Цели: обобщение материала по теме “Лондон и его достопримечательности”.
Задачи:
- обучающие: развивать умения и навыки монологической и диалогической речи; закрепить лексику;
- развивающие: развивать память и мышление учащихся; тренировать их внимание;
- воспитательные: прививать интерес к культуре, традициям, достопримечательностям стран изучаемого языка.
Оборудование: магнитофон, карта Лондона, карточки для викторины, картинка с изображением двухэтажного автобуса для “путешествия” по Лондону, фотографии с достопримечательностями Лондона, “медаль” для победителя в викторине о Лондоне.
Ход урока
- Организационный момент. (Сообщение темы и целей урока.)
Teacher: We’ve got an unusual lesson today-a tour around London. We are going to speak about London and its most famous sights. Our lesson is divided into several parts. We’ll sing a song, revise places of interest in London, make up some dialogues, speak about the history of London. Do you like our plan? So let’s start with the song “London’s burning”.
- Фонетическая разминка.
На доске незнакомые слова, которые необходимо отработать:
- fetch the engines-вызывать пожарные машины
- pour-лить воду
Звучит запись песенки:
London’s burning, London’s burning.
Fetch the engines. Fetch the engines.
Fire, fire. Fire, fire.
Pour on water, pour on water.
Учащиеся читают песню хором за учителем, затем желающие читают и переводят текст песни, затем поют песенку хором.
- “Мозговой штурм”.
(На доске даны ключевые слова для трёх рассказов об истории Лондона. Один учащийся читает факты из истории, а желающие ответить рассказывают о строительстве Лондона римлянами, о Лондонском пожаре, о Сити.)
Teacher: You can see some key words on the blackboard. Read them, use them and say a few words on each of these topics.
Примерные ответы:
P1: London’s history began with the Romans. They built a town on the River Thames. The name of the town was Londinium. By the year 400, there were fifty thousand people in Londinium. Until 1749, there was only one bridge over the river: London’s bridge.
P2: At the beginning of the 11th century England was already a big country and London was a very important city. In 1066 William the Conqueror went to England from Normandy in France. He became King of England but he was afraid of the English and built the White Tower. In 1666 there was the Great Fire of London. After it people built a new city. By 1830 there were more than one and a half million people in London.
P3: London is the capital of England. The heart of London is the City. It is the oldest part of London. You can visit some interesting places in the City or near it. One of them is the Tower of London. Not far from the Tower of London is St. Paul’s Cathedral. It is one of the greatest churches. It was built by Sir Christopher Wren.
- Ролевая игра: “В туристическом агентстве”.
Teacher: Well, my friends. We see you know the history of London very well. And now imagine you are at a Tourist Information Office.
( На столе разложены буклеты о Лондоне, изготовленные учащимися заранее, стоят флаги России и Великобритании.)
Teacher: Who wants to be the office worker? ( Ученик -“служащий туристического агентства” садится за стол. В “туристическое агентство” приходят два посетителя.)
Примерные ответы:
P1: Hello! - P2, P3: Hello!
P1: Can I help you?
P2: Have you got a map of London, please?
P1: Yes, here you are.
P2: Thank you. ( Рассматривает карту.)
P3: Could you give us some information about London’s most famous sights?
P1: What have you already seen?
P3: We haven’t seen anything yet.
P1: Have a look at these leaflets and choose what you like.
P2: Oh, the leaflets are very nice!
P3: And the tours are very interesting too: Trafalgar Square, Madam Tussaud’s. I’d like to begin with a London sightseeing tour on a double-decker bus.
P1: OK. Have a good day!
P2, P3: Thank you. Good bye!
P1: Good bye!
- Заочное путешествие по Лондону.
Teacher: Well done. And now we have “London Sightseeing Tour on a red double-decker bus”.
К карте Лондона прикрепляется картинка с изображением автобуса. Учитель в роли гида начинает экскурсию.
Teacher: Ladies and gentlmen! I welcome you to London. Let me introduce myself. I’m your group leader. My name is... I’m glad to meet you on this double-decker bus.
