Цели:
познавательный аспект – знакомство с шотландским изобретателем Д. Л. Биардом и его изобретением;
развивающий аспект – развитие способности к распределению внимания, к непроизвольному запоминанию; развитие способности к догадке, гибкости ума, коммуникабельности; развитие способности к репродуктивным и продуктивным речевым действиям; развитие умения обосновывать и отстаивать свою точку зрения;
воспитательный аспект – формирование уважительного отношения к мнению другого человека, потребности в высказывании собственного мнения; воспитание уважения к чужому труду и творчеству; воспитание этики взаимоотношений; воспитание умения различать истинные и мнимые ценности;
учебный аспект – развитие лексических навыков чтения и говорения; развитие умения чтения и аудирования с целью извлечения общей и детальной информации; повторение грамматического материала через составление вопросов разных типов в Past Simple.
Ход мероприятия
Teacher’s Introductory Word
- Good morning, boys and girls! I’m glad to see you. As you know in our lyceum science week is being held and during the lessons in most subjects the main topic is science, famous inventors and their inventions. Today we’ll have a contest. Let’s form three groups. You’ll have to do several tasks and for every right answer you’ll get a point. The team with the most numbers of points is the winner.
Класс делится на три команды. Каждая команда выбирает свой цвет. За каждое правильно выполненное задание команда получает жетон
Contest 1. “Great Inventors and Their Inventions”
Команды получают карточки с именами изобретателей и названиями изобретений. Задача – сопоставить изобретателя с его изобретением.
Match the name of the inventor with his invention.
| 1. Henry Ford | a. a jet engine (реактивный двигатель) for airplanes and rockets |
| 2. Alexander Bell | b. television |
| 3. the Wright Brothers | c. the first airplane |
| 4. Michael Faraday | d. chewing gum |
| 5. Thomas Edison | e. a car |
| 6. Thomas Adams | f. telephone |
| 7. Valdemar Pousen | g. a machine which could make electricity |
| 8. Sergei Korolyov | h. tape recorder |
| 9. John Logie Biard | i. “phonograph” – the first sound recorder; the light bulb; “kinetoscope” – a machine which could make films |
| 10. Isaac Newton | j. the law of gravitation |
Ключ: 1e;2f; 3c; 4g; 5i; 6d; 7h; 8a; 9b; 10j
На выполнение задания даётся пять минут. Команды обмениваются карточками и проверяют друг друга, правильные ответы произносятся вслух, жетон даётся за каждый правильный ответ.
Contest 2. “Inventions in Our Life”
А).Your task now is to guess the things which we use in our everyday life. The team which is the first to name the thing gets a point.
1. You wash clothes in it.
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2. You use this thing to clean your flat, carpets.
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3. You can communicate with people who are away from you using this thing. It is very compact; you can carry it in your bag or pocket. It has many functions, it can wake you up in the morning, you can enjoy listening to music with the help of it and even enjoy playing games.
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4. You can wash dirty dishes in it.
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5. You can cook, defrost and reheat pre prepared food in it.
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Ключ: 1 - washing-machine; 2 - vacuum cleaner; 3 – mobile telephone; 4 – dishwasher; 5 – microwave oven.
В). You will listen to some conversations now. You should decide which of these things the speakers are talking about:
vacuum cleaner, home computer, answer phone, CD player, dishwasher, fax machine, video recorder, washing- machine
Dialogue 1:
A.: Okay, so you need to press that button…
B.: What, that one?
A.: Yeah, the one that says “announcement” on it… and you need to actually hold it down… hold the button down…
B.: Okay…
A.: … and then in a second a light flashes, a red light… and that means it’s ready to record… and you just record your announcement: “I’m sorry I can’t take your call”… whatever.
B.: Okay, sounds easy… let’s have a go then…
Dialogue 2:
A.: … and it just went “phutt”… stopped…
B.: Hmm… let me see… did you plug it properly?
A.: What?
