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Speaking (project defense): defense of created systems.
1.7. Databases and Information Systems
Listening, reading, discussion and writing on the theme “Databases and
Information Systems”
The thematic content (text material themes):
Data, database, database management systems, information system. Database
design. Query languages. Client-server architecture. Table shape request report.
Tools of Microsoft Access.
The general scientific and special terms, special language means which is
characteristic for official style (60 units for productive use).
Grammar: The article. Prepositions.
Theme of Case Study: Overview of modern information system.
Project Theme: Development of an information system.
Writing: Write a summary of the program for creating an information system.
Speaking (project defense): defense of created information system
II. Introduction to the professional activity
2.1. Information society and modern teacher
Listening, reading, discussion and writing on the theme “Information society and
modern teacher”
The thematic content (text material themes):
Information society, information revolution, information technology, information
competence of the teacher, modern requirements for teacher, teacher
professiogram. Educational standards and curriculum
The general scientific and special terms, special language means which is
characteristic for official style (60 units for productive use).
Grammar: Active and Passive voice
Theme of Case Study: Information society and science teacher.
Project theme: My favorite profession.
Writing: write a summary of the professional qualities of the teacher of
informatics.
Speaking (The role-playing game): school management in XXI century (school
director, head teachers, very best leaders and teachers of informatics)
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2.2. Organization of educational activity of the teacher
Listening, reading, discussion and writing on the theme “Organization of
educational activity of the teacher”
The thematic content (text material themes):
Organization of teaching activities, curriculum, lesson structure, lesson plan,
information and communication technologies, the problem of quality of training,
organization of feedback in learning, discussion of the lesson.
The general scientific and special terms, special language means which is
characteristic for official style (60 units for productive use).
Grammar: Direct and indirect speech Forms and functions of a gerund and ways
of their transfer.
The role-playing game theme: carrying out open lesson.
Project theme: Section of Informatics
Writing: the description of the lesson plan.
Speaking: presentation of the lesson’s description (within the limits of the subject
maintenance of dialogue) using information-communication technologies (active
boards, computers, the Internet, formulas, tables, schemes, schedules, etc.).
2.3. Interactive teaching methods in the teaching of computer science
Listening, reading, discussion and writing on the theme “Interactive teaching
methods in the teaching of computer science”
The thematic content (text material themes):
Professional competence, teaching quality, innovation in education and science;
information systems in education, lesson organization, educational documents,
methods and approaches of learning, interactive teaching methods, personal
technology based learning, project method, the mind map method, electronic
portfolio.
The general scientific and special terms, special language means which is
characteristic for official style (60 units for productive use).
Grammar: Infinitive Construction, Complex Object and their translation.
Case Study: Theme choice (lesson or technology theme) for lesson: information
collecting, the comparative analysis of available themes of lessons, a substantiation
The lesson theme: Exemplary technique of teaching Informatics.
Writing: the summary; the text of lesson presentation.
Speaking: discussion; public presentation of the lesson
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The approximate list of themes for independent work of students with
supervisor
1. Professional terms, texts and especially translation
2. The Information Society and the information revolution.
3. Use the Internet information resources
4. The role and place of computer telecommunications in the education system.
5. Ethics writing emails and call (telephone and internet -Chat) in English
6. Information and communication technologies in the teaching of computer
science
7. Teacher of the XXI century and the characteristic of professional competence.
8. Methodological peculiar properties of teaching informatics
9. Innovative technologies in teaching computer science
10. Communication of professional English language with specialty disciplines.
11. Culture of public speech: accuracy, relevance, consistency and clarity of
speech. The richness and expressiveness of speech
12. Speaker and his audience. Methods of preparing to speech.
13. Features of business communication. Speech etiquette
The approximate list of themes for independent work of students
Representation of professional knowledge within the proposed topics
1. Secondary School and teacher
2. The latest achievements and prospects of development of different areas of
computer science
3. Informatization of education in the secondary school
4. The Role of Information Systems in Education
5. History of computing
6. Technology development of electronic educational resources
7. Professional and personal qualities of the teacher of computer science
8. Organization of educational activity of the teacher
9. Scientific and pedagogical activities of teacher of informatics
10. Requirements for modern specialist by the employer and professional
organizations