Далее желающие ответить учащиеся по очереди выступают в роли гида и рассказывают о тех достопримечательностях Лондона, к которым “подъезжает” автобус.
Примерный маршрут и ответы учащихся:
P1: London is the capital of the United Kingdom and the centre of the Commonwealth. It is one of the largest cities of the world. It stands on the river Thames. London is more than two thousand years old. London’s most famous sights are: Tower Bridge, Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament, Trafalgar Square. You’ll see these places from our red double-decker.
P2: We start from Trafalgar Square. It is the heart of tourists’ London. This is where public gatherings and political demonstrations take place. The tall column in the centre of the square commemorates Admiral Nelson’s victory in the Battle of Trafalgar, where the British navy defeated the navy of Napoleon in 1805.
P3: Now we are coming to Piccadilly Circus.It is a famous London landmark and meeting place. There is a bronze fountain in its centre with famous statue of Eros, the Greek god of love. Look right. We are passing Hyde Park.
P4: Now we are at Buckingham Palace. It is the London home of the Queen. It is a wonderful building with a monument in front of it which is the Queen Victoria Memorial.
P5: On the left you can see a long grey building. Look at its towers. They are the Houses of Parliament. The large clock in one of the towers is Big Ben. Big Ben is one of London’s most famous landmarks. In fact, it is not the name of the clock on the Tower of Westminster, but it is the nickname of the bell inside.
P6: On the other side of Parliament Square you can see Westminster Abbey. It is one of the most famous and beautiful churches in London. Many English kings and queens are buried there. Westminster Abbey is famous for the Poet’s Corner too.
P7: Now we are crossing Tower Bridge. From here you can see the Tower of London. It was a fortress, a royal palace and later a prison. It is a museum now.
P8: We are making our way to the second famous church, St. Paul’s Cathedral. It is the greatest work of the architect Sir Christopher Wren. We’ll stop at Fleet Street. You can go shopping. Our tour has finished. I hope you have enjoyed this tour. Thank you and good bye!
- Тест о Лондоне.
Teacher: Now we’ll have a test . It is about London and its sights. Match the pictures with their descriptions.
( На доске прикрепляются фотографии с достопримечательностями Лондона, а рядом написаны их короткие описания, но они даны не по порядку. Ученики должны стрелками соединить названия достопримечательностей с соответствующими им описаниями.)
Возможные варианты:
1. Фотографии:
- Big Ben,
- Downing Street,
- St. Paul’s Cathedral,
- the Tower of London,
- the National Gallery
2. Краткие описания:
- This large clock is one of the towers of the Houses of Parliament. You can hear the sound of it every hour in London. The clock got its name after Sir Benjamin Hall.
- It is a small street where the British Prime Minister lives. He lives at number 10.
- This church is in the City. Sir Ch. Wren is buried under the dome. It is his masterpiece.
- It was a prison, a palace, a fortress, the King’s Zoo. But now it is a museum.
- It is one of the best picture galleries of the world. There are two beautiful fountains in front of it. It is situated in Trafalgar Square.
- Ассоциации.
( На доске слово - London, учащиеся по очереди подбегают и пишут вокруг этого слова свои слова, которые возникают у них по ассоциации.)
Teacher: Now we’ll play a little. You will write on the blackboard the words associated with the word “LONDON”.
- Викторина о Лондоне.
Teacher: And now our Quiz.
( За правильный ответ учащиеся получают жетон, а победителю вручается заранее приготовленная медаль знатока.)
- When did William the Conqueror come to London? (In 1066)
- Where did he come from? ( From Normandy )
- Why did he build the White Tower? (He was afraid of the English).
- When was the Great Fire of London? (In 1666).
- Can you name London’s parks? (Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, Holland Park, Regent’s Park, St. James’s Park, Green Park).
- Can you name the parts of London? (The City, the East End, the West End).
- On what river is London situated? (On the river Thames).
- What is the centre of London? (Trafalgar Square).
- What is the political centre of London? (Westminster).
- Подведение итогов.
Teacher: Dear boys and girls! Thank you for your preparation and your activity at the lesson. I was greatly impressed with your answers. Your home task will be to write a short story “My Visit to London”.