Agree or disagree with the following statements

1. Youth work is a community support activity that intentionally seeks to impact elderly people.

2. The main purpose of youth workers is to promote the personal, educational and social development of young people.

3. As a rule youth workers perform managerial, analytical and consulting activities in the sphere of childcare.

4. Youth work includes such kinds of work as centre-based work, detached work, outreach youth work and school-based work.

5. Detached youth work is carried out at dedicated premises such as drop-in coffee bars, sports facilities and advice centres.

6. The aim of outreach youth work is to encourage young people to attend various youth clubs.

7. School-based work normally includes lessons, assemblies, after-school clubs, one to one mentoring etc.

8. In the UK and elsewhere, the main distinction is usually made between statutory youth workers and volunteers.

9. Youth workers in the public sector often start a career in school or youth centre environment.

10. Youth workers are often employed by police, government and educational institutions.

Answer the following questions.

1. What is the definition of youth work?

2. What is the aim of youth work?

3. What are youth workers responsible for?

4. What are the main four kinds of youth work?

5. Which kind of youth work is carried out “in the street”?

6. Which kind of youth work takes place in schools?

7. Which kind of youth work is the best way to inform young people of available services and projects?

8. What is the distinction between statutory and non-statutory youth workers?

9. Where do youth workers usually start a career after graduation from an educational institution?

10. What organizations normally employ youth workers?

Speak on youth work in the Russian Federation.

LOGOPEDICS AS A SCIENCE

Practise the pronunciation of the following words from the text.

Branch, pedagogy, hearing, science, behaviour, scientific basis, treating, issue, century, deaf-mutism, distinguish, mutism, province, therapeutic procedure, physician, health, tongue-tie, dyslexia, dysgraphia, alalia, aphasia, impairments, stammering.

Guess the meaning of the following international words. Consult a dictionary if necessary.

Pedagogy, basis, anomaly, mechanism, defects, correction, therapeutic procedure, motor, theoretical, modern, idea, structure, human, mental, lexical, grammatical, aspects, receptor activity, cognitive processes, emotional, linguistics, physiology, medicine, methods, special, specialist.