Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Hometask for the week 02/12/13 - 09/12/13

Dear students!

This week we are to answer the discussion questions (from the portfolio) about higher education in Britain and the USA. Good luck!

Hometask for the week 11/11/13 - 17/11/13

Watch the movie "the Ron Clark Story" and post the review.
Remember to follow the plan for a movie review.
Comment on the tag line "No one believed in them. Except him."

Welcome back!

June 4

Be ready with the interpretation on "Interesting things" by Kingsley Amis and "Mister Loveday's Little Outing" by Evelyn Waugh.

June 3

Be ready with ALL the "Music" topics.

May 28

Be ready with all the "Music" topics!

May 27

Be ready with the interpretations of The Supreme Illusion  by Arnold Bennet (5 persons) and The Treasure by W.S. Maugham (5 persons). Everybody knows what she is to prepare. Olya, your story is The Supreme Illusion.

May 20

Be ready with:

1.  topics #18 (Music: The Role of Music in Our Lives. Speak on the role music plays in people’s lives.) and #20 (Music: Outstanding Composers and Performers. Speak on outstanding composers and performers of the past or the present day.)
2. 2 interpretations on your choice ("A cup of tea", "Cat in the Rain" or "The last tea")
3. And again the interpretation of "Interesting things"

May 7

Be ready with your pleasure/individual reading!

May 6

Be ready with all the "Cinema" topics and again with the interpretation on " Interesting things".

Happy Holiday!

April 30

Be ready with "Mr Loveday's Little Outing" by Evelyn Waugh (interpretation)

April 29

Be ready with the following  topics:


13. Cinema: Cinema and Its Impact on Our Lives. Speak on the cinema art as a phenomenon, its history, development and its influence on the society.
14. Cinema: Cinema and Its Production. Speak on the world’s greatest dream factories.
15. Cinema: An Oscar-Winner Film (nominations, achievements, awards).

April 23

Be ready with "Interesting things" (interpretation)

April 22

Be ready with all the "Theatre" topics and topic #15 "Cinema: An Oscar-Winner Film (nominations, achievements, awards)."

April 16

Be ready with "Interesting things" (interpretation)

April 15

This time be ready with:

• Voc-ry (Cinema)
• Useful words and phrases for topics
• Text " Cinema Art" - p.67. Translation in writing:

1. The first paragraph up to the word "Clearly..." - Nastya M., Kate K, Yana G.
2. The second paragraph up to the words "At present..." - Olya G., Nastya S., Julia L.
3. The third paragraph - the others

• Text "Brothers"

April 9

Be ready to answer your pleasure or individual reading

April 8

This day be ready with ALL topics about theatre. Also be ready to show your portfolio (topics + laboratory works).

April 1

Be ready with:

1. Topic #10. Classical and Modern Theatre: balancing real life and people’s needs.
2. Topic #11. Actors and Acting: the touchstones of greatness. Cite examples from the story “Wistful, Delicately Gay” by Irwin Shaw.

March 26

March 26 is HOME READING!

Be ready with the story “Wistful, Delicately Gay” by Irwin Shaw (p. 94 - 118) - interpretation and questions. It's not obligatory to answer the questions in the written form!

March 25

English - III:

1. p. 17-27
2. Underline some interesting phrases for your topics from the texts 1-5

Be ready with:

1. Topic # 7. Theatre in Society. Speak on the role of theatre in society and its impact upon people. (Include into your topic information about genres, types of theatres, famous actors/directors, entertaining and educational role of art, also mention famous playwrights, such as Chekhov, Ostrovsky, Dostoevsky, Shakespeare and O. Wilde, etc.)
2. Topic #8. Theatre Challenges. Theatre and other arts, theatre and high tech scenery.

March 19

March 19 is HOME READING!

Be ready with the story " First Night" by Moira Burgesss (p. 118 - 131) - interpretation and questions. It's not obligatory to answer the questions in written form!

March 18

We start a new topic "Theatre".

Begin to prepare topic #9 The British Theatre and Its Roots. Speak on the theatre in Shakespeare’s time. Cite examples from the story “First Night” by Moira Burgess. 

Please, be ready with vocabulary and texts from English - 3:

1. p. 4 - 16
2. Choose 7 genres of theatre, which you can include into your topics.
3. Translate the following paragraphes:

Text 1

• Vera R. - p. 13 - 14. Text 1 from the beginning up to the words "...the lowest of all".
• Kate K. - p. 14. from the words "One of the principles of Thatcherism..." up to the words "...tend to be pushed to the sidelines."
• Nastya M. - p. 14 from the words "In the national curriculum..." up to the words "...amateur or part-time status."
• Nastya S. - p. 14. from the words " For example, every town..." up to the end of Text 1.

Text 2

• Olya G. - p. 14 from the beginning of Text 2 up to the words "...rather than the political"
• Kate F. p.14 - 15 from the words "whatever the critics say..." up to the words "...Britishartists become famous"
• Yana G. p. 15, from the words "In the 1980s..." up to the end of Text 2.

