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First watching and listening
Read the following questions, then watch the video and answer them. Share your answers with a partner:
1. Why is English the most popular foreign language in Russia?
2. How was English taught during the years of Soviet power?
3. In whose hands is the future of the world according to Svetlana Ter-Minasova?
4. When were Russian studies fairly popular at Birmingham University?
5. What are the main difficulties English students experience learning Russian?
6. What impression do the English students interviewed have from their visit to Russia?
7. What are the basic features of the Russian national character according to the students?
8. What did Michael Pushkin say about the characteristic feature of the Russian character?
Listening and watching for details
1. Before watching sequence 10 read the questions, then watch the sequence and answer them:
1. When according to historical documents did the study of English start in Russia?
2. Describing various traits of the British character the students and the professor use both positive and negative qualifiers. Put a tick beside the words they use:
| 1. Open-hearted □ 2. Stubborn □ 3. Tolerant □ 4. Creative □ 5. Aggressive □ 6. Sincere □ 7. Very polite □ 8. Generous □ | 9. Snobbish □ 10. Friendly □ 11. Modest □ 12. Pragmatic □ 13. Arrogant □ 14. Patient □ 15. Reserved □ |
3. What aspects of the life of the British people do the Russian students discuss? Put a tick beside the aspects:
| 1. Hobbies □ 2. Love □ 3. Friends □ 4. Career prospects □ 5. Children in the family □ | 6. Society and the elderly □ 7. House chores □ 8. Rules of behaviour □ 9. Environment □ 10. Marriage □ |
4. How different are the British in their family life from the Russian people?
5. Why are Russians " very strange people" according to Svetlana Ter-Minasova?
6. What is the main condition of learning any foreign language according to her?
2. Before watching sequence 11 read the statements below, watch the sequence and determine whether they are true or false; if the statements are false, correct them:
1.Russian studies at Birmingham University began in 1963.
2. The Centre for Russian and East European Studies was founded in the end of the famous Khrushchev Thaw.
3. During the 1990s there was some considerable decline in Interest in Russian studies, which may have been to do with n lack of interest in what was happening in the Soviet Union at that time.
4. Recently the number of student at the Centre for Russian Studies has gone up again as a result of the stabilization of the situation in Russia in the last few years.
5. The main difficulty the students of Russian face up to is pronunciation.
6. If a student has studied Latin or German, which are inflected languages, it is much easier for him/her to study Russian.
3. Before watching sequence 12 read the questions, then watch the sequence and answer them:
1. The British students talk about various difficulties they came across being in Russia. What are they? Put a tick beside the difficulties:
1. living conditions □
2. national food □
3. weather conditions □
4. limited language skilled □
5. Russian traditions □
2. Is it hard for the British to get used to the Russian style of life?
3. How did the student characterise the Russian style of life?
4. What features of the Russian national character did the British students and the professor mention? Put a tick beside the words:
| 1. Open-hearted □ 2. Stubborn □ 3. Tolerant □ 4. Hard-working □ 5. Aggressive □ 6. Honest □ 7. Very polite □ 8. Hospitable □ | 9. Snobbish □ 10. Friendly □ 11. Modest □ 12. Reticent □ 13. Arrogant □ 14. Patient □ 15. Outgoing □ |
5. What did the Russians do to help the British student integrate into the society?
6. Did the students change their stereotype about the Russian people after their trip to Russia?