interested in medicine and I am not good at Chemistry or Biology. As they say, medicine is "not my cup of tea".
Another problem is entering a university. Russian National Exam which school-leavers have to pass at the end of the 11th form is rather difficult, so you have to study really hard to get a necessary number of exam points to enter a university. Moreover, different universities have different number of "acceptance points". I have some friends who did not get enough points to enter the universities they wanted, so they had to choose other places to study or pay for their education.
However, some young people do not know which career to choose even after they "finish school, so they have to waste time deciding, or start working. For young men the situation is difficult because they may be taken to the Army that is why a lot of them enter any institute or university just not to become soldiers.
Sometimes young people choose a career to their liking, they enter a university and after some time they realise that the occupation they chose is not what they really want, so they get poor marks and have to leave the university.
The problem of choosing a career is very widespread among young people and they should think about their future seriously before making any decisions.

ПЛАН-ОТВЕТ. CHOOSING A CAREER
1. Вступление (what finishing school means, what opportunities school-leavers have after school, if it is easy/difficult to choose a profession).
2. Рассказать о том, кем вы хотели стать в детстве и кем думаете стать теперь (in childhood I wanted to be..., then..., now I want..., I have made/have not made a decision, I am thinking of..., I am good at...).
3. Рассказать о том, чем должны руководствоваться ученики при выборе профессии (I think the young people should...).
4. Рассказать о том, что думает ваша семья о вашем выборе или кем бы они хотели, чтобы вы стали (my father/mother, etc. wants me to..., but...).
5. Рассказать о проблемах, с которыми сталкиваются выпускники после окончания школы (Russian National Exam, universities and necessary exam points, exam failure, pay for education, can not make choice, waste time, working, the Army; choose a wrong career, leave studies).
6. Заключение (The problem of choosing a career is very widespread among young people and they should think about their future seriously before making any decisions.).

QUESTIONS
1. What opportunities do school-leavers have after finishing school?
2. Is it easy to choose a future career? Why (not)?
3. What did you want to be in your childhood?
4. Have you made up your mind about the future occupation?
5. What would you like your future occupation to be connected with?
6. What school subjects are you good at?
7. What do you think young people should ask themselves when they start thinking about their future?
8. What do your parents think about your future career?
9. Do you usually follow your parents" advice?
10. Do you think that parents should take part in the discussion of your future profession or shall you make a decision yourself?
11. What problems do young people face nowadays after finishing school?
12. Do you study hard to pass the Russian National Exam successfully?
13. Have you chosen the subjects which you will take exams in?
14. Do you agree that sometimes people may get disappointed in the profession they chose? Why (not)?
15. What are the choices for them then?
16. Is it important to choose the future profession only by your interests? Why (not)?
17. Do you think some occupations are useless? Why?
18. Have you heard about professions that are are not taught at universities? What are they? _

USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES
Occupations (Professions) Профессии
accountant бухгалтер
actor/actress актёр/актриса
architect архитектор
artist художник
astronaut астронавт, космонавт
baker пекарь
barber/hairdresser парикмахер мужской/женский
butcher мясник
carpenter плотник
cashier кассир
chef/cook шеф-повар
composer композитор
computer programmer программист
construction worker строитель
courier курьер
dancer танцор/танцовщица
dentist стоматолог
doctor врач
driver . водитель
editor редактор
electrician электрик
estate agent риелтор, агент по недвижимости
farmer фермер
fire fighter пожарный
flight attendant бортпроводник
gardener садовник
journalist журналист
lawyer юрист
librarian библиотекарь
mechanic механик
model модель
musician музыкант
nurse медсестра
painter маляр
pharmacist фармацевт
photographer фотограф
pilot пилот
plumber сантехник
police officer полицейский
postal worker/postman почтальон
sailor моряк
salesperson продавец
scientist учёный
secretary секретарь
security guard охранник
singer певец/певица
taxi driver таксист
teacher учитель
translator/interpreter переводчик
travel agent турагент
veterinarian/vet ветеринар
waiter/waitress официант/официантка

Professions and Careers

Since we all are human and always tend to develop, in order to be useful and successful personality, the main question we ask ourselves after finishing school is: which profession should I choose? Who do I want to be? Normally we choose the one that brings more money and success and is considered a decent and popular profession in the society and presupposes the future career growth. But the more correct approach would be: what do I do best of all? What do I want most of all to be?

