Dahl's Horizon Issue #3 April 2011

Happy birthday to you, the University!

March, 27, 2011 Volodymyr Dahl East-Ukrainian National Univer-sity celebrated its 91st anniversary.

Official date of our University founda-tion became March, 27 of 1920, when the Technical College was opened. But the background of its creation was made much earlier, just with Luhansk Plant foundation. In fact many machines and tools were created by local inventors under

the heading of Eng-lish engineers.

In 1962 Luhansk Machine-building Institute opened its

door for the stu-dents.

In 1993 it became the East-Ukrainian State University.

In 1997 Professor Oleksandr Golubenko headed our Alma Mater, who has made the University a mod-ern, world-known educational organi-zation.

Our University was given the fourth grade of accredita-tion, then – the status of a National one and the name of

Volodymyr Dahl.

In 2004 we joined the Bolognian Con-vention trying to make our education closer to the Euro-pean standard.

March, 24, 2010 our university was given one more im-portant status of the Research National University. There are only fourteen univer-sities of such type in Ukraine!

Now Volodymyr Dahl East-Ukrainian Na-tional University is a powerful educa-tional complex with the departments in the region and in Crimea. We are proud to be students of such a modern University!

Vordiplom-

praktikum

2

Politician of the future

5

All about April Fools' Day

6

Iraq:

the cradle of civilization

8

The month of science

9-10

Talent Dew-

drops

11

At this issue:

NOTA BENE!

• On 15 - 16 April,

2011 the Chair of

Foreign Languages

held its sixth Inter-

national Confer-

ence.

• April Fools' Day is

celebrated in the

Western world on

April 1st of every

year.

Foreign Languages Department of Volodymyr Dahl East-Ukrainian National University

VORDIPLOMPRAKTIKUM IN DEUTSCHLANDVORDIPLOMPRAKTIKUM IN DEUTSCHLANDVORDIPLOMPRAKTIKUM IN DEUTSCHLAND JUBILÄUM 10 JAHREJUBILÄUM 10 JAHREJUBILÄUM 10 JAHRE

Seit 10 Jahren machen die Studenten der Mechanischen Fa-kultät der Ostukrainischen natio-nalen Wolodymyr Dal Universität ihr Vordiplompraktikum bei den Stahlwerken Bremen ( Arcelor Mittal ) im Rahmen des trilatera-len Vertrags zwischen Unterneh-men. Der Tätigkeitsbereich der Arcelor Mittal ist die Herstellung vom Blechstahl für die Kraftfahr-

zeugindustrie der europäischen Länder.

Das Abkommen über eine solche internationale Zusammen-arbeit wurde im April 2001 vom Rektor der Ostukrainischen natio-nalen Wolodymyr Dal Universität Prof. Olexander Golubenko, vom Rektor der Dresdener Techni-schen Universität, dem Vorsitzen-den des Vorstandes der Stahlwer-ke Bremen Dr. Schoder und dem Arbeitsdirektor Uwe Schmidt un-terzeichnet. An der Unterzeich-nungszeremonie hatte Prof. Alex Sell von der Universität Bremen

teilgenommen. Von ihm stammt auch die Idee der Organisation einer trilateralen Zusammenarbeit in der Ausbildung von hochquali-fizierten Fachkräften auf hohem Niveau.

Das Programm begann im September 2001. Neun Studenten der Ökonomischen Fakultät und der Fakultät für Computertechno-logie absolvierten zusammen mit

der Hochschullehrerin des Lehr-stuhls für Fremdsprachen Sinaida Krawtschenko erfolgreich einen monatigen Intensivkurs für deut-sche Sprache an der Dresdener Technischen Universität. An die-sem Kurs nahmen auch Studenten aus den USA, England, Frank-reich, China, Russland und Japan teil. Aus der Ukraine beteiligten sich am Kurs Studenten aus Lu-gansk, Odessa, Ternopil.

