Разработка видеоурока в старших классах школ с углубленным изучением английского языка на базе художественного фильма "Четыре свадьбы и одни похороны"

Цель урока: Развитие навыков практического использования видеоматериала при изучении английского языка в старших классах.

Задачи:

1. Обучающая: активизировать употребление изученного словаря; закреплять навыки понимания аутентичного материала на слух с опорой на видеоматериал.
2. Развивающая: обучать старшеклассников правильно воспроизводить английскую речь в заданных ситуациях; стимулировать интерес английской культуре, традициям и быту народа; расширять кругозор учащихся.
3. Воспитательная: заострить внимание учащихся на проблеме нравственного выбора в создавшихся ситуациях и на сложность внутреннего мира молодого человека.

I. Introduction

Hello. Pleased to see you. How is it going on? Well, our today’s will be devoted to the discussion of some film parts. But all of these parts will be from the same film which is about love and marriage. So far that we need to revise the vocabulary on the topic.

1. Here are some words on the board. Let’s first read them (см. приложение 1).
2. Now will you guess which word is meant by its definition? (см. приложение 2).
3. Here is a set of cards with a pair of phrases on each. You are to select one and explain the difference between the phrases (см. приложение 3).
4. When you read the name of the film you can guess what the film is about.

a) Here’s a film guide. Look at some of the film titles on the collage and say what you think it’s about and what’s the type of film it is (см. приложение 4).

b)You’ve been given out the cards where a film is described. Read the short plot of it and invent your own name for the film (см. приложение 5).

II. So, that was a kind of warming up. The film for the discussion is a popular English film “Four Weddings and a Funeral”.

1. Can you give your guesses what this film is about?
2. What do you think is the setting of any film? Yes, it’s the time, place and circumstances in which a film takes place. It gives you a lot of information about the story. So, you are getting the worksheets with a number of questions. Look them through. As you watch the first episode, you should look for visual clues and listen for words that give information about the setting. After viewing the clip, you should answer the questions. You are also provided with cues, or viewing guides which will help you to give the answers (см. приложение 6).
3. That was nice! The next task will be a bit more difficult. It’s silent viewing where you are going to show us your prediction abilities. The video segment will be shown without the sound. Use your powers of deduction. As I press the button “pause” at intervals to stop the picture on the screen you’ll tell us what is happening and what the characters might be saying.
4. Great! Now, I’m going to replay the video with the sound on so that you can compare your impressions with what actually happens in the film. (см. приложение 7).
5. Now, let’s be more specific. You are going to watch another short video clip. You’ve been distributed the sheets with the vicar’s speech at the first wedding where some of the words have been removed. While watching, please, fill in the gaps with the words from the film. …now read your version about (см. приложение 8).
6. The saddest part of the film is a funeral of one of the characters- Gareth. His friend Matthew wrote a poem to his death. It sounds very touching. Listen to this poem. What is it about? Now you’re going to listen to it again and correct where it’s necessary the statements listed on your worksheets… Now let’s read the poem (см. приложение 9).
7. The next task is one of the most complicated. I’ve chosen an interesting scene from the video in which the characters do not practically speak. Then in groups you are going to make up the script of this particular clip based on the visual information. Finally, again in groups you are going to role play your stories.
8. You’ve worked hard and we came up to the last task. Again you are going to watch a film section and than in turn give the oral summary of what has happened in the clip. The key words that can help you tell the story are presented on the board.

III. Conclusion.

We’ve had many activities today. I hope they are useful and you enjoyed them. Would you like to watch the whole film now? All of you participated effectively through your active viewing. Thank you for cooperation.

IV. And your homework for the next lesson is to describe your favorite film following the plan.

• The name, the director, the cameraman, the casting. When it was released. The type of the film.
• The setting of the film.
• The short summary of the film.
• Your impressions about the film.

Приложение 1

Приложение 2

• a woman who has just married or about to marry (a bride)
• a couple very recently married (newlyweds)
• a marriage ceremony (wedding)
• one who is loved by another person (sweetheart)
• vacation taken by a newly married couple (honeymoon)
• having strong but usually foolish love (infatuated)
• to have a love story with someone who’s married (have love affairs)
• to behave in a way that attracts the attention of the opposite sex (to flirt)

Приложение 3

• a proposal and an engagement (A proposal is an offer to marry and an engagement is a period between the proposal and the wedding).
• a reception and a party (A reception is a large formal social occasion to welcome smb., for example, a wedding reception; and a party is just a gathering of people usually by invitation).
• a bridegroom and a fiance (A bridegroom is a man who has just married or is about to get married whereas a fiance is a man to whom a woman is engaged to be married).
• the best man and the bridesmaid (The best man the attendant of a bridegroom at the wedding and the bridesmaid is the girl/woman who attends the bride at the wedding).
• marriage and cohabitation (Marriage is a state of being married and cohabitation means living together as husband and wife without official registration).
• to split up and to divorce (To split up means to separate no matter either you’re married or have just gone out whereas to divorce means to end a marriage).
• a divorcee and an ex-wife (A divorcee is someone who has just got the divorce; an ex-wife is someone’s former wife).