Indeed it is a hard choice, but still very important. Let’s take an overview to the most large and popular profession areas that young people consider while choosing a profession.

Health Care. The growing necessity in the health care are can be explained by constantly growing population number and peoples’ average age – people are living longer so the increasing number of elderly people demands more health care services. Consequently the more working, administrative roles should be filled.

Computer science. The technological progress and integration of digital communications and IT services have created bigger necessity of specialists in this area, including private and public sectors. So the computer science became more and more popular in the last 15 years, so right now more and more people choose this direction after graduating the high school. Computer programmers, web designers and developers, system administrators have many job offers and are quite successful in their careers.

Teaching is one more popular profession, being respected and interesting in the modern society. Teaching includes many other sciences as psychology, sociology, philology, philosophy, logics, etc. Indeed it is obviously a big area of investigation and research and development, so many young men and women choose it without hesitation.

Профессии и карьера

Так как все мы люди и нуждаемся в развитии, для того чтобы быть полезными и успешными личностями, самый главный вопрос, который мы задаем себе, когда оканчиваем школу это: какую профессию мне выбрать? Кем я хочу быть? Обычно мы выбираем ту профессию, которая приносит больше дохода и успеха и ту, что считается популярной в обществе и предполагает какой-то карьерный рост в будущем. Но более правильный подход был бы: что я делаю лучше всего? Кем бы я хотел быть больше всего?

На самом деле это сложный выбор, но тем не менее очень важный. Давайте рассмотрим несколько самых распространенных профессиональных областей, которые выбирают молодые люди как свою профессию.

Здравоохранение. Растущая необходимость в работниках здравоохранения объясняется постоянным ростом населения и среднего возраста людей. Люди стали жить дольше, и возрастающая численность пожилых людей требует больше услуг в здравоохранении. Следовательно, все больше рабочих и административных должностей должно быть заполнено.

Информатика. Технический прогресс и внедрение цифровых технологий и IT услуг создали большую потребность в специалистах этой области, включая частный и общественный сектор. Таким образом, информатика стала все более популярной в последние 15 лет, и все больше людей выбирают это направление после окончания школы. Программисты, веб-дизайнеры и разработчики, системные администраторы получили все больше предложений работы и стали довольно успешными в этой профессии.

Преподавание – еще одна популярная профессия, которая очень уважаема и интересна в современном обществе. Преподавание включает в себя много разных наук: психология, социология, филология, философия, логика. И на самом деле это очень большая область для исследования и развития, поэтому очень много людей выбирают ее как свою профессию.

Урок английского языка в 8-ом классе

Тема урока: Choosing a Career: The World of Jobs. Активизация лексических навыков.

Ход урока:

Организационный этап .

Взаимное приветствие.

Teacher: Good morning, dear children!

Pupils: Good morning, dear teacher!

Teacher: How are you?

Pupils: We are fine, thanks. And how are you?

Teacher: I am OK. I am glad you are fine and hope you are in a good mood and ready to work.

Этап вызова .

Определение темы урока учащимися по проблемному заданию, ознакомление учащихся с темой и задачами урока

Teacher: Children, look at the board. Here you can see famous phrase of Confucius.

"Choose a … you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life."

One word is missed. Do you have any ideas about the missing word?

Ps: Job

T: You are right. So today we are going to talk about jobs and careers.

We’ll start our lesson with listening: you should listen to a song, fill in the missing words , after listening you’ll try to sing it. Then we’ll remember some more jobs and definitions. After all you’ll read the dialogue and try to make up and act your own ones. At the end of the lesson don’t forget to put the marks for the lesson to each other. We have a lot of work. Let’s get to work.

Этап осмысления.

Учитель проводит речевую разминку по теме урока.

T: I’d like to ask you some questions.

T: What are in your opinion the most interesting jobs? Why?

Ps: Journalist…

T: What are the most boring?

Ps: Accountant….

T: Rewarding?

Ps: Doctor, teacher...

T: Anyway, all jobs are important. And now you should listen to a song and fill in the missing words.

Учащиеся слушают песню, вставляют пропущенные слова, осуществляют взаимопроверку, а затем поют песню.

T: Now let’s remember some more words and definitions on the topic and we’ll do it in the following way. You will work in teams. Take the card with a word and explain its meaning without giving it a name. You will have 1 point for right definition and for the right word.

Ps: A person who grows crops and looks after animals

Ps: A farmer

T: Well done. Don’t forget to count your points and to write them down. Now I want you to work with the dialogue about a job interview and then try to make up and act your own ones

Учащиеся работают с диалогом.