Die erste Gruppe, die das Fachpraktikum in Deutschland machte, bestand aus 15 Studenten verschiedener Fachrichtungen der

Mechanischen Fakultät. Das war ein zweimonatiges Praktikum. Die Praxisleiter waren der Dozent des Lehrstuhls für Technologie des Maschinenbaus Kirsanow und der Dekan der Mechanischen Fakul-tät, Dozent und Kandidat der tech-nischen Wissenschaften Ignaten-ko. Zwei Studentinnen aus dieser Gruppe Anna Sergejewa und Na-talija Grigorowa, wurde die Arbeit als Ingenieurinnen bei den Arcelor Mittal angeboten. Sie arbeiten dort bereits seit 10 Jahren.

Die erfolgreichste Gruppe war die zweite Gruppe, bestehend aus vier Studentinnen des Lehr-stuhls für Technologie des Ma-schinenbaus: Tatjana Baginska, Helena Dwornik, Katarina Bru-ders und Swetlana Gibatdinowa. Nachdem sie die ZD-Prüfung ab-solviert hatten, wurden sie für das Sommersemester als Gaststuden-tinnen an die Universität Bremen eingeladen, wo sie den Vorle-sungszyklus Computermodellie-rung besuchen und danach die Zertifikate erhielten. Außerdem besuchten sie den dreimonatigen Sprachkurs „Deutsch als Fremd-sprache“ (Mittelstufe). Die Stu-dentinnen machten ihr Praktikum in den verschiedenen Betriebsab-teilungen der Arcelor Mittall und berichteten wöchentlich dem Be-triebsrat über ihre Arbeit. Nach der Beendigung des Vordiplom-praktikums legten die Studentin-nen 60-seitigen Praxisberichte vor. Diese Praxisberichte lagen ihren Diplomarbeiten in der deut-schen Sprache zugrunde.

Die Ergebnisse des Prakti-kums waren wie folgt:

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Alma Mater

● Verbesserung der Deutsch-kenntnisse;

● Verteidigung der Diplom-arbeit in zwei Sprachen;

● Studium der realen Pro-duktionsprozesse;

● Einschätzung der gesam-melten Erfahrungen in der eigenen Erwerbstätigkeit.

Im Jahre 2004 waren diese Studentinnen in den Stahlwerken Bremen. Sie nahmen an Fachsemi-naren teil.

Nach der Ausbildung im Zentrum für Weiterbildung im Un-ternehmertumsbereich, Fachrich-tung „Management der Organisa-tionen“ wurde den Absolventinnen Baginska und Dwornik ein drei-monatiges Praktikum als Manager in deutschen Betrieben angeboten, das sie erfolgreich absolvierten. Das war das Programm „Ukrainische Initiative“. Am 21.September 2005 traf eine 20-köpfige Gruppe am Bahnhof Ber-lin-Leichtenberg ein, die durch die Gesellschaft „Invent“ für die Durchführung des dreimonatigen Praktikums in deutschen Unter-nehmen ausgewählt wurde. Für die Durchführung des Praktikums war ein Konsortium verantwortlich, das aus folgenden Organisationen bestand:

● Organisation „Baden-Würtemberg-International“ ;

● Gesellschaft für Internatio-nale und Wissenschaftliche Zu-sammenarbeit;

● Organisation „Stimulierung der ökonomischen Tätigkeit-Brichsaale“ in Stuttgart;

● Organisation der Sächsi-schen Akademie;

● Aufklärungswirtschaftsor-ganisation „Berlin-Brandenburg“.

Das Praktikumsgebiet von Frau Baginska war eng mit ihrer Erwerbstätigkeit der Diplomarbeit im Bereich des Umweltschutzes verbunden, und zwar:

● Forschung der logistischen Flüsse im Müllverarbeitungsbe-reich ;

● Studium der Organisation von Produktionsprozessen in Deutschland ;

● Forschung der Arbeit des Unternehmens, das das ökonomi-sche Audit vornimmt ;

● Struktur des ökonomischen Audits;

● Studium von internationa-len Standards, die das System des Umweltschutzes regeln.

Das Praktikum in den deut-schen Betrieben kann einen Anreiz für die Zusammenarbeit zwischen Ländern auf dem Gebiet des Um-weltschutzes geben.