Приложение 4 (a collage)

• ‘Murdered at Night’ is a criminal story with lots of gory scenes. It’s a detective film.
• ‘Matrix’ is a science fiction film with some elements of a detective story. It’s about the life in the future.
• ‘Wild, Wild West’ is a western film about the life of the first Europeans in America.
• ‘Love Me, Dear’ is supposedly a romance film and hopefully about a happy love.
• ‘Beowulf’ is a historical about the events long ago and as I know partly true and partly imaginary.
• ‘The Scream’ seems to be a horror film with freezing fearful events.

Приложение 5

… is the story of Jack McCall, an American expatriate in Rome, scarred by tragedy and betrayal. His desperate desire to find peace after his wife’s suicide draws him into a painful, intimate search for one haunting secret in his family’s past that can heal his anguished heart. Spanning three generations and two continents, from the ancient ruins of Rome, from the unutterable horrors of the Holocaust to the lingering trauma of Vietnam the film sings with life’s pain and glory.

Title___________________________

Приложение 6 (the clip before the first wedding)

Where? Who? When?

• What’s the name of the main character who is late for any event?
• Is Scarlett his daughter or sister?
• When does the story take place, in the past, present, or future?
• How do you know?

Приложение 7 (in the church before the first wedding)

Episode 1:

Fiona: There’s greatness to your lateness.

Charles: It’s not achieved without real suffering.

Episode 2:

Charles: I am sorry. I’ll be killing myself after the service, if that’s any consolation.

Angus: Doesn’t matter. Tom was standing by.

Charles: Thanks, Tom. You’re a saint.

Episode 3:

Angus: You haven’t forgotten the rings?

Charles: No… Hate people being late. Hate it.

Scarlett: Oh, isn’t she lovely.

Fiona: Scarlett, you’re blind. She looks like a big meringe.

Приложение 8

Dear beloved. We’re_________(gathered) together here in the sight of God and in the face of this congrigation to _________ _________ (join together) this man and this woman in holy matrimony which is an_________(honourable) estate instituted in the time of man’s innocency therefore if any man can show any just _________ (cause) or impediment why they may not be lawfully join together let him speak now or for ever hold his peace. Do you promise to love her, comfort her, honour her and keep her in ________ and ________ (sickness, health) and forsaking all others keep thee only unto her for as long as the both shall live.

Приложение 9

Matthew’s poem at Gareth’s funeral.

Stop all the clock, cut off the telephone,

Prevent the dog from running (barking) with a juicy bone,

Silence the fiddles (pianos)

And with muffled drum

Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

Let the airplanes fly (circle) moaning overhead

Scribbling on the sky the message

‘He Is Alive’ (Dead).

Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves

Let traffic policemen wear black woolen (cotton) gloves

He was my North, my South, my East and West.

My working days (week) and my Sunday rest,

My morning (noon), my midnight, my talk, my song;

I thought that love would last long (for ever):

I was wrong.

Приложение 10

The scene of the search for the rings during the ceremony of the first wedding.

Приложение 11

Carrie: Hello.

Charles: Hi! You’re soaking. Come in.

Carrie: No, I’m fine. Comes a point when you can’t get wetter.

Charles: OK. I’ll come out.

Carrie: No, please, don’t. I… I just wanted to check you’re OK. Not busy killing yourself or anything, but … I shouldn’t have come to the church this morning. I’m sorry.

Charles: No! Wait. It was all my fault. I mean, I’m the bastard here. And it sorted out one thing. Marriage and me were very clearly not meant for one another. I sorted out another big thing, too. There I was, standing there in the church, and for the first time in my whole life I realised I totally and utterly loved one person. And it wasn’t the person next to me in the veil. It’s the person standing opposite me now in the rain.

Carrie: Is it still raining? I hadn’t noticed.

Charles: The truth of it is, I’ve loved you from the first second I met you. Not going away, are you?

Carrie: No, I might drown. But otherwise, no.

Charles: OK.OK. We’ll go in. But first let me ask you one thing. Do you think, after we’ve dried off, after we spent lots more time together, you might agree not to marry me? And do you think not being married to me might, maybe, be something you could consider doing for the rest of your life? Do you?

Carrie: I do.

Key words:

soaking

to check

busy killing yourself

shouldn’t have come

my fault

sort out

standing next to/opposite

realised totally and utterly

from the first second

not to marry

consider doing for the rest of your life

Используемая литература:

1. Журнал ‘Forum’ (April 2002) статья ‘Finding New Messages in Television Commercials’ by Dominic Ambrose.
2. Журнал ‘Forum’ (April 1997) статья ‘Teaching with Video in an English Class’ by Jiang Hemei.
3. First Certificate Gold (Longman) by Richard Acklam with Sally Burgess.