Рисунок современного урока стремительно меняется. Сейчас все чаще говорят о мотивации детей на уроках, о применении информационных технологий, мультимедийных средств обучения. Меняется сам процесс обучения и подход к нему. Меняются цели и задачи, стоящие перед современным образованием, - акцент переносится с “усвоения знаний” на формирование “компетентности” ученика. В основе современного процесса обучения лежит развитие познавательных навыков учащихся, умений самостоятельно конструировать свои знания, ориентироваться в информационном пространстве, развитие их критического и творческого мышления [1].
Новые методы обучения, включающие в себя использование компьютерных технологий, мотивируют ребенка, позволяют раскрыть его творческий потенциал, активно участвовать в ходе урока, обогащают весь урок в целом и делают его интереснее и эффективнее. Урок английского языка, как никакой другой, позволяет использовать аутентичные материалы и наглядные средства обучения такие, как видеофильмы, песни, видеоклипы, карты, картинки, таблицы, схемы, презентации. Такая форма организации учебного процесса отнюдь не должна заменять традиционные методы преподавания, но удачно с ними сочетаться.
Мною была разработана система заданий к англоязычным песням, а также фильмам (отрывкам фильмов) и мультфильмам. В качестве примера далее приводятся задания к песне Frozen (Madonna) и мультфильму “Unreal City”, который был взят из курса Total English (см. Приложение 1). Все задания направлены на развитие навыков аудирования, лексических навыков, расширение словарного запаса, проверяется способность учащихся делать небольшие неподготовленные сообщения по теме.
I. Frozen
You only see what your eyes want to see
How can life be what you want it to be
You're frozen
When your heart's not openYou're so consumed with how much you get
You waste your time with hate and regret
You're broken
When your heart's not openIf I could melt your heart
We'd never be apart
Give yourself to me
You hold the keyNow there's no point in placing the blame
And you should know I suffer the same
If I lose you
My heart will be brokenLove is a bird, she needs to fly
Let all the hurt inside of you die
You're frozen
When your heart's not open.
1. Before listening to the song restore it. Insert the words of your own following a guide.
You only see what your (part of your face) _______ want to see
How can (the state of being alive)________ be what you want it to be
You're frozen
When your (the organ that pumps blood)_________is not (opposite of close)_______.
Read your variants.
Listen to the first part of the song and check yourself. Do you know this song? Who is the singer? What is this song about?
2. How would you translate underlined phrases and words? If you don’t know the word, try to guess its meaning from the context.
You're frozen
You're so consumed with how much you get
You waste your time with hate and regret
If I could melt your heart
We'd never be apart
Now there's no point in placing the blame
I suffer the same
Let all the hurt inside of you die
3. a) Listen to the whole song for the first time and tick these words and phrases from the list that you’ll hear
Life
Live
Apart
A part
Love
Your heart is not frozen
Love is a bird
You take the key
You hold the key
If I lose you
If I miss you
You spend your time
You waste your time
b) Find the rhyme to the words: get, blame, fly, heart, me. It can be rhyme from the song, if you catch it, or of your own.
4. Work in pairs. Put lines in the correct order.
My heart will be broken
And you should know I suffer the same
If I lose you
Now there's no point in placing the blame
Read your variants. Now listen to this part and check yourself.
5. Listen to the part of the song and fill in the gaps.
Love is a _____, she needs to fly
Let all the hurt inside of you____
You're ______
When your heart's not _____.
6. Find extra word in each line and cross it out.
If I could melt your wonderful heart
We'd never be so apart
Give it yourself to me
You can hold the key.
7. Give synonyms (S) or antonyms (A).
Frozen (S)
Apart (S)
Hate (A)
Regret (S)
Suffer (S)
Die (A)
Inside (A)
Hurt (S)
Consume (S)
8. The teacher gives everyone a card with one word. Listen to the whole song and if you hear your word raise your card.
Heart, frozen, open, broken.
9. Explain the meaning of the word ‘frozen’ in this song.
10.*** Now we can sing the song all together. The teacher can give hand outs with the text.
II. The cartoon “Unreal City”
1. We are going to watch the cartoon.
Do you like cartoons?
What cartoons have you seen?
What are your favourite?
2. The title of the cartoon is Unreal City.
What is unreal city for you? Give characteristics.
Who do you think lives in unreal city?
What can people do in unreal city?
Write down all associations with the phrase “unreal city” on the blackboard as a chart.
3. Look at the words below and explain them.
a. break
b. dancer
c. daydream
d. music box
e. fall asleep
f, stamp
g. wake up
4. Now watch the cartoon.
5. Look at our chart with associations. What words and phrases can we use describing this cartoon?
6. Choose more words and phrases from the list below that can describe the cartoon and its characters.
a. beautiful
b. colourful
c. friendly
g. grey
e. horrible
f. nice
g. old-fashioned
h. sunny
i. young
Describe these things with the adjectives.
- The man’s flat
- The place in his dream
- The girl in his dream
7. Watch the cartoon once again. Put in the right order things that happen in it. The first was done for you as an example.
a. He goes to sleep.
b. The man leaves work.__________1
c. He has a daydream.
d. He takes a box to the table.
e. He gets home.
f. He breaks the music box.
g. He listens to the music and looks at his stamps.
h. He opens the box – it’s a music box.
i. The girl in his daydream is real.
While checking this task the teacher can also ask questions for better understanding of the cartoon.
For example:
Where does the man work? What does he do?
What do the man and the girl do in the dream?
How does the man feel when he breaks the box?
What is on the floor next to the key?
What happens at the end of the cartoon? Are the man and the girl happy? Why?
8. Look at the idioms in the list.
a. Match the idioms with their meanings.
Pull your socks up be very tired Wear your heart on your sleeve be puzzled and confused To be dog tired be in trouble To be (all) at sea show your true feelings openly To be in the soup work hard
b. Match the idioms with the actions that take place in the cartoon.
9. Divide the class into two groups.
Group # 1 – Make a story on the cartoon.
Group # 2 – How would you continue this cartoon? Make a short story.
Библиография
- Кульневич С.В., Лакоценина Т.П. Современный урок. Часть II: Научно-практич. пособие для учителей, методистов, руководителей учебных заведений, студентов пед. учеб. заведений, слушателей ИПК. – Ростов: Изд-во “Учитель”, 2005. – 288 с.
- Intel “Обучение для будущего” (при поддержке Microsoft): Учеб. пособие. – 2-е изд., перераб. – М.: “Русская редакция”, 2003. – 368 с.
- Foley M. Total English. Elementary. – Harlow, 2006. 160c. + DVD
- Gallagher F. Total English. Elementary. Teacher’s Resource Book. - Harlow, 2006. 223c. + Test Master CD-ROM.