Teaching

—Vocabulary

Knowledge – знания

at­titude – склад ума

responsible – ответственный

to inherit – унаследовать

a teacher-training school – школа подготовки преподавателей

to require – требовать

Teaching is the process by which a person helps other people learns. It is one of our most important activities. Teaching helps people gain the knowledge and at­titudes they need to be responsible citizens, earn a liv­ing, and lead a useful, rewarding life. It also provides the chief means of passing knowledge to the next gen­eration. Without teachers, people would have to learn everything by themselves. Few people could learn enough on their own to get along in the world. The world would change greatly as humanity lost the knowl­edge, skills, and ideals inherited from past generations. Much teaching takes place informally - that is, outside school. In the home, for example, parents teach their children everyday skills, as well as values and habits. Businesses and industries often teach their employees necessary job skills. But when people speak of teaching they usually mean formal teaching - the kind provided in schools by professional teachers.

More people belong to the teaching profession than to any other. About 32 million men and women through­out the world are teachers. The United Stales has about 3¼ million teachers, and Canada has more than 330,000

The teaching profession has developed mainly since the early 1800s, when the first teacher-training schools began in Western Europe. Before then, schoolteachers received little or no special training. Today, most coun­tries require teachers to complete a professional train­ing program and to meet professional standards.

? 1. Give Russian equivalents of the following phrases:

A person helps other people learn; gain the knowledge and at­titudes; earn a liv­ing; to learn everything by themselves; еhe world would change greatly; necessary job skills; to complete a professional train­ing program; to meet professional standards.

2. Say if the following sentences are true or false.

1. Teaching is the process by which a person doesn’t help other people learn. 2. It also provides the chief means of passing knowledge to the next gen­eration. 3. Many people could learn enough on their own to get along in the world. 4. Businesses and industries never teach their employees necessary job skills. 5. Less people belong to the teaching profession than to any other. 6. The teaching profession has developed mainly since the early 1700s, when the first teacher-training schools began in Western Europe.

3. Insert missing words, use the text’s vocabulary:

1. Teaching helps people gain the … and … they need to be responsible citizens, earn a liv­ing, and lead a useful, rewarding life. 2. The world would change greatly as … lost the knowl­edge, skills, and ideals inherited from past generations.3. But when people speak of teaching they usually mean …- the kind provided in schools by professional teachers. 4. About … million men and women through­out the world are teachers. 5. Today, most coun­tries … teachers to complete a professional … program and to meet professional standards.

4. Translate these sentences into your native language:

1. It is one of our most important activities. 2. Without teachers, people would have to learn everything by themselves. 3. The world would change greatly as humanity lost the knowl­edge, skills, and ideals inherited from past generations. 4. More people belong to the teaching profession than to any other. 5. Much teaching takes place informally - that is, outside school. In the home, for example, parents teach their children everyday skills, as well as values and habits.