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электронная ВЕРСИЯ ЖУРНАЛА в Личномна сайте кабинете www.1september.ru Журнал для тех, кто преподает No.11–12 и изучает английский язык eng.1september.ru Учебно-методический журнал Английский язык Around the English-Speaking World The Commonwealth of Australia Alone of all the races on earth, they seem to be free from the ‘Grass is Greener on the other side of the fence’ syndrome, and roundly proclaim that Australia is, in fact, the other side of that fence. Douglas Adams ноябрьнооябрь–дб ь–дек–ддеккабабрьб 1september.ru 2016 АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК Подписка на сайте www.1september.ru или по каталогу “Почта России”. Индексы: 79002 INSIDE NEWS IN BRIEF Сдвоенные номера выходят 1 раз в 2 месяца Russian ELT News .................................... 3 Издание основано в 1992 г. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Главный редактор: Елизавета Богданова Speaking in Tongues ...................................4 Консультанты: Stephen Lapeyrouse, Erin Bouma Научный редактор: Г.Гумовская The Discourse of Creativity in ELT .............6 Корректура: М.Гардер METHODS OF TEACHING Набор, верстка: Г.Струкова "I Had Them in My Head" .......................10 FOCUS ON LANGUAGE ИЗДАТЕЛЬСКИЙ ДОМ “ПЕРВОЕ СЕНТЯБРЯ” Генеральный директор Australian English Idioms ..........................13 Н.Соловейчик British and Australian English Vocabulary ...13 Главный редактор А.Соловейчик CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES Коммерческая деятельность Folk Tales around the World .......................15 К.Шмарковский (финансовый директор) Реклама, конференции и техническое Tanzania: Building a Local Health Centre ...16 обеспечение Uganda: Gorilla Conservation П.Кузнецов Производство through Public Health ...............................17 С.Савельев Zambia: Community Radio Calling ............18 Административно-хозяйственное обеспечение А.Ушков Zimbabwe: Writer and Filmmaker, Педагогический университет Tsitsi Dangarembga ...................................19 В.Арсланьян (ректор) Expressing Regrets about the Past ............. 48 ЖУРНАЛЫ ИЗДАТЕЛЬСКОГО ДОМА: Wishes and Regrets .................................. 49 Английский язык – Е.Богданова, Библиотека в школе – О.Громова, LESSON PLANS Биология – Н.Иванова, Сокровища Австралии ............................ 20 География – и.о. А.Митрофанов, Дошкольное образование – Д.Тюттерин, "Noughts and Crosses" ............................. 23 Искусство – О.Волкова, TOPICAL JOURNEY История – А.Савельев, Классное руководство Australia .................................................. 27 и воспитание школьников – А.Полякова, SCHOOL THEATRE Литература – С.Волков, Математика – Л.Рослова, The Wizard of Oz .................................... 39 Начальная школа – М.Соловейчик, TESTS Русский язык – Л.Гончар, Физика – Н.Козлова, Five-Minute Tests .................................... 43 Французский язык – Г.Чесновицкая, PREPARING FOR EXAMS Школа для родителей – Л.Печатникова, Школьный психолог – М.Чибисова Australia .................................................. 43 Подписной индекс FOR YOUNG LEARNERS По каталогу Почта России: 79002 The Time to Rhyme ................................. 46 Учредитель: ООО «Издательский дом “Первое сентября”» Зарегистрировано ПИ № ФС77-58393 от 18.06.14 TEXTS FOR READING в Роскомнадзоре Подписано в печать: по графику 05.10.16, фактически 05.10.16 What is Accessible? ................................. 50 Отпечатано в АО “Первая Образцовая типография” Филиал “Чеховский Печатный Двор” Justice .......................................................53 ул. Полиграфистов, д. 1, Московская область, г. Чехов, 142300 Сайт: www.chpd.ru. E-mail: [email protected] Cannibal Isles ............................................55 Тел.: 8(499)-270-73-59 Say No to Death .......................................57 Цена свободная Заказ № Тираж YOUTH ENGLISH SECTION 900 экз.(бумажная версия) Tim Minchin ............................................60 21000 экз. (электронная версия) Адрес редакции и издателя: TEACHERS FORUM ул. Киевская, д. 24, Москва, 121165 Телефон: (499) 249-0640 Тел./факс: (499) 249-3138 Confession of a New Comer .......................61 E-mail: [email protected] Отдел рекламы: (499) 249-9870 www.1september.ru This sign indicates that additional materials can be found in Издательская подписка: (499) 249-4758 Subscriber’s Personal Account on www.1september.ru. E-mail: [email protected] Unless otherwise indicated images in this issue are from shutterstock.com facebook.com/School.of.Digital.Age Dear Reader! NEWS IN BRIEF English Welcome to our November-December issue of English! Even though the fi rst winter month presupposes some 3 RUSSIAN ELT NEWS November– snowfl akes and Christmas carols on the front page of the December 2016 journal, this year we are going to