Why Do We Need to Learn English?

The answer should be easy. English is a universal language (global language in case we are not the only creature who can speak.) The world has changed. We can no longer live alone in our country anymore. If you want to learn the world you need to learn English....

The only way we can connect to the world is to the universal language. 

If you are students you would have to learn English for your own bright future or, at least, pass the exam.

You would have to learn English for the benefit of your career.

Even if you are just a street walker you still want to learn English to understand what's going on in the world....

No matter who are you. Learn English is very important. You can't avoid it and do not avoid it before you getting too far behind.

So that is why we want to tell you about English Language department of Kam-Pod National Ivan Ohienko University.

You can learn more from site http://www.kpdu.edu.ua/

But we have some extra information about our department.

The process of globalization and democratic changes in Ukraine have led many Ukrainian universities to question whether they are adequately preparing students for life and work in the global society. This led to the foundation of the institutional professional development units, such as the Center for American-British Studies at Kamianets-Podilsky Ivan Ohienko National University, which is a good example of how the English language professionals can arrange wide opportunities for their professional development.

Last summer the Center organized the professional development courses in the form of a summer institute for 42 teachers of English from Kamianets-Podilsky Ivan Ohienko National University and the representatives of 35 more educational establishments from all over Ukraine.

The main theme and the topic of the TESOL-Ukraine Teacher Development Summer Institute was “Computer Technology in EL Teaching/Learning” held on June 21-25, 2010. It exposed teachers to effective tools of teaching with web resources and software. The program also introduced teachers to different types of technology they could use in their teaching to encourage target-language practice with peers and native speakers. Teachers also discussed how they could adapt these new tools to their teaching environments.

So make right choice. Choose English Language department of Kam-Pod National Ivan Ohienko University.

IRELAND

 1. Ireland has won the Nobel prize for literature on four occasions with George Bernard Shaw, William Butler Yeats, Samuel Beckett and Seamus Heaney.

2. The famous Titanic ship was built in Belfast. 

3. John Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the U.S.A.was born in Massachusetts in 1917. The Kennedy family were descendants of Irish emigrants to the U.S.A. in the nineteenth century.

4. The island of Ireland is politically seperated into two divisions the Republic of Ireland with 26 counties and Northern Ireland with 6 counties.Ireland is traditionally divided into the four provinces of Leinster, Munster, Connacht, and Ulster. Most of Ulster is now part of Northern Ireland.

5. The Republic of Ireland is divided into 26 counties. They are the counties of Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford, and Wicklow, in Leinster Province; Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, and Waterford, in Munster Province; Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, and Sligo, in Connacht Province; and Cavan, Donegal, and Monaghan, in Ulster Province. Each county is governed by at least one county council.

6. An Irish person will often greet you with the expression "how are ye(you)?, the simple fact is that they are being polite, they do not want your medical history, the normal reply would be along the lines of, "not too bad now, and yourself?" or "can't complain now, thanks." You might also be asked "how ye keeping?" this means the same thing as above and merits the same reply.

7. There are more mobile phones in Ireland than there are people.

8. Interesting facts recently released show that there are now more Polish speakers in Ireland than native Irish Speakers. Over 5% percent of the population of Ireland is Polish.

9. According to Irish legend, on judgement day Christ will be the judge all nations, but St. Patrick will be the judge of the Irish. 

Irish Lace 

Lace-making has always been an important part of the Irish needlework tradition. When times were hard women always had to find ways of supporting their family. This was particularly true during and after the great potato famine of the 1840s. In those days most women could do needlework, so it was only a short step to lace-making. Irish Crochet and Tatting travelled particularly well as equipment needed was simple, a ball of cotton and a shuttle for Tatting and simple crochet hook and cotton for Irish Crochet lace.

Irish crochet is a type of lace, which has its origin in the famine years of the 19th century in Ireland. Charity groups sought to revive the economy by teaching crochet lace technique at no charge to anyone willing to learn. This type of lace is characterized by separately crocheted motifs which were later assembled into a mesh background. Other types of Irish crochet include Rosslea and Clones lace.



