Урок английского языка по теме: "The Queen of Great Britain" ("Королева Великобритании")

Разделы: Иностранные языки

Цели урока:

  • Обучающая: формировать умения и навыки устной речи, аудирования.
  • Развивающая: развивать внимание, логическое мышление, воображение, творческую фантазию.
  • Воспитательная: воспитывать интерес к культуре страны изучаемого языка.

Оснащение урока: картинки (фотографии), карточки с вопросами и ответами, листы с текстом, классная доска, аудиозапись, аудиомагнитофон, постер.

Ход урока

I GREETING

Good morning, boys and girls! Glad to see you!

II WARM UP

Look at these photos. (На классной доске – несколько картинок либо фотографий с изображением людей, в том числе и с изображением британской королевы.) Can you recognize these people? Do you know them? … (Ученики узнают королеву) … Yes, this is the Queen of Great Britain.Who do you think we are going to speak about? … (Ученики высказывают свои предположения) … That’s right. We are going to speak about the Queen of the United Kingdom.

III PHONETIC DRILL

But first let’s practice our sounds. Look at the poem on the blackboard and listen to me.

Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, where have you been?
I’ve been to London to look at the Queen.
Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, what did you do there?
I frightened a little mouse under a chair.

Now read the poem after me. Mind your pronunciation. (Чтение вслух за учителем, чтение про себя, индивидуальное чтение вслух)

IV WORKING ON THE TOPIC

It was good and now let’s return to our topic. Have you ever been to London? Would you like to go to London and see the Queen? But do you know much about her? Let’s see what you know.Listen to my statements and say if they are true or false. If they are false, correct them.

  1. The Queen is the Head of State in Britain.
  2. She is also the Head of Commonwealth.
  3. The Queen has got three daughters.
  4. The Queen is not very rich.
  5. All the power in Great Britain belongs to the Queen and the Royal family.
  6. The Queen of Great Britain lives in Buckingham palace.

And what do you know about the Queen’s day? What time does she get up? How many people help her to dress? What does she do every day? Does she like to read books or newspapers? (На каждый вопрос ученики высказывают свои предположения) Let’s find it out.We’ll do it in pairs.But before this you should find your partner. These are the questions and these are the answers. You’ll find your partner by finding the right answer to your question or vice versa. (Учащиеся получают карточки и, передвигаясь по классу, находят себе в пару ученика, у которого будет либо ответ на вопрос, либо вопрос к ответу. На каждой карточке записан только один вопрос или ответ.)

Questions:

  1. Who is the Head of State in Britain?
  2. Is the Queen of Great Britain also the Queen of New Zealand?
  3. Who is the Head of Commonwealth?
  4. Does the Queen rule the country?
  5. What does the Queen do?
  6. Who does the real power in Great Britain belong to?
  7. What do you know about the British Parliament?
  8. What do you know about the British family?

Answers:

  1. The Queen is the Head of State in Britain.
  2. Yes, she is.
  3. The Queen of Great Britain is.
  4. No, she doesn’t. In fact she doesn’t rule the country as she has no power.
  5. She travels about the United Kingdom, meets different people and visits schools, hospitals and other special places.
  6. The real power in the country belongs to the British Parliament and to the British Government.
  7. The British Parliament has two “houses”: the House of Lords and the House of Commons.
  8. The Queen has got a son, Prince Charles and a daughter, Princess Anna.

Now let’s see if you have found the right partner.

(Каждая пара задаёт вопрос и отвечает на него; остальные учащиеся следят за тем, подходит ли ответ к вопросу)

It’s time to return to the Queen’s day. There is some information about it behind the blackboard. One person from each pair reads it and dictates it to his or her partner. The other writes down the information. Are you ready? You should do it very quickly. Let’s start.

(На крыльях доски сзади с двух сторон листы бумаги с информацией о королевском дне. Учащиеся делятся на пары. Каждая пара выбирает сама, кто будет диктовать, а кто писать. На диктант даётся определённое время, за которое каждая пара должна полностью записать текст с доски. Орфографические ошибки про проверке не учитываются.)

The Queen’s day.

When the Queen gets up in the morning, seven people look after her. One starts her bath, one prepares her clothes, and one feeds the Royal dogs. She has got 8 or 9 dogs, and they sleep in their own bedroom near the Queen’s bedroom. Two people bring her breakfast. She has coffee, toast and eggs. Every day for 15 minutes a piper plays Scottish music outside her room and the Queen reads “The Times”. Every Tuesday evening she meets the Prime Minister. They talk about world news and have a drink, perhaps some gin and tonic or whisky.