Die dritte Gruppe von Stu-denten, bestehend aus Stanislaw Kuznezow, Olga Savchuk und An-na Jakowkina, hatte es schon leich-ter: Betriebspraktikum, Studium als Gaststudenten an der Universi-tät, Sprachkurse. Als entwick-lungsfähigste der Gruppe zeigt sich Olga Savchuk, die Deutsch und Englisch beherrschte und Französisch lernte. Ihr wurde die Arbeit als Ingenieurin im Tochter-unternehmen der Arcelor Mittal in Belgien angeboten. Nach der Ver-teidigung ihrer Diplomarbeit wur-de sie für 6 Monate zur Arbeit nach Bremen eingeladen. Zur Zeit arbeitet sie in Belgien. Im Oktober des vorigen Jahres kehrte die vierte

Gruppe nach Absolvierung des Praktikums aus Bremen zurück, bestehend aus Tatjana Vassilenko und Valerija Kandyba – beide Stu-dentinnen des Lehrstuhls für ange-wandte Werkstoffkunde – und Alexander Kovalew – Student des Lehrstuhls für Technologie des Maschinenbaus. Während des Praktikums haben die Studenten in den Familien der Werkangestell-ten gelebt.

Als Gaststudenten konnten sie an der Universität Bremen die Vorlesungen über die modernen Tendenzen im Management, Mar-keting, Organisation der Produkti-on besuchen, die Prof. Axell Sell hielt.

Die Studenten haben sich aber nicht nur mit der Betriebstä-tigkeit beschäftigt, sondern konn-ten auch das Kulturprogramm ab-solvieren. Sie haben die Städte Berlin, Dresden, Paris, Amsterdam besucht und viele Sehenswürdig-keiten dieser Länder kennenge-lernt.

Im Jahre 2007 haben die Studentinnen der Fachrichtung „Gießereitechnik“ Poljanskaja Ol-ga und Chartschenko Irina ihr Fachpraktikum im Arcelor-Mittal gemacht. Chartschenko Irina ar-beitet seit 3 Jahren als Ingenieurin in der Stadt Eisenbüttenstadt (das ist die Zweigstelle vom Werk „Arcelor-Mittal“). Poljanskaja Ol-ga hat nach dem dreijährigen Stu-dium an der Aspirantur an der Magdeburger Universität erfolg-reich die Doktordissertation ver-teidigt-Wissenschaftsleiter Profes-sor Doktor der technischen Wis-senschaften Rüdiger Bähr.


Alma Mater

Heutzutage arbeitet sie im Arcelor-Mittal in Bremen. Der ehemalige Student der Fakultät für Transportmaschinenbau, Ut-kin Wolodymyr – Fachrichtung „Metrologie“ nach dem erfolgrei-chen Praktikum im Arcelor-Mittal arbeitet dort seit 2 Jahren als Gruppeningenieur. Aksonowa Alesja arbeitet auch als Gruppen-ingenieurin im Arcelor-Mittal.

Zwei Studentinnen Woron-kowa Tanja und Ponomarjowa Oxana, die ihr Fachpraktikum im Jahre 2009 gemacht haben, stu-dieren weiter in Deutschland.

Von den Studenten, die ihr Fachpraktikum im Jahre 2010 gemacht haben, arbeitet Dmitrij Schewtschenko als Gruppeninge-nieur.

Die letzte Gruppe fuhr nach Bremen, nach Arcelor-Mittal am 29. März 2011 ab. Das sind die Studenten Taras Karlow, Danil Kisil, Roman Chatschaturow. Al-les fängt vom Anfang an!!!

Gewiss, nicht alles geht in unserem Programm glatt. Die größte Schwierigkeit ist das Er-lernen der deutschen Sprache. Alle Studenten, die Deutschland besucht haben, mussten Deutsch als zweite Fremdsprache lernen. Die Sprachen, die sie in der Schu-le gelernt hatten, waren Englisch oder Französisch.

Zum Deutschlernen war

sehr wenig Zeit, ungefähr ein Jahr. Große Aufmerksamkeit ha-ben diesem Problem der Leiter des Lehrstuhls für Fremdsprachen Wolodymyr Krasnopolskij und Deutschlehrerin Sinaida Krawt-schenko gewidmet. Die Studenten des dritten, vierten und fünften Studienjahres hatten 2 Stunden Deutsch pro Woche. Die Studen-ten des ersten Studienjahres, die

den Wunsch hatten, Deutsch zu lernen, begannen ebenfalls mit Deutsch.

