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Important note:

English Language
If you see a mistake here
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Please contact us.

Olympiad!
Printed in “Прогресс ”
100 copies
2009
Computer design by Scheglov Dmitry by Slepova N.B.
It started at 9 o’clock on the 18th of March. IT means the English
OUR E-MAIL: Language Olympiad! An event awaited throughout the year and
held at the Faculty of Foreign Languages involving all the students of

the_elf_mgpi@mail.ru the English Department. And for the first time it was held within a
single day. DETAILS? SEE INSIDE!
There is no knowledge which is not
valuable.
by Slepova N.B., the Editor
Actually, the word “Olympiad” is defined as “A meeting of the Olympic

games, an international competition in a particular sport or activity, such

as chess” (Macmillan English Dictionary). Nevertheless, this term is

WHY DO THE BRITISH
applied to an intellectual competition. After the opening ceremony the

students like archers shot their arrows of knowledge at the targets that
HAVE LEFT-SIDE TRAFFIC?
appeared to be the tests focused on Grammar and Vocabulary of the

English language, listening, reading and regional geography. It was the

challenge for the students at the 1st stage. The 2nd stage included

creative writing and speaking. And

only 18 students competed in it.

The essay on the topic “The coun-

try I would like to live in” and an

abstract from “Spiderman-2”

revealed the oral and written skills

of the participants. As the Olympiad

was held on 3 levels we got 3

winners. Here they are:

• pre-intermediate level

(I course) - Khalikova Zulfiya

(24,2 points)

• intermediate level

(II-III courses) – Vasil’kova

Veronika (23,5 points)

• advanced level

(IV-V courses) – Prikazchikova

Natalia (27,3 points)

OUR CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Also, you can see the results of

the Olympiad on the stand. And

don’t forget – You have to keep

going to get anywhere!

