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—Vocabulary
Minority groups – группы для несовершеннолетних
to aim – стремиться к
low-level jobs – неквалифицированная работа
women’s rights movement – движение за права женщин
equity – справедливость, объективность
curriculum – учебный план
accountability – ответственность, подотчетность
articulation – произнесение звуков
Some people oppose specialized job training at the high school level. They believe that such instruction takes too much time away from academic education. But some educators argue that many students who have difficulty with academic work become more interested in their studies after they begin professional education. The students realize that mathematics, reading, and other skills are necessary in their working life.
Some members of minority groups charge that professional education teaches minority students to aim only for what they consider low-level jobs. Leaders of the women’s rights movement have also demanded reform of professional programs, which they claim pressure female students into “women's jobs”. Most female students in professional training take secretarial or consumer and homemaking subjects rather than industrial and trade courses.
During the mid-1980s, a national study commission indicated that professional education experienced challenges that needed to be overcome in 10 areas. It pointed to the need for improvement in the perception of professional education; access; equity; curriculum; teacher education and recruitment; standards and accountability; articulation; leadership; business, labor, and community involvement; and field-based learning, including cooperative education.
? 1. Give Russian equivalents of the following phrases:
Some people oppose specialized job; takes too much time away from academic education; leaders of the women’s rights movement; they claim pressure female students; to the need for improvement in the perception of professional education.
2. Say if the following sentences are true or false.
1. Some people oppose specialized job training at the high school level. 2. They don’t believe that such instruction takes too much time away from academic education. 3. The students don’t realize that mathematics, reading, and other skills are necessary in their working life. 4. Some members of minority groups charge that professional education teaches minority students to aim only for what they consider low-level jobs. 5. During the mid-1980s, a national study commission didn’t indicate that professional education experienced challenges that needed to be overcome in 10 areas.
3. Insert missing words, use the text’s vocabulary:
1. They believe that such instruction takes too much time away from … education. 2. But some educators argue that many students who have difficulty with academic work become more interested in their studies after they begin … education. 3. The students realize that mathematics, reading, and other skills are necessary in their … life. 4. Most female students in professional training take … or … and homemaking subjects rather than industrial and trade courses.
4. Translate these sentences into your native language:
1. Some members of minority groups charge that professional education teaches minority students to aim only for what they consider low-level jobs. 2. Leaders of the women’s rights movement have also demanded reform of professional programs, which they claim pressure female students into “women’ jobs”. 3. Most female students in professional training take secretarial or consumer and homemaking subjects rather than industrial and trade courses. 4. It pointed to the need for improvement in the perception of professional education; access; equity; curriculum; teacher education and recruitment; standards and accountability; articulation; leadership; business, labor, and community involvement; and field-based learning, including cooperative education.