Es wurde danach Tradition, Deutsch ab dem ersten Studien-jahr zu lernen. Aber 2 Stunden pro Woche sind nicht genug. Nach diesem Programm muss man mindestens 1300 Stunden absolvieren. Man sollte einen In-tensivkurs anbieten und alle mög-lichen audiovisuellen Mittel ver-wenden. Dazu kamen auch aktive Unterrichtsverfahren.

Die Studenten hören Dialo-ge, Lieder, Wörter, studieren die Grammatik. Wenn die Studenten keinen Computer haben, können

sie Videorekorder, Kassetenre-korder und Walkman gebrauchen. Sie lernen Fachlexik, lesen und besprechen Fachtexte, lernen um-gangssprachliche Lexik. Nach der Durchführung des Fachprakti-kums in Deutschland werden die Studenten gut beurteilt, man schreibt in den Zeitungen über sie, sie verteidigen ihre Diplom-arbeiten auf Deutsch und Ukrai-

nisch. Nicht alle Studenten, die an die-sem Pro-gramm teilneh-men, kom-men am Ziel an: Bis zum 5. Studienjahr bleiben in der Regel 4-5 Stu-denten. Die deutsche Seite er-

höht mit jedem Jahr die Forde-rung bzgl. der Sprachkenntnisse der Praktikanten und verlangt das Sprachzertifikat des Goethe-Instituts Kiew. Die Studenten ma-chen diesen Kurs, fahren nach Kiew, legen die Prüfung ab, und erhalten das ZD-Zertifikat Deutsch.

Wie ihr weiteres Schick-sal sein wird, hängt von ihnen selbst ab. Einige sind Doktoran-den, 6 Absolventen arbeiten nach verschiedenen Programmen in Deutschland, viele arbeiten er-folgreich als Fachleute in Betrie-ben in Deutschland und in der Ukraine.


Alma Mater

Modern Ukrainian so-ciety can’t be imagined with-out speaking about politics and politicians. This topic is much less popular in many foreign countries; however, it can’t be avoided since the time the con-cept of a state had appeared. The proverb states that a soci-ety is worth the politicians it pro-duces. Maybe it’s true, but any society (our coun-try in-cluded) is not glad with the actions of politicians and sometimes with their moral image. So, what is the “moral codex” of a politician as people want to see him/her?

The students of our Uni-versity were suggested to name top qualities they would like to see in a politician of the future. Here is the opinion of Bogdan Kandaurov and of Mar’yana Borzykh from the Department of Mass Communication on this problem.

Mar’yana illustrates her opinion with the words of Winston Churchill: "Politics is a dirty business, so it should be dealt with clean hands." Mar’yana reminds that politics in any case remains the art of management. And people, who create this art, must possess certain moral, physical and mental qualities.

The list of these qualities, on Mar’yana’s opinion, must start with patriotism, because exactly love to the country and willingness to solve problems within it gives a person an ini-tiative to engage in politics. It is also important for the novice politician to persevere in the struggle for the implementa-tion and consequences of his/her decisions.

The next point in the list will be the charm and ability to lead people. Only the person, who possesses these qualities, can rely on public goodwill and support of the masses. Unfor-tunately, the opinion of the masses is changeable, and cha-risma does not work, if it’s not supported by relevant knowl-edge and experience. Crucial in a political career is the ability to select people for implemen-tation of certain tasks. In other words, it is a skill of a future political leader to create a good team.

Besides, there are some other desirable personal quali-fications of a politician of the future. They are: self-control, restraint, prudence and ab-sence of emotions. In fact a successful politician is also a talented actor from the game of which the fates of whole na-tions, countries and continents depend sometimes.

Bogdan considers hon-esty to be the first and the most important quality of an ideal politician. Secondly the politician should be dedicated and loyal to the people who re-spect him. Besides he should be

intellectual and wise to cope with different difficult situa-

tions.

Being a de-manding person is also very important, Bogdan thinks, as politicians are respon-sible for all their words

and actions. A politician must be also a progressive person as politicians define our future. They say “Politicians should know what will happen tomor-row, the day after tomorrow, in a week, in a month, in a year and then they should be able to explain why it didn’t happen”.

