Being happy

Laugh when you can,apologize when you should,and let go of what you can't change.Life's too short to be anything... but happy.- Anonymous

Course

Materials
Course Description
Course Requirements
Grading


Materials
Required books:

•Enjoy English/course book for Class 10./M.Z.Biboletova, E.E. Babushis, N.D.Snezhko.- Obninsk: Titul, 2008. – 216 p.: il.
•Enjoy English: Workbook #1 for Class 10./ M.Z.Biboletova, E.E. Babushis, N.D.Snezhko.- Obninsk: Titul, 2008. – 96 p.: il.
•Enjoy English: Workbook #2 for Class 10./ M.Z.Biboletova, E.E. Babushis, N.D.Snezhko.- Obninsk: Titul, 2009. – 64 p.: il.
•CD MP3 (audio files for Enjoy English course book)
Additional materials:
•New Millennium English: course book for Class 10./ O.L.Groza, O.B.Dvoretskaya, N.Yu.Kazyrbayeva, V.V.Klimenko, M.L.Michurina, N.V.Novikova, T.N.Ryzhkova, E,Yu.Shalimova. – Obninsk: Titul, 2004. – 176 p.: il.
•"English Grammar in Use" a self-study reference and practice book for intermediate students/Raymond Murphy. – Cambridge, 2003
We are going to use original up-to-date materials from other sources as well, e.g. the Internet. You will find the necessary Internet links in your tasks and assignments.

Course Description
This course will introduce you to the following themes:
•Sart anew
•Talking on family matters
•Civilisation and progress
•The world of opportunities
The course will give you an opportunity to develop your ability to communicate effectively in some realistic situations and to promote your social, study and project skills. It will provide you with some learning strategies in order to develop your language abilities in all four skill areas - reading, writing, listening and speaking.

To meet the goals of the course you must
•work hard on materials to study: learn vocabulary, grammar rules, practice different learning strategies and take an active part in discussions;
•co-operate with your classmates while working in pairs, groups, doing projects;
•hand in all your tasks and assignments on time.

The course is designed for 102 contact hours.

Units / Topics Class hours
102
1. Sart anew
27
2. Talking on family matters
21
3. Civilisation and progress
30
4. The world of opportunities
24

Course Requirements
Minimum requirements for passing this course are substantial course participation; on-time work and satisfactory attendance.
To succeed in the course, you will need to read assignments carefully, to follow the syllabus and be prepared to take an active part in discussions in class.
We will use the Internet as a resource and you will be asked to read guidelines covering Internet use. Even if you are experienced with the computers and the software, you should be prepared to spend time outside of class (either at home or at the classroom open hours) on various assignments and projects.
During the school year you will be required:
•to write two papers by the end of each term;
•to make some oral presentations (mini-projects) and give up some writings (papers) according to the course syllabus;
•to take part in the "Climate change" project in the end of the 3rd term.

Grading
Course participation – 20%
Presentations – 20%
Papers – 20%
Tests – 24%
Project – 16%