Цели:
познавательный аспект - знакомство с особенностями географического положения г. Благовещенска; развитие умения извлекать информацию о культуре своей страны.
развивающий аспект - развитие способности к догадке, к сравнению и сопоставлению, к выявлению причинно-следственных связей в тексте, к формированию выводов из прочитанного.
воспитательный аспект - более глубокое осознание своей культуры; формирование потребности, способности к осознанию образа жизни, поведения людей своей родной культуры; воспитание чувства гордости за свою Родину.
- учебный аспект - формирование грамматических навыков чтения и говорения; развитие умения читать с разными стратегиями (с целью понимания основного содержания, детального содержания, поиска специальной информации).
- сопутствующая задача - развитие умения говорить на основе прочитанного (развитие умения осуществлять репродуктивные и продуктивные речевые действия); развитие умения аудировать с целью извлечения конкретной информации.
Ход урока
Leader: Good morning, boys and girls. I am glad to see you. First of all let me introduce myself. My name is …
I came from England, namely from London. As a matter of fact I’ve come to Russia to learn more about Russian culture. I’ve read and heard a lot about Russia, but I know nothing about the Far East and Blagoveshchensk. The fact is I came here by plane and I don’t know even where the Far East lies? Can anybody tell me where does the Far East lie?
Pupil: Our region lies in the eastern part of our country. People call the part of our Motherland which is in the East of it – the Far East.
Leader: Well, it’s very interesting for me. And while I was in the airplane I looked out of the illuminator and came to the conclusion that the territory of the Amur Region is very large. Am I right?
Pupil: Yes, you are right. The territory of Amur Region is very large. It is 363 thousand square kilometers. Italy, Belgium and Netherlands can be placed together on this territory.
Leader: Oh, how large the Amur Region is! And what about the climate in your region? You know that the climate in Great Britain is very wet and it is often foggy in London. But what about the climate in your native place? I’ve heard it’s very cold.
Pupil: The climate abundantly provide us with moisture, heat and light, but all comes in a different ways. So, Blagoveshchensk, which is located at a latitude of Karaganda, Kharkov and Prague, differs by many natural peculiarities. First of all by a climate, which is related to a sharp-continental with monsoon features, and is specified by interaction of atmospheric circulation centers, which are formed over Asia, Pacific Ocean and Arctic Ocean.
The city is located in the Eastern rim of Eurasia and is under a primary influence of anticyclones - in winter time, and cyclones - in summer time. Monsoon features of climate are displayed in non-uniform distribution of precipitation.
Winter in Blagoveshchensk usually lasts for 150 days. The coldest month is January with daily average temperature of -24,3C °.
Leader: Well I see your winter is very cold, but you got used to it.
Many people think that the weather is cold and wet in Britain all the year round. But it isn t! True, it sometimes rains and even snows for days and days, but every year there are weeks of beautiful sunny weather then the British take off their sweaters and go out to sunbathe. And what about summer in your region?
Pupil: Summer comes in the middle of May and lasts for about 144 days.
The main amount of precipitation come for this time. The warmest month is July, with daily
average temperature of
+ 29,4C °. Heavy summer rains and rather warm summer mellows severity of the winter, and
autumn colors and solar quiet weather supplement positive features to a severe nature of
this area.
Abundant precipitation, high temperatures, significant relative humidity are parameters of humid tropical weather. In Russia the humid tropical weather is in Sochi, in former USSR countries: Yalta, Sukhumi, Batumi, and in the Far East - in Vladivostok, Khabarovsk and Blagoveshchensk.
Leader: Well, you have perfectly done your task. But now let’s have a talk about the culture. You know that London has many beautiful ancient buildings and monuments: Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament, the Tower of London, St’ Paul’s Cathedral. And what about Blagoveshchensk?
Pupil: Our town has also many places of interest. The Museum, the art Gallery, several monuments, parks. We are proud of ancient buildings which are really very beautiful. They say there were about 30 churches in our town, but they were all destroyed. Two churches left are both the real places of interest. The whole summer long the town is green, because there are a lot of trees, several parks and green spaces.
Leader: How interesting it is. I see you are proud of your town. It’s a good quality. And speaking about the students I should say that we have 2 famous Universities: the Cambridge University and the Oxford University… and are there any Universities or Institutes?
Pupil: Blagoveshchensk is one of a largest scientific educational centers of the Far East. There are 4 high educational institutions: Amursky State University, Far Eastern State Agrarian University, Amursky State Medical Academy, and one of the oldest in the Far East high schools - Blagoveshchensk State Pedagogical University, founded in 1930, but also International Academy of Business (Moscow) (Blagoveshchensk educational center) and two military academies: Far Eastern High Army Commanders Academy and Blagoveshchensk High Commander Red Banner Tank Academy.
The city's high educational institutions train economists, lawyers, doctors, teachers, journalists;
expertsin agriculture, construction, transportation, state and municipal public services, management, commerce, law, international economic relations.
The main form of education is full time studies, which cover 76,9 % of the students, and extra mural studies cover 23,1 %.
Scientists of city's high schools develop cooperation and ties with foreign colleagues, par-ticipatein various international forums, congresses, establish business contacts, are trained in universities of Japan, China, Republics of Korea, USA, Germany, Switzerland.