It’s very important to be confident as politicians often speak in public (by the way be-ing a good speaker is also nec-essary).

It isn’t a secret that peo-ple, especially women often trust people in accordance with the principle “He is such a handsome man” so it is impor-tant to be a well-mannered, handsome and charismatic per-son in order to be popular with people.

Bogdan also thinks that it’s necessary for a politician to have a good sense of humor.

Thus, we have formed the ideal of a successful politician. This ideal is very subjective, but has a place to be.

POLITICIAN OF THE FUPOLITICIAN OF THE FUPOLITICIAN OF THE FUTURE TURE TURE

Issue №3, April 2011 Page 5

Opinion


The World’s Newsfax

THE ONLY DAY IN THE YEAR WHEN YOUR

JOKES WILL BE FORGIVEN

April Fools' Day is celebrated in the Western world on April 1st of every year. Sometimes re-ferred to as All Fools' Day, April 1st is not a legal holiday, but is widely recognized and celebrated as a day which toler-ates practical jokes and general foolishness. The day is marked by the commission of good hu-moured or funny jokes, hoaxes and other practical jokes of vary-ing sophistication on friends, family members, teachers, neighbors, work associates, etc.

History

April Fools' Day is one of the most light-hearted days of the year. Its origins are uncertain. Some see it as a celebration re-lated to the turn of the seasons, while others believe it stems from the adoption of a new cal-endar.

New Year's Day Moves

Ancient cultures, including those of the Romans and Hindus, cele-brated New Year's Day on or around April 1st. It closely fol-lows the vernal equinox (March 20th or March 21st.) In medieval times, much of Europe cele-brated March 25, the Feast of Annunciation, as the beginning of the new year.

In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII or-dered a new calendar (the Gregor-ian Calendar) to replace the old Julian Calendar. The new calen-dar called for New Year's Day to be celebrated Jan. 1. That year, France adopted the reformed cal-endar and shifted New Year's day to Jan. 1. According to a popular explanation, many people either refused to accept the new date, or did not learn about it, and contin-ued to celebrate New Year's Day on April 1. Other people began to make fun of these traditionalists, sending them on "fool's errands" or trying to trick them into believ-ing something false. Eventually, the practice spread throughout Europe.

Problems With This Explana-tion

There are at least two difficulties with this explanation. The first is that it doesn't fully account for the spread of April Fools' Day to other European countries. The Gregor-ian calendar was not adopted by England until 1752, for example, but April Fools' Day was already well established there by that point. The second is that we have no direct historical evidence for this explanation, only conjecture, and that conjecture appears to have been made more recently.

Constantine and Kugel

Another explanation of the ori-gins of April Fools' Day was pro-vided by Joseph Boskin, a pro-fessor of history at Boston Uni-versity. He explained that the practice began during the reign of Constantine, when a group of court jesters and fools told the Roman emperor that they could do a better job of running the empire. Constantine, amused, allowed a jester named Kugel to be king for one day. Kugel passed an edict calling for ab-surdity on that day, and the cus-tom became an annual event.

"In a way," explained Prof. Boskin, "it was a very serious day. In those times fools were really wise men. It was the role of jesters to put things in per-spective with humor."

This explanation was brought to the public's attention in an As-sociated Press article printed by many newspapers in 1983. There was only one catch: Boskin made the whole thing up. It took a couple of weeks for the AP to realize that they'd been victims of an April Fools' joke themselves.

A ticket to "Washing the Lions" in London from 1857. This tradi-tional April Fools prank is first

recorded in 1698.


The World’s Newsfax

Spring Fever

It is worth noting that many different cultures have had days of foolishness around the start of April, give or take a couple of weeks. The Romans had a festival named Hilaria on March 25, rejoicing in the res-urrection of Attis. The Hindu calendar has Holi, and the Jew-ish calendar has Purim. Per-haps there's something about the time of year, with its turn from winter to spring, that lends itself to lighthearted cele-brations.

Observances Around the World

April Fools' Day is observed throughout the Western world. Practices include sending someone on a "fool's errand," looking for things that don't exist; playing pranks; and try-ing to get people to believe ri-diculous things.

