Marina Rudina SPORT TO LIVE AND LEARN Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine State Institution “Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University” Marina Rudina SPORT TO LIVE AND LEARN Manual for Studying the Course “English for Specific Purposes” for the first and second-year students of the extra-mural department of the Institute of Physical Training and Sport Luhansk State Institution “Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University” 2013 УДК 811.111 (075.8) ББК 81.2 Англ – 923 H-48 Reviewers: Maksimenko I. G. – Doctor of Sciences of Physical Training and Sport, Professor, Head of the Institute of Physical Training and Sport of Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University. Goroshkina E. N – Doctor of Philology, Professor, Head of the Department of Ukrainian Language of Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University. Mikvabiya E. G. – Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of English Language of Volodymyr Dahl East- Ukrainian National University. Rudina M. V. H-48 Sports to live and learn: Manual for Studying the Course “English for Specific Purposes” for the first and second-year students of the of the extra-mural department of the Institute of Physical Training and Sport / M. V. Rudina ; State Institution “Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University”. – Luhansk : Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University Press, 2013. – 132 p. The manual is designed for studying the course “English for Specific Purposes” for the first and second-year students of the the of the extra-mural department of the Institute of Physical Training and Sport” The manual consists of 8 units for learning the main peculiarities of different kinds of sports, wordlist to each unit for expansion students’ professional vocabulary, grammar section for learning grammar constructions in use. Each unit includes a number of texts on sport topics, which are intended for reading in a class and for independent students’ work. Different complication of authentic texts allows using them for reading with understanding, translation, discussion and annotating. Various exercises will help to prepare students for speaking on professional topics, to compare truthful information about different Olympic events, improve their communicative and social competence, develop creativity and positively influence on forming of students’ motivation to study English. УДК 811.111 (075.8) ББК 81.2Англ-923 Recommended for print by Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University Teaching and Training Council (Official Record No. 9, May 29, 2013) © Rudina M.V., 2013 © Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University Press, 2013 Contents Foreword 5 Section I Practical Tasks 7 Unit 1. Figure skating and Bobsledding 7 Unit 2. Boxing and Wrestling 17 Unit 3. Ice Hockey and Skeleton 25 Unit 4. Gymnastics and Track and Field 34 Unit 5. Skiing and Biathlon 42 Unit 6. Football and Field Hockey 52 Unit 7. Swimming and Water Polo 61 Unit 8. Basketball and Volleyball 69 Section II Grammar. Theory and Practice 78 1. Articles 78 2. Nouns 80 3. Adjectives, adverbs 82 4. Pronouns 84 5. Numerals 86 6. The Present Simple and Present Continuous Tenses 88 7. The Future Simple Tense and going to 90 8. The Present Perfect and Past Perfect Tenses 92 9. The Past Simple and Past Continuous Tenses 94 10. Questions 96 11. Prepositions 98 12. The Passive Voice 100 13. The Reported Speech 102 14. The Modal Verbs 104 Section III Additional texts for self work 106 Badminton 106 Cycling 107 Diving 108 Fencing 109 Handball 111 Synchronized swimming 113 Tennis 116 Olympic Games 119 3 The Olympics of Ancient Greece 121 The Modern Olympics 121 Section IV Keys 123 Section V Recommended literature 129 4 FOREWORD The manual “ Sport to Live and Learn” is designed for studying the course “English for Specific Purposes” for the first and second-year students of the extra-mural department of the Institute of Physical Training and Sport. The aim of this manual consists of the following: - acquaintance with a vocabulary on a sport subject; - broadening students’ general outlook; - development of reading, translation and understanding skills of texts in self-work devoted to various kinds of sports; - improvement of the spoken language skills in situations which are closely connected with their future professional activity; - forming creative thought and skills for the decision of problem situations; - simplicity for self work; The contents of the manual are the following: - Foreword; Section I – Practical Tasks Section II – Grammar. Theory and Practice Section III – Additional texts for self work Section IV – Keys Section V – Recommended literature The topics covered in the book include: - Figure skating and Bobsledding - Boxing. Wrestling - Ice Hockey and