T: Children, take the worksheets. These are possible questions at the interview. You should rewrite the words to make sentences or questions that you might hear in a job interview.

T: So, first of all, work individually then check your answers in pairs.

Учащиеся составляют вопросы, затем делают взаимопроверку в парах.

T: Now you are going to work with the dialogue itself. You need to write the

sentences/ questions from Worksheet 1 onto Worksheet 2 to complete the

dialogue.

Учащиеся вставляют фразы в диалог и делают взаимопроверку.

T: Well done. Now you will work in pairs. One is ‘interviewer’ and the other is ‘interviewee’ and you are going to take part in some job interviews.

You must speak to each other using the information on the card I will give you so that each interviewer finds a suitable person for the job and every interviewee finds a suitable job.

Interviewers remain seated and interviewees move around the classroom, participating in interviews until they find a match.

Children, you should not show your card to your classmates and communicate by speaking and listening, using Worksheet 2 to help you if necessary.

Этап рефлексии.

Учитель создает условия для оценочной деятельности учащихся, выставляет оценки и задает домашнее задание.

T: Dear friends! Our lesson is almost over. What did you do during the lesson?

Ps: We remembered the words and expressions.

We listened to the song.

We read the dialogue.

We acted out our own dialogues.

We spoke English a lot during the lesson.

T: Which part of the lesson did you like best of all?

Ps: I liked the dialogues.

I like…

T: You home task for tomorrow …

Your marks for the lesson are: …

Now our lesson is over. Thank you for your work. Good-bye!

Источники:

1. Афанасьева О.В., Михеева И.В., English VIII
2. http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/

My future career (Моя будущая карьера/ профессия)

I am a school-leaver and this year I am finishing school. When you leave school, you understand that the time to choose your future profession has come. It is not an easy task to choose the right job for you.
There are a lot of different professions and it is really hard to choose the one, which would be interesting for you and will help you earn your living. Generally, I think that choosing the right job is the main question not only for a school-leaver, but also for all the family. Though I understand that parents can help their children make the right choice, I guess it is much wiser to look at what interests you personally and only then try to find something that might suit your interests and your personality using your parents" advice.
As a child I liked to gather with my friends at my place and we imagined that we were at school. I was a teacher and my friends were pupils. All my mother’s recipe books were turned into school registers ; all the furniture was used as blackboards where I drew with chalk. As a result, I was punished but I still didn’t change my dream to connect my future profession with children. Now I have already decided what to do. I would like to become a teacher.
In my opinion, to be a teacher is not an easy task because you need not only to love children, but you also should have an ability to explain things clearly, know your subject profoundly and be an all around person. Though this is not the easiest task, I am sure that I have got almost all necessary qualities to become a really good teacher.
Nowadays it is very important to know a foreign language, especially English. More and more people need qualified teachers to teach them today. I understand that this profession is greatly demanded and that is why I would like to become an English teacher. This year I am going to enter the at the local University. To get an education of a teacher it is not the only thing one needs to become a real teacher. Good teachers continue learning their subject all their career to be able to answer any questions that might arise. They should be an example of competence for their pupils.
Our life is too short and that is why I cannot afford to waste my time on a job, which I am not going to enjoy. I hope that I will never regret choosing the career path of a teacher.

Список слов к топику на тему «Моя будущая профессия» (“My future career”) на английском языке:

school-leaver – выпускник
earn your living – зарабатывать на жизнь
imaginе - представлять
school register – школьный журнал
punish – наказывать
connect one’s future profession with – связать будущую профессию с
ability to explain – умение объяснять
profoundly – углубленно, основательно
be greatly demanded – быть сильно востребованным
department of foreign languages – факультет иностранных языков
an example of competence – пример компетентности
regret – жалеть

Грамматика, которая будет полезной для топика «Моя будущая профессия» (“My future career”) на английском языке: Present Simple, Past Simple, Future Simple, would like, be going to. Вы можете почитать необходимые темы по английской грамматике по этой ссылке .

Эти вопросы пригодятся Вам, если Вы захотите сами составить топик (тему) по английскому языку на тему «Моя будущая профессия» (“My future career”):

1. What do you dream to become?
2. Why have you made that choice?
3. What establishment are you going to enter to master the profession?
4. What qualities do you need to possess in order to get the profession your dream of?
5. Is the profession of your dream highly paid?

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