Text 3

• Lisa Ts. - p.15, Text 3 from the beginning up to the words "...spectator and home-based entertainment"
• Nastya B. - p. 15, from the lines "It's argued that.." up to the words "...private and public sectors"
• Julia L. - p. 15-16, from the words " The public sector is divided..." up to the words "...variety of other cultural organizations"

March 11-12

Here we go, dear friends! These days be ready with:

1. Topic #3. Poetry and Music of the Sea. Marine Painting as represented in the works by J.M.W. Turner, Ivan Aivazovsky and Winslow Homer. 
2. Topic #5. Innumerable Masterpieces of the Tretyakov Gallery. When and how was it founded? Who was Pavel Tretyakov? Are there Tretyakovs nowadays? What does the Gallery’s collection consist of? Dwell on the peculiarities of the masterpieces you like most. 
3. Topic #6. The Role of Art in the Modern Society. Is art for the elite or for the wider public? Has the role of art changed over the time? Comment on different genres in painting and their impact on the modern world.
4. Topic #1.What Is an Artist? Paradoxical does it seem to be: the artist as a man apart, as ‘the pilgrim to some shrine that does not exist’, and the artist as a man rooted deeply in his own time, in his own society, conveying the atmosphere of his time. - outline only
5. Portfolio

Red - obligatory for everybody
Blue - obligatory for everybody but Yana G., Julia L. and Kate F.
Yellow - obligatory for Yana G., Julia L. and Kate F.
Lilac - obligatory for Kate K, Nastya B. and Lisa Ts.

March 5

March 5 is NOT home reading! We are going to continue our discussion about portrait and landscape painting (esp. topics). Also try to find an interesting information about seascapists.

March 4

1) Be ready with the topic " Portrait Painting"

2) Preapare literary translation of the following articles:

• Nastya B. - p. 30 - Idealism and Impressionism; p. 34 - Surrealism and The Ten American Painters
• Yana G. - p.29 - Gothic; p. 32 - Realism and Renaissance
• Olga G. - p. 31 - Peredvizhniki; p. 33 - Russian Suprematism; p. 34 - Symbolism
• Kate K. - p. 26 - Bauhaus; p. 29 - The Hudson River School
• Julia L. - p.27 - Baroque and Conceptual Art
• Nastya M. - p. 26 The Ash Can School (from the line "Their style was based on direct..."); p.28 - Cubism
• Vera R. - p.25 - Abstract Expressionism; p. 33 - Russian Painting
• Nastya S. - p.29 - Expressionism; p. 30 - Modern Art
• Kate F. - p. 26 The Ash Can School  ( from the line "Rebelling against.." up to "...best gent art of all periods"); p. 32 - Pop Art
• Liza Ts. - p. 25 - 26 The Ash Can School ( from the beginning up to the line "...Pennsylvania Academy"); p. 26 - Barbizon School

February 26

February 26 is home reading! Be ready with the interpretation of "Mendoza Sells Himself" by Williame Caine.

February 25

We are going to discuss portrait painting. So, be ready with the material from  "Enter the world of painting and learn to appreciate its treasures"  (pp. 12 - 13, 45-47)

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It was launched in April 2009 and won the 2010 "Best of the Web" (overall category) award at the Museums and the Web conference. 

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Задание: Comment two videos (2-3 sentences), sharing your impression about them.

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В комментарии не ссылка на видео, а его полное НАЗВАНИЕ!!!

Happy Valentine's Day!

How to write a film review

Here is a guide to writing a good film review!

I think the best reviews are here - the language is not perfect but the stucture is really good.

SAMPLE

Rendering: Tips

Here is a LIST of useful words and word combinations to help you with rendering.

Here are 2 samples, which are excellent,  IMHO!

SAMPLE 1

SAMPLE 2

February 19

February 19 is Home Reading.

The story to read is Mendoza Sells Himself by William Caine

Reader-3, pp. 132 - 144. 

P.S. It's NOT obligatory to answer the questions in written form

February 18: Speech Practice

Topic #2. Painting: Landscape Painting (British, Russian, American). For this use articles from "Enter the world of painting and learn to appreciate its treasures"  (pp. 63 - 77)

February 11: Speech Practice

February 11 is Home Reading.

The story to read is The Etching by Hugh S. Walpole.

Reader-3, pp. 179-186

Welcome!

This term we start blogging.

This blog is part of the MGOSGI FFL YEAR III 2012/13 blog, which is to keep you informed of your course work.

 It is designed  to keep you up-to-date with your tasks in Speech Practice and to post extra (bonus) tasks.

Your blogs are your e-portfolios.

You are to do certain tasks on a regular basis. 

You are to post:

 summaries of the books you read in Pleasure and Individual Reading 

(one summary per week,all in all - 12);

detailed film reviews
(once per month);

See our IN THE WORLD OF THE MOVIES blog!

 renderings of the topical articles 

(one article per week, all in all - 16)