Compulsory Assignments for 3rd year students (2nd term, Arakin) Unit 5

Compulsory Assignments for 3rd year students (2nd term, Arakin)

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Unit 5

1. Speech Patterns. Ex. 1-5. pp. 136-140

2. Reading: Art for Heart’s Sake (R.Goldberg) – read, translate, make a word list, word combinations and phrases

3. Listening comprehension https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/what-is-art-for-1

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1. Word combinations and phrases – to learn by heart

2. Back-translation of the 1st part

3. Ex. 4,5 pp. 148-149; 6/7 (at the lesson), 8 

3. 1. Glossary

2. Back-translation of the 2nd part

3. Ex. 9, 10,17 (Summarize the text), 11, 12, 13 (at the lesson)

4.

1. Vocabulary Notes – 5 words (read, translate, find additional meanings)

2. Back-translation of the 3rd part

2. Ex. 2 (A) pp. 153-154, Ex. 3 (A) pp. 154-155

5.

1. Vocabulary Notes – the first 5 words to learn by heart, 5 new words (read, translate, find additional meanings) 

2. Ex. 6, 7 (A) pp. 157-158

3. Ex. 2 (B), Ex. 3 (B)

4. Role-play retelling (Ex. 18/19)

6.

1. Vocabulary Notes – 5 last words (to learn by heart)

2. Ex. 7 (B) p.158

3. Ex. 10.

4. Stylistic devices (lexical, examples)

7.

1. Dictation-translation (voc. notes, glossary)

2. Ex. 11,12,13,14

3. Stylistic devices (syntactical, examples)

8.

1. Topical Vocabulary pp. 161-162

2. Ex. 1-3 pp. 162-165

3. Stylistic analysis of the text.

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Creative task 1. visit the Dagestan Museum of Fine Arts 

2. Ex. 9, 10,12 pp.166-169 

3. Discussion: Ex. 13, 14,15 pp.169 - 171

10. Make up a project:

1. Famous galleries

2. British Art

3. Famous still life painters

4. Famous portrait painters

5. Famous landscape painters

6. The most popular art movements

7. Modern trends in Art

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1.Writing: for and against writing pp. 96-100 (from Crossing barriers).

2. Listening comprehension (TED video)

https://www.ted.com/talks/iseult_gillespie_frida_kahlo_the_woman_behind_the_legend

Pre-listening tasks: 

What do you know about Frida Kahlo?

Have you ever seen her paintings?

What is Frida Kahlo best known for?

Watch the video and answer the questions:

What happened to Frida Kahlo in 1925? 

In 1925, Frida Kahlo was on her way home from school in Mexico City when the bus she was riding collided with a streetcar. She suffered near-fatal injuries and her disability became a major theme in her paintings.

Where and when did she start paining?

She started practicing painting techniques in the hospital after being bedridden for months. 

What did she mostly paint?

She painted friends and family, still lives, spiritual scenes and her mesmerizing colorful self-portraits.

What did The Broken Column symbolize?

It reveals her mental and physical state. 

What movement in art was she often associated with? What was the main difference between her and the representatives of this movement?

She was often associated with Surrealism, and unlike surrealists, who used dreamlike images to explore the unconscious mind, Kahlo used them to represent her physical body and life experiences.

What was the cause of the divorce with Diego Rivera?

The cause of their divorce was infidelity on both sides.

What does The Two Fridas (1939) imply?

The two in the painting suggest a position caught between past and present, individuality and dependence. It shows her anguish of loss and a splintered sense of self.

When did she die?

She died in 1954 at the age of 47.

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Test-paper on Unit 5.