 «English Club»
должности редактора газеты и ее

WHO IS IT?
speaking skills using the following sites:
корреспондентов.
www.testyourenglish.net
Предложения можно направлять до 30 марта by Svetlana Spiridonova, Group 305 www.tests.ru
by Lena 2009 г.:
Duvalkina www.world-english.org
на e-mail: info@pedagogika-mgpi.com;
and Diana на кафедру педагогики (главный корпус., 208 ауд. www.englishlearner.com
Purtsakina, www.english-test.net
или 310 ауд.).
304
www.bbclearningenglish.com
Can you В предложениях необходимо оставить следующую www.britishcouncil.org
информацию:
guess who www.native-english.ru
this little girl - название газеты;
- ее рубрики; www.test-my-english.com
is? Keep your
chin up we’ll - ФИО студента, факультет, группу; www.toefl.org
help you to - дополнительные пожелания (например, есть ли www.easyenglish.com
find it out. желание принять участие в издании газеты). www.ego4u.com
__________________________________________
This is a www.examenglish.com
teacher of the The New York-St. Petersburg www.alleng.ru/english/test.htm
English chair. Institute What is it? Is it only a word or the whole life?
In her child-
hood she was of Linguistics, Cognition and So, we have good news for you! There is our own pedagogical You can also find pen-friends here www.anglik.net
If you still don't use Internet for your self-education it is high time
a well-bred Culture group based in our Institute! (thanks to our Dean S. I. Mitina and the
students of our faculty). to do it! Make yourself an up-to-date person and you will succeed.
and obedient If you hear about English Club for the first time, this information is _______________________________________________________
child so that for you.
her parents
were struck
«English Club» is a system of camps for children, which function
during the whole year (during the holidays) in Moscow, Bulgaria, The Interview with
the
Sochi… «English Club» is not a traditional camp for children. It has its
by her behav-
own specific features connected with learning the English Language.
ior when a There are some interesting traditions, for example: “Parliament”,
funny
happened to
story
July 6-24, 2009
“Home talk”, “Letters” and many interesting things.
As for our students, they work as leaders and teachers of English
Intermediate Level
her. She quarreled with her kindergarten teacher
resisting the punishment. It sounds incredible but after OPENING CEREMONY!!
within this system. And now we have an opportunity to train such
leaders in our own Institute, because now we have Leaders Training
Winner
that her teacher’s attitude changed and they even Monday, July 6, 12:00 Courses, which are organized by one of the directors of EC (Judina
Katya/Lady Icicle). That’s great! Vasil’kova Veronika
became good friends! Philological Faculty So, if this information attracts your attention, you are active and Prepared by Kiseleva Oksana Vladimirovna
During school years she was a bright and industri- you can speak English and of course you like children very much, WE The ELF: Was it the first time that you took part in the English
ous pupil. She almost always got excellent marks and St. Petersburg State ARE WAITING FOR YOU! But be in a hurry, vacant places are limited. Language Olympiad at the Faculty of Foreign Languages?
left school with a silver medal. University Just think of it! What are you going to do for the whole summer? Vasil’kova Veronika: No, it wasn’t. I also took part in it when I was
Try and guess or wait for the next issue of the ELF to It’s a splendid opportunity to have a good time, meet new interesting the first year student. And I won too.
2009 Information and Applications to be posted soon! people and earn money (what else does the student want?). T.E.: Have you noticed any innovations in organization of the
know the name!
(the_elf_mgpi@mail.ru) (CONTACTS - Scheglov D.B.) You can learn the necessary information from the representatives Olympiad?
of our group at our faculty. V.V.: Yes, of course. All the stages of Olympiad were in one day.
__________________________________________ (www.englishclub.ru) That is why it ended more quickly than the Olympiad of the previ-
ous year. Writing and speaking were combined in one stage. Besides,
SOME NEWS FROM OUR FRIENDS DON’T BE INDIFFERENT! YOU ARE YOUNG AND FULL OF ENERGY! the winners were chosen not on the each course but in three
Online газета: конкурс AND BE THE REAL STUDENT OF YOUR FACULTY! groups: Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate and Advanced.
_______________________________________________________ T.E.: What can you say about the tasks? Were they more difficult
than last year?
Кафедра педагогики МГПИ им. М.Е. Евсевьева V.V.: Frankly speaking, some of the tasks were quite easy, but some
планирует выпуск online-издания студенческой
Library at Your Fingertips
of them were not easy at all.
газеты T.E.: What was the most difficult and the easiest task for you?
V.V.: The most difficult task, I think, was reading. It was very hard to
Мы приглашаем всех заинтересованных студентов by Elena Evgenievna Zorkina find the right answer because they were alike. As for the easiest task,
принять участие в выпуске первого номера it was Listening. We just have to listen to the tape and we can do it
At last we have the Faculty Internet access! Internet is a great without great knowledge.
студенческой газеты. В связи с этим кафедра thing really. People who use it call it «a library at your fingertips» T.E.: What impression has the Olympiad made on you?
педагогики объявляет: and it is really so. In fact one can find there any information and get V.V.: I have only good impressions! This Olympiad is a great test of
• Конкурс на название газеты и ее рубрик. Центральный офис an answer to any question. Of course it can't replace the academic our knowledge and opportunities. The only thing I dislike is that we
Конкурс проводится среди студентов I–V курсов ул. Б. Хмельницкого, 33. “ДОМ БЫТА” atmosphere of a library, but it gives you an opportunity to get were waiting about three hours after the first stage. But of course I
МГПИ им. М.Е. Евсевьева. Победитель конкурса, Тел.: 8(8342) 23-22-85, 8(8342) 21-08-42. information much quicker. understand that the teachers were checking our works all that time.
предложивший лучшее название издания, получит филиал на юго-западе СК “ОЛИМП” Using Internet is also very effective in a foreign language learning. T.E.: Can you give any pieces of advice to the organizers of the
специальный приз от кафедры педагогики. ул. Ульянова, 18 “а” You can use various Internet resources for all language skills Olympiad?

