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well as the cultures of other peoples.

consumer's tastes.

6.Once the teacher is able to establish a trusting relationship

4.Excellent, or fine art is better than poor art for providing

and a rapport with his students, the students might be more

students with a strong personal and cultural awareness.

5.A lot of popular art is debased and meretricious.

7.The habit of looking at good pictures is in itself a means by

which taste can be formed.

6.We have no right to "condemn" students to the easily

comprehensible forms of popular art. Any student can

develop an appreciation of the fine arts.

19. Role-Playing.

The Thing They Need

S i t u a t i o n : A group of students from a teacher training institute now on school practice and their instructor are discussing

what sort of social event to organize for the pupils of form 9 "A". In the course of the discussion opinions differ. You must decide

whose arguments sound more convincing.

C h a r a c t e r s :

1. Anna K., aged 23, is fond of pictorial art and suggests visiting the town's art gallery where the works of M.Vrubel are on

display at present ("Pan", "The Swan Princess", "Seated Demon" among them). The harmonious combination of the fantastic and the

real, the gorgeous colour schemes are sure to appeal to the pupils of form 9 "A". What they want is something noble and worthy, an

uplifting experience.

2. Victor M., aged 25, does not share Ann's enthusiasm for classical art. He has nothing against it personally but thinks that teen-

agers need a different kind of artistic experience, something that they can possibly share in. He wants to take the pupils to a pop

concert to be held in the near future not far from the school. According to him young people prefer pop to the classical arts. It is

closer to their own experience of life, and provides an emotional outlet and release. Picture galleries are for elderly spinsters with

nothing to do.

3. Katherine L., aged 51, resents Victor's outburst and tells of her own school days: they used to visit the Tretyakov Gallery

every week and studied the art of the famous Russian painters of the 18th and 19th centuries. A professional artist showed them

round the Gallery. It was all thanks to this very artist that she fell in love with classical art. She remembers as if it were yesterday the

joy of listening to his lively descriptions of the subtleties of the composition and colour combinations. It is unacceptable to her that

the younger generation should be allowed to remain indifferent to such a wealth of classical heritage.

4. Marina K., aged 24, listened with pleasure to the views of her supervisor K. L. and couldn't agree more. She suggests invit ing

a specialist from the Museum of Fine Arts to give a lecture on the history of English painting. She had been present at the lecture on

the French impressionists and loved every minute of it. The slides were a dream. "English painters" might be great fun too. She

knows the telephone number and offers to do it herself.