celebrate New Year Eve on the opposite side of the globe where summer is in full swing! Our around-the-English-speaking-world adven- tures are coming to an end and we are delighted to invite you to our fi nal issue in the series which is devoted to Australia. Despite the evident remoteness of Australia from our ‘natural habitat’, we were lucky to fi nd a voice which National Association of Teachers of English (NATE) could tell our readers at least one story of this faraway invites you to follow the news and participate in the land. You are already puzzled by the word ‘voice’, aren’t events of your local English teachers associations. you? But it is the sound of the voice which we believe Our annual XXIII Conference for teachers of English every reader of our journal will hear when reading the from all Russian regions will take place in Kolomna in lines from the story written by Nikolay Nikolayevich April. Learn more at www.nate-russia.ru. Drozdov, a prominent Russian biologist and the author of the programme ‘In the World of Animals’, who kindly agreed to share with us an excerpt from his book ‘Flying Boomerang’ about his journey to Australia. Apart from this treasured fi nding, our Topical Jour- ney includes materials that can throw some light on the spiritual and literary life of Australian continent. As re- cently it has been discovered that Australian English has a signifi cant infl uence on British English through Austral- ian soap-operas, which are very popular in the English- speaking world, we decided to explore the peculiarities of this version of English on the pages of the central part of the journal. To provide some methodological food for thought, we Moscow English Language Teachers Association are offering you an inspiring article by Griselda Beacon announces annual festivals and contests: ‘The creativity discourse in ELT’ and an interview with XII MELTA Poetry Festival in February. For students the guru of grammar studies Raymond Murphy, who was of the 8-11 forms. Participants present their own poem kind to share his views with Alexandra Chistyakova, our on one of the topics announced prior to the contest. regular reporter. XII MELTA Storytelling Festival in March. For stu- We would like to attract your special attention to page dents of the 3-8 forms. Participants present their own 9 where you can fi nd a clue to getting an opportunity to three-minute story. experience an online course with Norwich Institute for XII MELTA Public Speaking Contest in April. For stu- Language Education for free! dents of the 8-11 forms. Participants present a three- In exploring Australian studies, we came to believe minute speech on one of the four topics announced that regardless of your starting point, you can achieve a prior to the contest. lot provided you work in a good team and have a well- developed sense of humour! We want you to enjoy the Criteria and topics for all the festivals and contests free spirit of our Aussie issue and to become inspired to are announced at elt-moscow.ru. consider looking at your teaching practice from the other All students get certifi cates of participation, best side of the fence! speakers get prizes and diplomas, teachers get letters of gratitude from MELTA. By Elizaveta Bogdanova, Editor-in-Chief GIFTS FOR OUR SUBSCRIBERS If you teach blind and visually impaired students you need tools to meet their needs. Grammar Cube Уважаемые подписчики (ГрамИК) by Peter A. Stepichev is designed to trans- late 364 sentences from Russian into English, includ- бумажной версии журнала! ing special and general questions in Present, Past and Future Simple, imperatives and modal verbs. The Все подписчики журнала имеют возможность получать электронную версию. words on the model are given in Braille so that BVI Для получения электронной версии: students can rotate the cubes and read the sentences 1) откройте Личный кабинет на портале “Первое they create. сентября” (www.1september.ru). Subscribers of English who teach BVI students can 2) В разделе “Газеты и журналы/Получение” get the “Grammar Cube” distributed under the Ameri- выберите свой журнал и кликните на кнопку “Я can Center grant for free. Learn more on conditions – подписчик бумажной версии”. and limitations: 3) Появится форма, посредством которой вы www.facebook.com/gramikbvi/ or сможете отправить нам копию подписной кви- via e-mail [email protected] танции. После этого в течение одного рабочего дня Peter A. Stepichev SPECIAL OFFER! будет активирована электронная подписка на MELTA vice-president, NATE executive director весь период действия бумажной. English PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 4 November– SPEAKING IN TONGUES December 2016 Several years ago, a large group of various Walking around in the famous Quartier Lat- EU specialists came to Akademgorodok near in, the Latin Quarter in Paris, France, this