4 • Конкурс среди студентов I–V курсов на Тел.: 8 917 994 7105

development. You can take yourself into various English tests,
improve your grammar and vocabulary, develop your listening and
V.V.: All was perfect!
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. waits for you! It is the best time to discover your talents. 2.Fingernails grow more slowly in winter. c 48 percent
a True d 56 percent
Practiсe And, of course, if you would like to become an author of b False
3. There are no two absolutely alike snowflakes
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y o u r
our newspaper, you are welcome!
_______________________________________________ a True SOME FUN AT THE PARTY!
b False by XOXOtushki
4.It's colder in wintertime because Earth is farther from
pronun- the sun. Romanova Yu., Razumova A., Spiridonova E., 404
a True
ciation! b False It is the ELF’s birthday that occurred on the 21 of March
and we think that it would be very interesting to read
Ah, spring. It is so close!!! The weather gets warmer, the about our students who change every year. Before you
Can you say it in 5 read about yourself follow the instruction.
days grow longer, and birds happily build nests for their
seconds? REALLY FOREIGN! new families. Love is in the air as the sun kissed colors of The instruction: READ AND LAUGH!!!!
by Sandina Natal’ya, Group 305 newly sprouted daffodils, and tulips chase the winter The students have three dreams:
A great amount of moun- -Now Our Faculty is really the faculty of foreign blues away. But how much spring trivia is blooming in 1. At lecture, "When will I eat?"
taineers languageS! your brain? Test your spring smarts with this quiz. 2. At practice, "When will I have a sleep?"
Told they were mounting We have very good news. Now at our faculty we are 3. In session, "When will I die?"
the big mountain. going to learn French and Spanish. These two courses As students pass examinations:
But what if the mountain The first- year students rustle cribs silently.
begin on the first of March. We can know more than 2 The second-year students find bombs.
was not mounted? languages. The third year students cheat directly from the summary.
My mom then would call The price of one course is 2268 rubles for three months. The fourth-year students cheat from their text-books.
it paramount! During this period of time the teachers from our Institute The fifth year students come to the teacher and ask:
and University are to teach us new languages. Many of us - Here to read? Not here? Here? Not here? Well, then find
Made up by Popkova Alena, 303 have dreamed about it and now we can do it. And after and read yourself!
_______________________________________________ finishing these courses we get the certificate that proves
that we have taken a definite level in these courses. The students look at the time-table:

Spare time/Leisure by The Active :)

Next year the courses may continue and we may
improve our knowledge. And also next year the courses of
1 course: How many subjects!!! I will know much.
2 course: How many subjects! I will get tired much.
3 course: How many subjects... What subject will I skip?
Finnish and Swedish are going to be held as our national
language belongs to the group of the Finno-Ugric 5. In Greek mythology, spring comes when this goddess
is joyously reunited with her daughter each year. Which is
languages.
it?
So, be quick! The courses start soon! Good luck! a Demeter
_______________________________________________ b Athena
c Aphrodite

Unfortunately
1.b 2.a 3.a 4.b 5.a 6.d 7.b 8.c 9.d
d Hestia

6. In many countries, May Day is a celebration of spring,

Do you really think that it is SO difficult and boring to be a
student of our faculty? Do you associate us with «BOTA-
NISTS», who can do nothing except studying? If it is so, you
are mistaken! We work hard ,and we are VERY ACTIVE!
There are many ways to spend our leisure. And also, our
Institute gives us greats opportunities to master our
talents!
Do you go in for sport? Great! There are a lot of sports
activities in our Institute: volley-ball, football, basketball,
table tennis, chess and draughts, etc. Very often different
competitions take places and teams of our faculty usually
take deserved rewards .
winter is leaving…
by Kudaeva Ksenija, 305
Unfortunately winter is leaving…..
What is better, to face adversity or to make stuff up? Take
this quiz and see if you can separate the wintertime myths
from the cold, hard facts.
1.If you fall into icy-cold water you should remove your
but the first day of May also commemorates what?
a The Chinese New Year
b Day of the Dead (Mexico)
c The civil rights movement
d The labor movement
7. When did the tradition of sending written valentines
to beloved ones begin?
a 270 AD 4 course: How many subjects…What subject will I visit?
5 course: Wow! Holidays has already ended?????
b Around the year 1400
c 1840
d The early 1900s The gradation of marks:
EXCELLENT - has deceived a lecturer
8. Whom was Valentine's Day named for? GOOD - wanted to deceive but didn’t succeed in that.
a The patron saint of birds SAT - the happy one has passed the exam
b The patron saint of lovers BAD - it was not possible to come to an agreement
c Two or three Roman martyrs
d Pope Valentine 1 course: Well, I will be expelled. Will be expelled...
2 course: And, may be, I won’t be expelled? I won’t be
9.More fresh flowers are purchased for Valentine's Day expelled.
than for any other holiday. What percentage do roses 3 course: Well, now I won’t be expelled...
make up among all those flowers purchased? 4 course: I am sure, I won’t be expelled...
5 course: Just try!

2 If you are not in sports, STUDENTS’ spring festival 3

wet clothes while still submerged, as they will just make a 24 percent
you colder: a True b False b 37 percent