Skeleton - Gymnastics and Track and Field - Skiing and Biathlon - Football. Field Hockey - Swimming. Water Polo - Basketball. Volleyball - Section I is organized into practical tasks which correspond to different kinds of sports and consists of 8 units. Each unit has the similar structure: Pre-reading, Reading, Language Development, Speaking, Writing, Project and Vocabulary to the units. Each unit of the manual contains realistic, high-interest reading. The readings are introduced with a pre-reading activity and are accompanied by a series of interesting exercises that allow students to demonstrate their reading comprehension. To improve reading comprehension, students should be encouraged to complete pre- reading activities before reading text. Familiarity with the text improves understanding and leads to reading success. Pre-reading exercises help students to plunge into a certain kind of sport, recall main sport events, facts and famous sportsmen. Reading activities include a wide range of texts, which are intended for reading in a class and for independent work of students. Different complication of texts allows using them for reading with understanding, translation, discussion and annotating. The authentic texts of the manual conform to cognitive and professional interests of students. Each unit of the manual contains a variety of exercises that present and practice new language and develop speaking, reading and writing skills. The lexical items are introduced through techniques which include multiple choice, matching, gap-filling, true-false, word-formation, etc. The first two techniques measure students’ passive vocabulary and should provide practice in recognition. The latter lend themselves better to checking and broadening their knowledge of active vocabulary and should provide practice in production. There are exercises based on problem- solving, grouping words, pictures, sentence-building, opposites, synonyms, errors, quizes, etc. They 5 test students’ knowledge of how an item is used, where it is used, what its limitations are, how it behaves in certain situations, what other words are likely to occur with it. Various Language Development exercises will help to master the sport vocabulary, prepare students for speaking on professional topics and increase their motivation to become actively involved in learning about physical culture and sport. Speaking is connected with the improving of English speaking skills. It will help students to communicate more easily and effectively using the information from the internet or historical books/encyclopedias. Writing deals with compositions focuses on specific topics. Students have to produce their own compositions using 150-200 words. This can be done initially in class or completed at home, as a part of their home-assignment. Students must understand the topic, because a rich language environment is the foundation for good writing. Some units have Project activity which deals with a short presentation, continuing the story, reading and discussion, etc. This kind of work requires knowledge of Project PowerPoint Presentation. Most of the new Vocabulary is presented at the end of each unit - Wordlist which is designed in the alphabetic order. The words and phrases are not translated into the students’ mother tongue, so they can check the meaning of new words in their dictionaries. Each new word or phrase is printed in boldface type in the unit when it appears for the first time in the text. Section II - – Grammar. Theory and Practice. It consists of the theoretical section with explanations and examples, grammar exercises. The exercises can be used for in-class reference or at-home study. Section III – Additional texts for self work focuses on authentic texts which logically supplement the units. Section IV – Keys will help students to find answers for the most difficult exercises. The answers also contain additional information on different topics. Section V – Recommended literature covers the authentic books, sites from the internet. This section is useful for those students who want to broaden their knowledge in physical culture and sport. 6 SECTION I. PRACTICAL TASKS Unit 1. Figure Skating and Bobsledding Pre-reading Exercise 1. Choose proper names from the list to label the pictures. Then, try to give a short information about each figure skater. As a prompt you can use Ex. 9. 1. Alexei Yagudin; 2 .Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze; 3. Eugenij Pluschenko; 4. Evan Lysacek, 5. Ilia Kulik; 6. Irina Slutskaya; 7. Sarah Hughes; 8. Sasha Cohen; 9. Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo; 10. Sonja Henie; 11. Tara Lipinski; 12. Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov; a) ………………. b) ………………. c) ………………. d) ………………. e) ………………. f) ………………. g) ………………. h) ………………. i) ……………… j) ……………… k) ………………. l) ……………….. 7 Exercise