The tradition spread to Eng-land and Scotland in the eight-eenth century. It was later in-troduced to the American colo-nies of both the English and French. April Fool's Day thus developed into an international fun fest, so to speak, with dif-ferent nationalities specializing in their own brand of humor at the expense of their friends and families.

In Scotland, for example, April Fool's Day is actually celebrated for two days. The second day is devoted to pranks involving the posterior region of the body. It is called Taily Day. The origin of the "kick me" sign can be traced to this observance.

Mexico's counterpart of April Fool's Day is actu-ally observed on Decem-ber 28. Originally, the day was a sad remem-brance of the slaughter of the innocent children by King Herod. It even-tually evolved into a lighter commemoration involving pranks and trickery.

Pranks performed on April Fool's Day range from the sim-ple, (such as saying, "Your shoe's untied, or I accidentally stepped on your glasses!), to the elaborate. Setting a roommate's alarm clock back an hour is a common gag. Whatever the prank, the trickster usually ends it by yelling to his victim, "April Fool!"

The French call April 1 Poisson d'Avril, or "April Fish." French children sometimes tape a picture of a fish on the back of their schoolmates, crying "Poisson d'Avril" when the prank is discov-ered.

Practical jokes are a common prac-tice on April Fool's Day. Some-times, elaborate practical jokes are played on friends or relatives that last the entire day. The news me-dia even gets involved. For in-stance, a British short film once shown on A p r i l Fool's Day was a fairly de-t a i l e d documen-tary about "spaghetti farmers" and how they harvest their crop from the spaghetti trees.

April Fool's Day is a "for-fun-only" observance. Nobody is expected to buy gifts or to take their "significant other" out to eat in a fancy restaurant. Nobody gets off work or school. It's simply a fun little holiday, but a holiday on which one must remain forever vigilant, for he may be the next April Fool!

Sukhopleshchenko Kate,

Kovalets Kate (MK—182)

Iraq is the cradle of civili-zation. It is how we came to be what we are. Mesopotamia was the center of the universe and was the oldest civilization any-where on this planet.

Iraq is an Arabic word and has been a geo-graphical term for the general area through-out the Islamic traditions.

The land of Iraq is impor-tant historically, because it is the land where the first law, the Hamurabi code, was en-acted in Babylon thousands of years ago, its where writing was first discovered 5000 years ago at Uruk, and where the seventh wonder of the world, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, is situated. It is im-portant culturally because Iraq was the center of the Islamic

Empire (Khilafat), and Arab civilization for hundreds of years. Iraq is where science and culture prospered, where Arabic language has its two distinguished schools, Kufa and Basra, and where one of

the oldest universities in the world was built, Al Mustan-siriya University in Baghdad.

It is also important relig-iously, as it has the oldest es-tablished church in the world, The Church of the East, founded by St Thomas, one of Christ's 12 disciples. In addition, it has numerous Islamic holy sites such as Karbala, Najaf, and Bagh-dad. The holy city of Najaf is the study center of theol-ogy for the world's 150 mil-lion Muslims who follow the Shia tradition.

It is where the two great rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates met and gave birth to the concept of agriculture. The earliest evidence of animal and plant domestication has been found in and around northern Iraq, dating more than 10,000 years ago.

Five thousand years ago, territory now in southern Iraq was the home of the Sumerian civilization, which contributed such breakthroughs as the wheel and the plow.

The land of Iraq has been conquered by Alexander the

Great, ravaged by the Mongols and dominated by Britain.

If you follow that history to the present, you find Iraq at the epicenter of world atten-tion, this time as the likely tar-get of an attack by the greatest fire power that has ever been accumulated in the history of humankind.

“It is an ironic twist of fate to stand on the remains of a city in southern Iraq where the civilized world began and realize it could all end right there as well”, cautions histo-rian Bradley Parker.

Will the civilized world of today build the way for enlightenment for the entire world or will it barrel down a path of self-interest empire building?

In a rapidly shrinking global village, humanity's only hope for the future is to use our intellect to develop coop-eration in our neighborhoods and around the globe.

Abed Mohanad Faisal


Society


Science-Gate

April can be called the month of science as it is just in April when the Inter-national Day of Science is cele-

brated. It is celebrated with hard scientific work surely. Our uni-versity’s teachers, students and members of the regional English Section of Lugansk Regional Small Academy of Science of School Youth have demonstrated the results of their scientific re-searches they had been working over. Scientific-practical confer-ences gave the brilliant opportu-nity for this activity.

