1st year
 Family Matters and
Family History: My Relatives, Family Tree, Grandparents, Describing a
person, Birth, Marriage, Finding a Partner, International Marriages, Wedding
Ceremonies in Europe and Russia, Divorce, Mourning, Family Traditions.
Housing and Home
Management: British Home, My Home, Home Management Issues, Moving House,
Mortgage and Finance, British/American home Architecture and Interior
Design.
Everyday
Routines: Home Chores, Sharing Duties in the Family, University Day, English
and Russian Routines
Books and
Literature: Genres, Authors, Modern English and American Literature, Nobel
Prize, Poetry, Books Reviewing, Writers’ Lot
Learning and
Teaching Foreign Languages: English as a Global Tongue, International
Languages, English as a second and a foreign Language, TEFL issues, Methods
of Effective Language Learning.
Stages in Life:
Childhood, Growing Up, Youths’ problems, Generation Gap, Old Age, Family
Relations.
Career
Perspectives: Seeking Job Strategies, Applying for a Job, Duties,
Professions, Retirement, Relations, Team-playing, Corporate Morals,
Translator vs Teacher, Language Jobs.
Emotions and
Feelings: Fears and Phobias, Love and Friendship, Soul-mate, Negative and
Positive Emotions
2nd year
Health: Holistic
Medicine, Healing Herbs, Dieting and Health;
Relationships and
Emotions: Anger and Frustration, Coping with Teens, Children and Parents,
Discipline in Class, (TEFL)Teacher and Emotions; Family Life
Science and
Computer: The History of the Internet, Man vs Machine, IT and AI Issues;
Robots and Hi-Tech. (TEFL)CALL basics
Education Issues:
UK and USA systems of Education, Higher Education in UK, US and RF,
Linguistics Faculties throughout the world, University Everyday Issues,
Postgraduate courses, Exams; (TEFL)Teaching abroad
Law and Order:
Courts and Trials, Crime and Police, Judicial Systems of UK, US and RF,
Infamous Crimes and Famous Crime fighters; Corruption
Intercultural
Communication Issues: National Identity, Customs and Traditions,
(TEFL)Teaching International Classes
Books and
Reading: What makes a bestseller, Books in our Life, Authors and Styles,
Reviewing a Belletre piece, (TEFL)Teaching reading and writing in School,
Religion: world
religions, Christianity, Rituals and Traditions in UK and US, Agnosticism
and Atheism
3rd year
TEFL as
Profession. What makes a good teacher, Discipline at school, career
perspectives, TEFL Job placement opportunities
TEFL Methods and
Approaches, Internet and TEFL, Computer assisted language learning and
instruction, merits and reefs, Lesson organization principles, Teaching
Aspects
TEFL Societies
and Communities, TEFL qualification exams, Teaching abroad
New Challenges in
Education, Coral reefs of school and university education in RF, Modern
changes in University Education and Reform
Generation Gap,
Family relationships, Children and Parents in RF and US,
Society. Social
stratification, Upper and Lower Classes, Royalty, Poverty, Variety of
accents.
Gender Issues.
Novelties and traditionalism in family matters. Women and politics, women
and career.
International
Organizations. UN, WTO and EU, their role in the contemporary world.
Human Rights.
Amnesty International. Corruption Issues and Transparency International.
Fortunes and Crime
Cultural
Identity. What it is to be russian. Cultural stereotypes, American and
British attitudes and differences, Traditions and Myths, British Fairy tales
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