Irish Crochet Lace is made with a very fine crochet hook and fine crochet cotton or linen thread. You start by outlining your pattern on a piece of cloth. You then crochet each motif separately. The motifs are then stitched onto the cloth in the shape of the pattern. You then take up the cloth in your hand and join up the motifs using chains and picots. When all the motifs have been joined together forming one piece of lace the whole piece is removed from the background thus revealing your completed Irish Crochet Lace.

Irish Symbols: What They are and What They Mean

The Irish Flag: the Tricolour 

The Irish Flag has three vertical strips of green, white and orange and was first used in 1848. It's colours held important significance for the political situation in Ireland  at the time. The green represented the Catholic majority while the orange was the colour of the Protestant population. The middle stripe of white symbolised a hope of peace or unity between the two.

The Shamrock

Simply put, a shamrock is a single-stemmed plant with three leaves growing from that single stem. It grows in quantity on the hills of Ireland. More importantly, it has become a kind of unofficial symbol of Ireland, featured on postcards and souvenirs.
It was probably made most famous by St. Patrick, the Patron Saint of Ireland. He used the shamrock to help explain the mystery of the Holy Trinity to the pagans, in his quest to bring Christianity to the country. Today, it remains a strong symbol of his life in our yearly St. Patrick's Day celebrations, on the 17th of March. Most Irish people will wear a small quantity of shamrock on that day and many will engage in the time-honored tradition of "drowning the shamrock" - taking a few drinks (preferably Guinness) in the local pub.

The Celtic Cross

This large cross is a mixture of the traditional Christian cross and the pagan worship of the sun. Each cross is intricately carved with images from the Bible and Celtic symbols like knots and spirals.

The Leprechaun

Th legend of the leprechaun has never quite left Ireland. Traditionally dressed in green with a cocked hat and leather apron, he is about 2 feet tall and possesses a pot of gold. If you can find a leprechaun and keep him in your sight he must tell you where the gold is. While many have claimed to see a leprechaun (usually after a long day in the pub!) his existence has yet to be proven.

The Harp

The harp has long been the traditional symbol of Ireland. The musicians of ancient chieftains played the harp and today we'll see it on coins, the presidential flag, uniforms, state seals and so on. The Celtic harp is said to stand for immortality of the soul.

The Claddagh Ring

Probably the most famous of Irish jewellery, the Claddagh ring has a long and rich history. Earliest examples of the ring date back to the 1700s and link the ring to the ancient fishing village of Claddagh just outside the walls of the City of Galway.

My Home Cooking

These cookies are simply great! They are lovely to look at, easy to make, fabulous eating, and not expensive to make.

Ingredients:

50g butter

5 boiled eggs

1 fresh egg

150g flour

150g sugar

vanillin

Preparation:

 1. Separate the yolk from the albumen.

2. Boil 5 yolks.

3. Cool them. 

4. Pound yolks. 

5. Add 1 fresh egg,

 

sugar,

  

  

  butter,

 

flour.

6. Knead dough 15-20 minutes by hands.

7. Roll out the dough.

 

8. Cut cookie from dough.

 NB use your fantasy =)

9. Roll cookies in sugar with vanilla.

10. Sprinkle baking tray with flour.

11. Put cookies on the baking tray.

12. Bake on low heat. 

 Bon Appetit 

 

The codename "HERITAGE"

Globalization has created the potential for disseminating the culture worldwide as well as the potential for destroying it.

Lo Toshkach (‘do not forget’) education projects in Ukraine are now into their third year and are made possible through the generous support of the Genesis Philanthropy Group.

Heritage sites provide an opportunity for the mobilisation of young people to care for our common heritage, offer a valuable insight into the culture and are a poignant reminder of the communities that inhabited thousands of European towns and villages before the World War II.

Our crazy group near the castle

The demon cartographer

So, the group of young people from all over the World (but from big Ukrainian centers too :) of course) start social project for protection of our heritage in the Carpathian Mountain region near the Romanian and Slovak borders in western Ukraine. Our base was in Uzhgorod. There we heard lectures on the history of life in the region. 