Except higher educational institutions, there are 15 secondary special educational institutions like technical schools, colleges, schools, where are trained experts in geological prospecting, municipal services and civil construction, electrical equipment, trade and commerce, finance and banking, agriculture, river transportation, but also specialists of preschool education and initial school training, librarians, medical, club and musical workers.
In public educational establishments and professional schools are trained about 34 thousand students.
Leader: So, I see there are a lot of students in your town. I know that your town is situated on the crossing of 2 great rivers: the Amur and the Zeya. And London is situated on the river Thanes. We have a very beautiful embankment and I like to walk along it. And what about your embankment?
Pupil: The inhabitants and the guests of our town are fond of the embankment of the Amur. In the evening you can see many people walking along the embankment of the Amur and especially in the center of the town.
Blagoveshchensk is located at a merge of two largest Far Eastern rivers: Amur and Zeya. River valleys, where the city is located, are formed by river terraces, high and low land, which influence the profile of streets and squares, affects residential quarters outlook. The streets of a central part of the city are stretched along Amur river from West to East. Other direction of streets is determined by Zeya river bed.
The city was defenseless before the acts of God and frequently was flooded. Water covered its streets, demolishing trees, gardens, facilities, for a long time leaving the destructive traces. Today the city is reliably protected from floods by a concrete barrier at the quay of Amur river, and with a dam of Zeya hydroelectric station, located 500 kilometers up North from Blagoveshchensk.
In Blagoveshchensk and its vicinities all four season of a year are attractive. Each of them on natural parameters can be suitable for organization of various kinds of pleasure.
Leader: O.K. It’s a real pleasure to do sightseeing and to learn more about your native place. And do you like to do sightseeing of the town and to learn more about its culture?
If it is really so, let’s walk along the streets of Blagoveshchensk. Our guide Helen will help us.
Travelling about the streets.
Close your eyes and listen to me and to the music. Imagine that you are in the center of our town. The sun is shining brightly, the gentle wind is blowing into your face. You are walking along the embankment of the
Amur, blue water is glistening in the sun. You see high buildings in China on the other bank of the river. You are in Russia, but you see another country. How beautiful the picture is! Now you’ve come up to the monument. Look at it! It’s Muravyov-Amurskiy stature which is made of bronze. There are a lot of flowers around the monument.
Now you walk along Lenin street, everything is green, because there are a lot of trees/ you see a beautiful ancient building – it’s our Local Museum. You open the door and come into the Hall. There are a lot of exhibitions here, you see the collection of animals, a lot of pictures on the walls, different ancient documents. You leave this building.
Now you are near the Drama and Comedy Theatre. Look at this building with high columns and heavy doors. It seems that you are in the 18th century. There is a big park near the Theatre with lots of trees and bushes. Listen how the birds are singing! You like to walk in the park, especially in the evening when there are a lot of people there.
Say good-bye to the park! Open your eyes. Now you are here in the classroom.
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Leader: Did you like our walk? What are your impressions? Was it interesting to do the sightseeing?
Now describe me some places of interest in your town.
Well I see you know much about your native place. Now let’s see if you can play with the crossword. Find the key word, pleas
1. In what part of our Motherland does the Amur Region lie?
2. One of the rivers on which Blagoveshchensk is situated.
3. What town is the center of the Amur Region?
4. What do we grow in our region?
5. What country does our region border on?
6. One of the sightseeing’s (Green space).
7. Some parts of our region are covered with …, but they are not high.
8. There were about 30 … in our town, but they were all destroyed.
9. Which center is Blagoveshchensk?
10. …, Belgium, Netherlands can be placed together on this territory.
Embankment.
Well I see you can play with crosswords.
Teacher: Now let’s play such a game:
There will be 2 teams. The task for each team will be to name as many words as you can on the topic “Amur Region and Blagoveshchensk”. (In turn one team after another).
Who knows more?
Now I’ll give you the cards with the task to restore the sentence:
1) live, the area, called, the Amur, in, we, which, Region, is.
2) together, Italy, placed, be, Belgium, can, this, Netherlands, territory, on.
3) people, Russia, attracts, our, because, borders, it, China, region, from, parts, other, of, on.
4) developed, has, my, place, a, native, agriculture.
5) buildings, proud, we, which, beautiful, are, really, are, of, ancient, very.
6) Amur, is, Blagoveshchensk, the, region, of, center, the.
7) Blagoveshchensk, over, thousand, people, is, the, 200, population, of.
8) has, town, many, our, the Museum, places, the, Art Gallery, of interest, monuments, parks, and several.
9) vegetables, fruits, so, and, on, we, potatoes, grow, wheat.
10) are, the inhabitants, fond of, the, of, embankment, the Amur, the guests, and.
11) you, people, in, the, can, evening, walking, the embankment, see, you, along, and, of the Amur, town, in the center of, the, especially, many.
12) founded, and, in, since, 1858, Blagoveshchensk, sounded, time, was, that, the biggest, it, town, of the Amur, became, region.
13) But, some, they, parts, of the Amur Region, covered, are, not, mountains, high, with, are.
14) is, Blagoveshchensk, on, situated, of, the, 2, confusion, the, rivers, the, and, Amur, important, the Zeya, very.
15) is, the Amur, famous, Region, its, because, for, soy-beans, is, for climate, it, good, is, our.
I must say that our party is over. I hope it was interesting for you and you’ve known a lot about your region. Thank you, good-bye!
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