The main idea of the text is that. a) the early childhood educator belongs to a group of professionals

a) the early childhood educator belongs to a group of professionals.

b) it is very important for the early childhood educator to be socialized into profession.

c) it is necessary to know something about a proud history of early childhood education.

6. Закончите следующие высказывания:

1. The early childhood educator belongs …

2. A group of professionals has strong leadership …

3. To become an early childhood professional …

4. To enter the field of early childhood education …

5. History is an important part …

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

provide attributes socialized care education babysitters

1. In early education there are different kinds programs, for example, child … programs for young children, public school programs and others.

2. These are the professional … of early childhood educators: strong leadership, a proud history, a code of ethics and some regulatory organizations.

3. Education and training … the teacher with the necessary skill,vocabulary, and concepts.

4. Educators are proud of being not … but professionals in the field of early childhood education.

5. To be … into profession every educator will need to know its history.

8. Прочитайте предложения и догадайтесь по контексту, о чем идет речь:

1. We use this word to name a small boy or a girl.

2. It is the time when you are a child.

3. It is a person who gives lessons, especially in school.

4. It’s a person who is paid to care for a child when the child’s parents are away.

5. It’s a specialist in education; a person who educates.

6. It means to care for a child while his or her parents are away.

7. It’s a special document that provides the teacher with the necessary information on educational concepts.

8. It means the study of things that happened in the past.

9. It means all the words you know in a language.

10. It is a person who belongs to one of the professions.

9. Ответьте на вопросы:

1. What will you need to become an early childhood professional?

2. What kinds of programs do early childhood educators work in?

3. What group does an early childhood educator belong to?

4. Do you agree that an early childhood educator is not a babysitter? Prove it.

5. What does the group of early childhood professionals have?

6. What is a person who is paid to care for a child when the child’s parents are away?

7. What do you need to become a good professional?

8. Is history or psychology an important part of being socialized into profession?

9. What is an important part of being socialized into profession?

10. What do you need to know to enter the field of early childhood education?

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

1. Many theories or philosophies, such as those of Socrates, St. Augustine, Rousseau, and Dewey, have influenced education.

Кто оказал влияние на образование?

2. Piaget`s theory is a psychological theory.

Чья теория является психологической теорией?

3. Empiricists (such as Locke, Berkeley, and Hume) in essence argued that knowledge has its source outside the individual.

Что доказали эмпирики?

4. When a teacher plans to use a game in class she must realize its cognitive value well.

Какую ценность игры должен осознавать учитель, когда планирует занятие?

5. Adult power must be reduced because the child can construct moral rules and knowledge only when he is free to come to his own decision autonomously.

Власть взрослого должна быть сокращена, не так ли?

11. Ситуация «I am an early childhood educator»:

· Вы представляете педагогический университет на ярмарке профессионального образования. Подготовьте презентацию о профессии преподавателя и расскажите о том, что необходимо для того, чтобы стать профессионалом в этой области и какими чертами обладают специалисты-педагоги.

· Вы – студент педагогического университета и принимаете участие в международной конференции, посвященной вопросам дошкольного и школьного образования и воспитания. Расспросите зарубежного коллегу, о том, что требуется для того, чтобы стать специалистом в области раннего обучения детей.

Урок 2

1. Прочитайте слова и ознакомьтесь с их переводом на русский язык:

array [q`reI] – ряд

define [dI`faIn] – давать определение

increase [In`kri:s] – увеличивать, поднимать

issue [`ISH] – вопрос, проблема

motivate [`mqutIveIt] – побуждать

nap [nxp] – короткий сон

observe [qb`zWv] – наблюдать, замечать

origin [`OrIGIn] – происхождение

please [plJz] – доставлять удовольствие

pursue [pq`sjH] – заниматься

reassure [rJq`Suq] – заверять

space [`SpeIs] – пространство, место

term [tWm] – термин

vary [`vFqrI] – разнообразить, различаться

2. Переведите на русский язык следующие словосочетания:

health-improvement exercises, to remain unchanged, a regular classroom, to reassure parents, to be created for children, to design lessons, to bring children to school, to introduce children to the world, an array of organized activities, to observe nature, to be greeted with a smile, to pursue music lessons

3. Прочитайте предложения вслух, обращая внимание на употребление страдательного залога:

1. Musical skills are developed throughout a school year.

2. This space will be created for the baby.

3. A child is brought to school by a parent or a grandparent.

4. Each class is grouped together by age.

5. The lessons were designed to develop math and communication skills.

6. The lessons are designed to introduce the children to nature and the world.

7. The teacher was greeted with a smile.

8. The array of organized activities was not changed.

9. These health-improvement exercises are being designed by the teacher who organizes all the sport activities in the kindergarten.

10. They will be given advice on their children-raising issue.

4. Ознакомьтесь с описаниями типов детских дошкольных учреждений:

crèche, day nursery, kindergarten, nursery school, play group

crèche - this word of French origin, is defined in the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (SOED) as follows: “a public nursery for infants, where they are taken care of while their mothers are at work, etc.” In modern English, however, it more often denotes something temporary, arranged to fulfill a specific need. For example, a crèche is sometimes organized while a meeting is being held, to enable both parents to attend.

day nursery - day nurseries take children from two months to five years, and are run by the local health authority. Day nurseries are normally open for longer then nursery schools, and remain open virtually all the year round. A day nursery meets a social need: it minds children while their parents are at work.

kindergarten - this term of German origin is defined by the SOED as follows:“ a school for developing the intelligence of young children by object-lessons, toys, games, singing, etc., according to the method devised by Friedrich Froebel”. It is now used in England only of certain private schools, nursery school being the usual term. It is sometimes used by English people in a wider sense than given in the SOED, to mean any school for young children. In this case, it often refers to foreign countries, for example, the USA or Australia, where there are establishments called kindergartens.

nursery school - this is a school for children under five, mainly, from three to five. The children spend most of their time in some sort of play activity, as far as possible of an educational kind. Most nursery schools are state institutions provided by the local education authority, but there are also some independent nursery schools. Nursery schools operate during normal school hours (approx. 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.) and observe normal school holidays. A nursery school is an educational establishment and is concerned with the children`s development.

play group - this is a small group organized on a voluntary basis, usually by the parents themselves, for children under five who cannot get into a nursery school or day nursery.

(from An English Teacher’s Handbook of Educational Terms)