What do you know about the place the queen lives in? How is it called? When was it built? Can you guess? How many rooms are there? Is there a swimming pool there? What else? Who can we often see there? (На каждый вопрос учащиеся высказывают свои предположения)

Would you like to know more about the place the Queen of the UK lives in? Let’s do it. But first we should part into 3 groups.

Look at this poster. It tells us about Buckingham Palace with the help of pictures. Use your imagination and tell us about the famous palace. (На доску вывешивается плакат, где с помощью рисунков (наклеенных картинок) передаётся содержание следующего текста:

This famous palace, first built in 1703, is in the very centre of London. Buckingham Palace is like a small town, with a police station, two post offices, a hospital, a bar, two sports clubs, a disco, a cinema, and a swimming pool. There are 600 rooms and 3 miles of red carpet. Two men work full-time to look after the 300 clocks. About 700 people work in the palace.)

(Каждая группа составляет свой собственный текст, по-своему истолковывая изображения на плакате ‹Рисунок 1›, а затем его представляет.)

Now I’ll tell you the true facts about Buckingham Palace. (Учитель читает оригинальный текст, а ученики сверяют его со своим.) What was right and what was wrong in your texts?

The Queen belongs to a royal family. And every royal family has royal traditions. Important ceremonies connected with the Royal family take place in London. Listen to the tape and tick what you hear.

(Каждый ученик получает карточку с утверждениями.)

Tick the right sentences:

  1. The British Queen lives in Buckingham Palace.
  2. Queen Anna lives there now.
  3. Important visitors often meet the Royal family inside the Palace.
  4. Tourists go to Buckingham Palace, too.
  5. Tourists often meet the Queen.
  6. There are always guardsmen outside the Palace.
  7. The Changing of The Guard is a ceremony.
  8. The Trooping of The Colour isn’t an important ceremony.
  9. The Colour is a flag.
  10. The State Opening of Parliament is a big ceremony.

Key: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10.

Tapescript:

Royal London

London is a royal city. The British Queen or King has a palace there, Buckingham Palace. Queen Elizabeth lives there now. Important visitors go to the Palace. They meet Queen Elizabeth and the Royal family inside the Palace. Tourists go to Buckingham Palace too, but they don’t go inside and see The Changing of The Guard. There’re always guardsmen outside the Palace. Every day a new guard of 30 guardsmen marches to the Palace and takes the place of the old guard. That’s The Changing of The Guard. The Changing of The Guard isn’t a big ceremony. London has important ceremonies, too. The State Opening of Parliament and The Trooping of The Colour are two of these. The State Opening of Parliament is the Queen’s visit to the Houses of Parliament. She goes there in one of the royal coaches. Hundreds of people watch the procession. The Queen doesn’t go in a coach to The Trooping of The Colour. She rides there and she watches the ceremony from her horse. The Colour is a flag. The guardstroops march with the Colour to the Queen.

V HOMETASK

At home you will read about these traditions and get ready to speak about them.

VI CONCLUSION

Thank you for your active work today. Your marks are… Good-bye.

(Подведение итогов, выставление оценок с комментариями.)

Ученикам для домашнего задания раздаётся следующий текст:

Royal traditions

THE TROOPING OF THE COLOUR

The Queen is the only person in Britain with two birthdays. Her real birthday is on April, 21st, but she has an “official” birthday, too. That’s on the second Saturday in June. And on the Queen’s official birthday, there is a traditional ceremony called the Trooping of the Colour. It’s a big parade with brass bands and hundreds of soldiers at Horse Guards’ Parade in London. A “regiment” of the Queen’s soldiers, the Guards, march in front of her. At the front of the parade is the regiment’s flag or “colour”.

The Guards are trooping the colour. Thousands of Londoners and visitors watch in Horse Guards’ Parade. And millions of people at home watch it on television.

THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD

This happens every day at Buckingham Palace, the Queen’s home in London. Soldiers stand in front of the palace. Each morning these soldiers (the “guard”) change. One group leaves and another arrives. In summer and winter tourists stand outside the palace at 11.30 every morning and watch the Changing of the Guard.

THE STATE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT

Parliament, not the royal family, controls modern Britain. But traditionally the Queen opens Parliament every autumn. She travels from Buckingham Palace to the Houses of Parliament in a gold carriage- the Irish State Coach. At the Houses of Parliament the Queen sits on a “throne” in the House of Lords. Then she reads the “Queen’s Speech”. At the State Opening of Parliament the Queen wears a crown. She wears other jewels from the Crown jewels, too.