Make up the word combinations translate into russian make examine

To display –
genuine concern

sympathy

self-consciousness

To share –
troubles

concern

work

duties

responsibilities

To shape – personal
attitudes

social identity

personality

world outlook

knowledge

To be aware of – reality

social respect

relationships

cultural norms

mutually beneficial
cooperation

1. Translate the
   following sentences into Russian.
   

1. Such considerations are not
   of crucial importance.

2. Personal concern in social
   interaction is of certain value in drawing a distinction between
   primary and secondary groups.

3. The family is of major
   significance in shaping personal attitudes and behaviour.

4. The problem of interpersonal
   relationships is of great interest for the social thinkers.

5. Secondary relationships are
   of definite importance in the study of social groups of people.

6. Human activity in social
   community is of deep concern for the sociologists.

IV. Make up your own sentences with — “to be of importance, to be of value” — and ask your partner to translate them.

V.
Answer the
following questions.

1. What is of great concern for
   the sociologists in the study of primary groups?

2. What is of chief significance
   for you in your subject of investigation?

3. What is of major interest for
   the sociologists dealing with the public opinion poll?

VI. Role-play:

1. You have just come back from
   the international conference devoted to some problems of social
   interaction. You think this conference was of great importance. You
   give your reasons to your friend who is also deeply concerned with
   the given problem

2. You see an advertisement in a
   newspaper which is of deep concern for you. Phone up and find out
   more about the flat to rent. If the flat sounds suitable, arrange to
   go round and see it.

Unit IX

I. Read and translate the text. Group Dynamics

Sociologists describe the
operation of social groups as group dynamics. As members of social
groups, people are likely to interact according to a number of
distinctive patterns.

Group Leadership

Social groups vary in the
extent to which they designate one or more members as leaders, with
responsibility to direct the activities of all members. Some
friendship groups grant no one the clear status of leader, while
others do. Within families, parents generally share leadership
responsibilities, although husband and wife sometimes disagree about
who is really in charge. In many secondary groups, such as business
office, leadership is likely to involve an established status with
clearly defined roles.

There are several different
ways in which a person may become recognized as the leader of a
social group. In the family, traditional cultural patterns confer
leadership on the parents, though more often on the male as a head of
the household if two spouses are present. In other cases, such as
friendship groups, one or more persons may gradually emerge as
leaders, although there is no formal process of selection. In larger
secondary groups, leaders are usually formally chosen through
election or recruitment.

Although leaders are often
thought to be people with unusual personal ability, decades of
research have failed to produce consistent evidence that there is any
category of “natural leaders.” It seems that there is no set of
personal qualities that all leaders have in common; rather, virtually
any person may be recognized as a leader if the person has qualities
that meet the needs of that particular group.

Furthermore, although it is
commonly supposed that social groups have a single leader, research
suggests that there are typically two different leadership roles that
are held by different individuals. Instrumental leadership is
leadership that emphasizes the completion of tasks by a social group.
Group members look to instrumental leaders to “get things done.”
Expressive leadership, on the other hand, is leadership that
emphasizes the collective well-beings of a social group’s members.
Expressive leaders are less concerned with the overall goals of the
group than with providing emotional support to group members and
attempting to minimize tension and conflict among them. Group members
expect expressive leaders to maintain stable relationships within the
group and provide support to individual members.

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