The study

Practical programmes on surveying and protecting burial sites were given by Ekatarina Malakhova of the Centre for Education in Ukraine. Lactures about epigraphy were given by prof. Artem Fedprchuk. But there were not book’ work only! We had wonderful practice on the cemeteries.

Chop former mayor gives us an interview

At first we had to find the old cemetery. It could be in some far fields or woods… But we had great help from local inhabitants. We’ve taken interviews and then we were decoding it during the nights. 

Half-blind grandfather speaks Hungarian

When we finally found the aria the work had started. Our group had to write about each headstone, the fence around or lack of it. We made maps and measurements. Then we examined memorials and took pictures of those. We also wrote reports in order to estimate the efforts to renovate it. Some times we had 12/13 objects per day. Its really difficult!

Patskanevo. Rain. The bus fell into a rut

The BEST dinner in my life =)

The climate was exhausting: there was very hot during some days and very cold (with horrible rains and marsh everywhere!!!) during another. Our dinners were in fields on the grass. But those sandwiches were the tastiest in my life! And its true. 

Our daywork

I like to move it, move it!

Our Saturday was spent in Uzhgorod castle. That was just one day of rest. But what a DAY! We walked through the city, the bridge of lovers, the museums ...

In the evening we made a pick nick near our hotel. We were singing and telling interesting stories till night and even longer. But for the next day the graph was the same.

The day-off

Collective memories of the past shape the future. We have a duty to meaningfully transmit to younger generations the lessons of the History and emphasise the values that are needed for responsible citizenship. And I’m glad, that I can help to save the part of great world for my future children.

Just look at my shoes! They are comfortable and nifty

i carry your heart with me by Edward Estlin Cummings

e e c

 i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart

i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)

my webquest about Vatican

here =)

China

China ( Zhōngguó), officially known as the People's Republic of China (Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó) is a vast country in Eastern Asia (about the same size as the United States of America) with the world's largest population. 

History

The first civilizations in China arose in the Yangtze and Yellow River valleys at about the same time as Mesopotamia, Egypt and India developed their first civilizations.

For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences. Paper, gunpowder, the compass and printing (both block and movable type) for example, are Chinese inventions. Chinese developments in astronomy, medicine, and other fields were extensive. A Chinese tomb contains a heliocentric model of the solar system, about 1,700 years before Copernicus. In mathematics, the Pythagorean theorem and Pascal's triangle (known in China as Yang Hui's triangle) were known in China centuries before their Western discoverers lived. There were also grand feats of engineering not to be matched in Europe until centuries later, such as the Dujiangyan Irrigation System in Sichuan built during the Qin Dynasty, and the Grand Canal from Beijing to Hangzhou with its complex system of locks, built during the Sui Dynasty.

China was also the first civilization to implement (проводить в жизнь) a meritocracy (общество, в котором положение человека определяется его способностями ). Based on mastery of the Confucian Classics and the literary arts (calligraphy, essay writing, poetry, painting), a prototype the exams were first conducted during the Han Dynasty. The system was further refined into the formal Imperial Examination System and opened to all regardless of family background during the Tang Dynasty. The Imperial Examination proved very successful, and save for a brief period during the Yuan Dynasty, continued to be used by all subsequent (последующий) Chinese dynasties until the beginning of the 20th century. To this day, education is still taken very seriously by Chinese parents.

Thousand-Hand Guan Yin Dance

China has five major annual holidays:

National Day (guóqìngjié) - 1 October

Chinese New Year or Spring Festival (chūnjié) - late January/mid-February

Labor Day or May Day (láodòngjié) - 1 May

Dragon Boat Festival (duānwǔjié) - 5th day of the 5th lunar month, usually May-June (16 June in 2010). Boat races and eating zongzi (steamed pouches of sticky rice) are a traditional parts of the celebration.

