Английский язык для аспирантов и соискателей. Минакова Т.В. - 45 стр.

Processing (IFIP), and had the backing of UNESCO and the Intergovernmental
Bureau for Informatics (IBI, Rome), which were offering to support participants from
developing countries, preferentially those who wished to present a paper.
      In addition to the Congress, a youth world computer programming tournament
was being held in different countries; the national winners were invited to present
their entry at the Conference.
      At the same time, an exhibition was set up to present educational material and a
range of hardware and software, going from the smallest personal computer to the
largest distributed informatics network, a concrete illustration of the multiple
resources of these techniques applied to teaching and education.
      The Conference put the accent on the relations between informatics and the
teaching of other disciplines (computers in the teaching of physics, humanities at
school, engineering, economics and social sciences), on instructional techniques
(large scale experiments in computer aided learning - CAL) and on the impact of new
technologies. Moreover, the social impact of informatics on teachers and students, as
well as on leisure were discussed during the conference.
      Other contributions presented reviews of national policies and models of
computer education; a special emphasis was put on the identification of the needs of
developing countries and on the definition of the means to meet them.

     3.3.4 Read the text again and find the answers to the following questions

     1 When did the World Conference on Computers in Education take place? 2
This Congress brought together people concerned with the development of computers
in education, didn’t it? 3 How many participants took part in the Conference? 4 The
Conference was organized by the International Federation for Information Processing
(IFIP), wasn’t it? 5 What organization offered support to participants from
developing countries? 6 A youth world computer programming tournament was
being held in different countries, wasn’t it? 7 The national winners of this tournament
were invited to present their entry at the Conference, were they not? 8 What
exhibition was set up at the Conference? 9 What did the Conference put the accent
on? 10 The social impact of informatics on teachers and students, as well as on
leisure was discussed during the Conference, wasn’t it? 11 Did other countries
present reviews of national policies and models of computer education? 12 Special
emphasis was put on the needs of developing countries, wasn’t it?

     3.3.5 Make a list of the most important points for you in the text

     3.3.6 Learn and act out the dialogue. Make up your own dialogue on the same
subject:

     A: I’m looking forward to your paper very much.
     B: Thank you. I hope it will be useful to you.
     A: I’m sure it will. May I ask you a few questions before they start?

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