Вариант 13 - ВАРИАНТЫ ЗАДАНИЙ УСТНОЙ ЧАСТИ ЭКЗАМЕНА ПО АНГЛИЙСКОМУ ЯЗЫКУ

Task 1. You are going to read the text aloud. You have 1.5 minutes to read the text silently, and then be ready to read it aloud. Remember that you will not have more than 2 minutes for reading aloud.

Distance learning means educating students who are not physically present at school. They can study at their own pace, at the place of their choice, and without face-to-face contact with a teacher. Courses that are conducted partly through distance education and partly on-site are usually referred to as hybrid education.

Distance education has gone through several stages of development. The first distance education course was provided by Sir Pitman in the 1840s. He taught a system of shorthand by mailing texts transcribed into shorthand on postcards and receiving transcriptions from his students in return for correction. The element of student feedback was a crucial innovation of Pitman’s system. This scheme became possible due to the introduction of uniform postage rates across England in 1840. This early beginning proved extremely successful. Nowadays there are plenty of online courses that offer distance education through the World Wide Web.

Task 2. You are going to take part in a telephone survey. You have to answer six questions. Give full answers to the questions. Remember that you have 40 seconds to answer each question.

Listen to the audio script of this task or ask somebody to read it for you.

Task 3. You are going to give a talk about the sea. You will have to start in 1.5 minutes and speak for not more than 2 minutes.

Remember to say:

• why seas are important for people

• what threats seas and their inhabitants face nowadays

• whether you would like to spend your holidays at the seaside, why

You have to talk continuously.