Mid-Autumn Day (zhōngqiūjié- 15th day of the 8th lunar month, usually October (22 Sep in 2010). Also called the Moon Cake Festival after its signature treat, moon cakes (yuèbǐng). People meet outside, putting food on tables and looking up at the full harvest moon while talking about life.

This is my best friend Sasha Tkachynskiy in China

These are not one-day holidays; nearly all workers get at least a week for Chinese New Year, some get two or three, and students get four to six weeks. For Labor Day and National Day, a week is typical.

Literature:

Winter Stars by Beatrice Lao (ISBN 988979991X) - a collection of poems born between the Alps and the Tyrrhenian

Romance of the Three Kingdoms - the classic Chinese novel of the heroic deeds of the generals and leaders of the three kingdoms following the collapse of the Han dynasty. Noted for its details of cunning military and political strategies. One of the Four Great Classics.

Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh - a Song Dynasty tale of bandits living in the Huai River Valley to fight against the corrupt government. Noted for the rebellious nature of its main characters against an established order. It's the Chinese version of "sticking it to the man". One of the Four Great Classics.

Journey to the West - perhaps the most famous Chinese novel, a fantasy account of Xuan Zang's Tang Dynasty journey to retrieve (востонавливать) sacred (священний) Buddhist texts with the aid помощь of the monkey king Sun Wukong, the gluttonous (ненаситный) Zhu Bajie and dependable (надежный) Sha Wujing. Noted for its extremely creative fantasies and adventures. One of the Four Great Classics. 

Here are the 10 names (in no particular order)...

Hu Jintao

Hu Jintao - politician. China's president. Hu Jintao rules over more people - 1.3bn - than any single person has ever done in the history of the world. He'll be in charge of China for another five years (he's expected to be succeeded by another man you might want to remember - Xi Jinping).

Wen Jiabao - politician. China's premier. Took the lead in the response to the recent earthquake. A very popular man in China and a fascinating figure. He worked with reformers in the 1980s - and survived the political purges after the Tiananmen Square crackdown of 1989.

Yao Ming - basketball player. Probably the most immediately recognisable Chinese person alive (mostly because he is 7ft 6in). Yao Ming plays basketball for the Houston Rockets of the NBA. Expect him to play a major role in the Olympics (he may even be the athlete who lights the flame to mark the start of the games).

Liu Xiang

Liu Xiang - athlete. China's great hope for this summer's Olympic Games. The entire country expects him to do what he did in Athens 2004 - win the gold in the 110m hurdles. If he does, he can probably get the country renamed after him.

Yuan Longping - scientist. In the 1970s he developed a hybrid rice that has since had a huge effect on world food supplies. This super rice has a higher yield than normal rice - the extra yield has been able to feed tens of millions of people.

Yang Liwei - astronaut. In 2003, he became China's first man into space. I've picked him not necessarily because he's famous, but because he represents the kind of ambition that China has for its future.

Li Ning - sportsman and entrepreneur. He won three gold medals as a gymnast at the 1984 Olympics and then founded his own sportswear company. Wherever you go in China, you see people wearing clothes bearing the distinctive Li Ning signature.

Zhang Ziyi

Zhang Ziyi - actress. Star of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Memoirs of a Geisha. Fierce debates here as to whether she should have been picked over Gong Li. But my colleagues suggest Zhang Ziyi just shades it.

Li Jiacheng - businessman. The richest Chinese person in the world (Forbes ranks him the 11th richest person in the world.) Thought to be worth more than $26bn, his business interests include banking, real estate, construction, plastics etc

Zhang Yimou - film director. Directed films such as Raise the Red Lantern, and House of Flying Daggers. One of the most influential figures in the world of Chinese cinema. For this reason he beats out more famous cinematic figures such as Jackie Chan and Jet Li.

That's the list. 

There is one more person that many of you have come up with - a man who is more famous in the UK than everyone else on this list combined. I'll let penguish have the final word If China is claiming Tibet as its own, then the Dalai Lama is certainly the most famous Chinese person alive!

P.S. I left some notes in Russian for better understanding of the text))))))))