April, 14, 2011. National student scientific conference in Kherson National Technical Uni-versity. Its profile was devoted to foreign languages in modern com-municative space.

Our University and the town in the whole was represented by:

Gorobets Irina, the student of Philo-logical Department and members of Eng-

lish Section of Lugansk Regional Small Academy of Science of School Youth:

Their reports have been lis-tened to with much attention as they touched upon the burning problems of modern Linguistics. Power Point presentations have illustrated the reports brilliantly, demonstrating the skills of our students not only in foreign lan-guage but in modern technologies too.

Nikolayev Alexander, 11th Form, Lugansk

Gymnasium No 30

Kudriashova Svet-lana, 9 th Form, School

No 57, Lugansk

Polianovskiy Alexan-

der, 1o th Form, Al-chevsk Gymnasium

Berdaliev Maxim,

9 th Form, School No 57,

Lugansk

On 15 – 16 April, 2011 the Chair of Foreign Languages held its sixth International Conference devoted to the problems of modern tendencies of computerization of foreign languages teaching. This con-ference was really an unprece-dented event in the life of our University. About 100 school and University teachers, post-graduates and scientists from 60 Institutions of higher learn-ing had the opportunity to lis-ten to reports of speakers in Lisichansk, Dnipropetrovsk, Rubezhnoye, Lviv, Ternopil.

Multimedia means provided participants with a chance to travel virtually not only to dif-ferent parts of Ukraine but to meet their colleagues in Ger-many, Russia (Belgorod) and Poland (Lyublin).

This conference is a good chance to change teaching experience and share opin-ions on modern methods of language teaching. All speak-ers admitted that multimedia tools greatly contributed to intensifying language acqui-sition within limited curricu-lum hours. Computer – as-sisted learning guarantees a new level of language learning and teaching, allows to indi-vidualize and differentiate students’ language explora-tion.


Science-Gate

Pupova Vika, Khikhich Svetlana, Berdaliev Maxim, Polianovskiy Alexander!

Surely, we must be thank-ful to our scientific supervisor Bekresheva Larissa Alexeevna who were so enthu-siastic and helpful!

Science is the engine of progress and we are glad to contribute to our progressive future.

Katysheva Olena (MK-291)

The topics of the 9th and 10th Form pupils – the members of English Section of Lugansk Regional Small Academy of Sci-ence have astonished the partici-pants with the variety of scien-tific spheres and the depth of sci-entific research. We can be proud of our young researches Aronova Nastia (she is only the 8 th Form pupil!), Ilchenko Ilona, Kislitsyna Darina, Kuleshova Nastia, Kudri-ashova Svetlana,

April, 22, 2011 Donbass State Technical University in the town of Alchevsk has opened its door for the young researches from different places of Ukraine. The students of our Volodymyr Dahl’s University and Small Academy of Science students were active participants of that National Student Scientific Con-ference devoted to the problems of modern ways of foreign lan-guage studying. Most of our rep-resentatives took part in the work of section highlighting problems of multimedia tech-nologies using in mastering for-eign languages.

Computer is a real helper in this process and that was demon-strated in the topics and pictur-esque electronic presentations of the participants. The topics of our students Vasilcheva Ann, Suchopleshchenko Kate, Shishova Olga have caused in-teresting discussion. The works of Faustova Karina, Yel-iseeva Vika, Mikhailiuk Maria, Stognieva Julia, Sy-chevskiy Victor were not less informing and interesting.

Vasilcheva Ann

Shishova Olga

Sukhopleshchenko Kate


Talent Dewdrops

Warum sind denn die Rosen so blaß

O sprich, mein Lieb, warum?

Warum sind denn im grünen Gras

Die blauen Veilchen so stumm?

Warum singt denn mit so kläglichem Laut

Die Lerche in der Luft?

Warum steigt denn aus dem Balsamkraut

Hervor ein Leichenduft?

Warum scheint denn die Sonn’ auf die Au’

So kalt und verdrießlich herab?

Warum ist denn die Erde so grau

Und öde wie ein Grab?

