Seminar Questions

 Темы семинарских занятий

Основная цель семинарских занятий заключается в самостоятельном изучении истории, географии, политического устройства, образа жизни, традиций и культурного наследия стран изучаемого языка.

Занятие №1. British Monarchy (general historical outline on the formation of the British dynasty).

1)   The Plantagenet dynasty.

2)  Lancaster and York. dynasties.

3) Tudor and Stuart England.

4) The present monarchy. Queen Elizabeth II as head of state. The queen’s role. The royal family.

Занятие №2 The British Political System. The role of Parliament.

1) The political system of the UK. The organs of government (the legislature, the executive, the judiciary).

2)  The British Parliament (structure, fuctions, role).

3) The Prime Minister and the Cabinet (structure, function, role).

Занятие№3. The British Political System.

1) Local government (structure, functions, role).

2) Political parties (the Labour Party, the Conservative Party, the Liberal Democrats).

3) The electoral system (procedure, requerements for the candidates).

Занятие №4. Population and Religion in the UK.

1) The people (Britain’s total population, distribution of the population, ethnic composition, the class system).

2)  The English language (stages of the formation). Britain’s other languages (the Welsh language, Irish and Scottish Gaelic) (characteristic features of the languages).

3) Religion and beliefs (the Church of England, the other Christian churches, other religions) (official and unofficial religions, short historical outline).

4) Festivals and holidays in Britain (origins, dates and ways the holidays are celebrated).

Занятие №5. The System of Justice in the UK.

1) British Constitution and the system of Common Law (documents that make the constitution, give the dates they appeared at).

2)  Types of Courts (functions, types of cases heard).

3) The Judicial Personnel (enumerate the personnel working in the cort system, speak on the duties they fulfil).

4) The British Police (historical background, functions).

Занятие №6. First Settlers and Colonies in North America.

1)  The New World (explain the meaning of the term "new world", say when and how it appeared).

2) The first English settlers in the USA (when, why and who came to America first).

3) Colonial America (name first colonies, sy how they formed).

4) Pilgrims in America (who are pilgrims, reasons of their coming to America).

Занятие № 7. The War for Independence.

1) The American Revolution (date, reasons, results).

2) The Declaration of Independence (date, place, reason of its appearance).

Занятие №8. The Civil War in the USA.

1) American North and South (name the states that are considered to be northern and southern, reasons of the split between them).

2) The Civil War (date, reasons, results of the war).

3) Years of Reconstruction (beginning and ending of this time, positive and negative sides of it).

Занятие №9. The US Government.

1) The US Constitution. The Bill of Rights (explain the meaning of the term "constitution", documents that make the constitution, give the dates they appeared at, speak about its structure).

2) The legislative branch. The Congress (the Senate, the House of Representatives, the functions of the Congress) (structure, functions).

3) The executive branch. The President. The vice-president. The Cabinet (role, function, requirements candidates need to feet to hold the kind of position).

4)  Major political parties (the Republican Party, the Democratic Party) (when and how the parties appeared, their slogans).

Занятие №10. The System of Law in the USA. 

1) Federal and state system of courts (structure, functions).

2) The Supreme Court of the USA (structure, function, types of cases heard).