Warum bin ich selbst so krank und so trüb’,

Mein liebes Liebchen, sprich?

O sprich, mein herzallerliebstes Lieb,

Warum verließest du mich?

Отчего же так розы бледны?

Ответь мне, любовь моя.

Отчего средь зелёной травы

Молчанье фиалки таят?

Отчего же так птица страдает

В плену синевы?

Отчего же пижма источает

Запах увядшей травы?

Отчего с холодной обидой

Смотрит солнце на эти луга?

Отчего такой мёртвой, унылой

Мне вокруг показалась земля?

Отчего же так сердцу тоскливо?

Ответь мне, душа моя.

Скажи мне, ангел мой милый,

Зачем ты ушла от меня?

Shall I compare thee to a summer day?

Thou art more lovely and more temperate:

Rough windes do shake the darling buds of Maie

And sommers lease hath all too short a date:

Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,

And often is his golden complexion dimm´d

And every faire from faire some-time de-clines,

By chance or nature´s changing course un-trimed:

But thy eternall summer shall not fade,

Nor loose possession of that faire thou ow´st

Nor shall death brag thou wandr´st in his shade,

When in eternall lines to time thou grow´st,

So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,

So long lives this and this gives live to thee.

Heinrich Heine

Посмею ль летний день сравнить я с Вами?

Ведь Вы прекрасней и скромней него.

Бутоны вешние склонились пред ветрами,

А лето…что ж, не вечное оно.

Порою слишком ярко солнце ослепляет,

А временами лик его в тени.

А всё прекрасное когда-то увядает

По прихоти природы иль судьбы.

Но Ваше лето будет жить всегда

Не потеряет власти ясный день.

Пока живут слова поэта, никогда

На лик Ваш смерть не бросит тень.

Пока жив человек, творенье будет жить,

И будет Вам бессмертие дарить.

Translations by Elena Shpagina,

Lugansk

Taras Shevchenko National

University,

3d year student

Volodymyr Dahl East-Ukrainian National

University

Moldizhniy Block, 20-a Luhansk

Contacts:

(0642) 41-94-57

[email protected]

Chief editor: Katysheva

Olena

The Guides:

Senior Teacher: Bekresheva L.A.

Senior Teacher:

Sychevskaya I.O.

SMILE! SMILE! SMILE!

Special High Intensity Teaching

Memo to all students: In order to assure the highest levels of quality work and

productivity from students, it will be our policy to keep all students well taught through our program of SPECIAL HIGH INTENSITY TEACHING (S.H.I.T. - дерьмо). We are trying to give our students more S.H.I.T. than any other school.

If you feel that you do not receive your share of S.H.I.T. on the course, please see your lecturer. You will be immediately placed at the top of the S.H.I.T. list, and our lecturers are especially skilled at seeing that you get all the S.H.I.T. you can handle.

Students who don't know S.H.I.T. will be placed in DEPARTMENTAL EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION PROGRAMS (D.E.E.P. S.H.I.T.). Those who fail to take D.E.E.P. S.H.I.T. seriously will have to go to EDUCATIONAL ATTITUDE TRAINING (E.A.T. S.H.I.T.). Since our lecturers took S.H.I.T. before they graduated, they don't have to do S.H.I.T. anymore, as they are all full of S.H.I.T. already.

If you are full of S.H.I.T., you may be interested in a job teaching others. We can add your name to our BASIC UNDERSTANDING LECTURE LIST (B.U.L.L. S.H.I.T.).

For students who are intending to pursue a career in management and consultancy, we will refer you to the department of MANAGERIAL OPERATIONAL RESEARCH EDUCATION (M.O.R.E. S.H.I.T.). This course emphasizes on how to manage M.O.R.E. S.H.I.T.

If you have further questions, please direct them to our HEAD OF TEACHING, SPECIAL HIGH INTENSITY TRAINING (H.O.T. S.H.I.T.). Thank you,

BOSS IN GENERAL SPECIAL HIGH INTENSITY TEACHING (B.I.G. S.H.I.T.)

Editing Col-legium:

Kolesnichenko

Ann

Sukhopleshchenko

Kate

Kovalets Kate

THE EDITORS:

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Dahl's Horizon Issue #3 April 2011