B.: Is it plugged in at the wall?
A.: Well, of course, it is! I’m not that stupid!
B.: I’ll just check. Sometimes you can unplug it by mistake… when you’re moving around… hmm, looks okay… try again… switch it on… hmm, nothing.
A.: That’s what I told you!
B.: Well, you’ll just have to use a brush then. We can’t leave the carpet as it is…
Dialogue 3:
Right, have you got the thing, you want to send? You put the document in there, like that… and then you pick up the handset, and you dial the number. Then you wait for the tone… and when the tone sounds, it’s like a continuous beep… and when you hear that, it means you can send it off, so you press the start button and it just goes through. Okay?
Dialogue 4:
A.: So, it’s perfectly simple, you just follow what it says here.
B.: Well, you tell me what it says, and I’ll do it.
A.: Right, so “Set TV to video channel” – right we’ve done that.
B.: Right.
A.: Load a tape. So put a tape in again… okay… right… and now you just…
B.: But look – it’s happened again! The tape gets stuck!
A.: Hmm… well, see if you can get the tape out by pressing the “eject” button… that’s it…
B.: No, it’s not working, it’s still stuck…
Ключ: 1. answer phone; 2. vacuum cleaner; 3. fax machine; 4. video recorder. (Recording 1, Module 8, Cutting Edge под редакцией Sarah Cunningham, Peter Moor, 2001)
Teacher:
- Look at these letters of one word: N, I, E, L, T, I, O, S, V, E. If you put them in the correct order you’ll get the word which means the most powerful and popular type of mass media, which is also one of the most wonderful inventions of the 20th century. What is it?
Отгадав слово Television, учащиеся просматривают в течение 1-2 минут отрывок из фильма “Гарри Поттер”. Это поможет им немного расслабиться и перейти к выполнению следующих заданий, в которых речь пойдёт именно о телевидении.
Teacher:
- Doing the first task of our contest you have learned the name of the inventor of television. Now I’d like you to read the text about him and you’ll learn how it happened.
Contest 3 “Meet the Great Inventor”
Read the text about a great inventor of the television John Logie Biard, ask questions and answer them.
John Logie Biard (1888 – 1946)
TELEVISION
The television is one of the great inventions to come out of Scotland. To all of us who enjoy relaxing in front of the television, we have a Scotsman to thank. John Logie Biard from Helensburgh (near Glasgow) invented this phenomenally successful communication device, with the first ever television broadcast being transmitted by the BBC in 1929. But the first success took place on 25th October 1925. The first person on television was a boy who worked in the office next to Biard’s workroom in London. On 27th January 1926 he demonstrated his invention before an audience of scientists at the Royal Institution in London. In addition, using infrared light, he was able to transmit pictures of people sitting in total darkness. He named it “Noctavision”. He moved his experiments to more spacious rooms in Motograph House, near Leicester Square and with two friends he formed “Television Ltd”. In 1927 Biard sent pictures from London to Glasgow. He was also experimenting with three spirals of holes, each covered with a red, blue, or green filter, and he demonstrated color television in Glasgow. He was also experimenting with, and demonstrating, stereoscopic television. In the same year, using a short-wave transmitter, he sent a television picture to the USA and to a ship, the “Berengaria” in mid-Atlantic. He launched “Biard International Television” with a capital of 1 million pounds to exploit television commercially.
Following a number of tests in 1928 the B.B.C. carried out its first experimental transmission in 1928. It was seen by about 30 people in the UK who had bought receivers from Biard International. At this time it was difficult to get vision and sound in phase, but this was achieved in 1930 when Gracie Fields, the synchronized transmission.
John Logie Biard was determined to achieve a fully electronic color television receiver. And he did. Using a two color (blue – green, orange – red) cathode ray system he demonstrated, on 16th August 1944, the television picture of his favorite tailor’s dummy, dressed in a pink jacket and blue trousers, to a group of journalists in his workshop in London.
Biard died in his sleep, aged 58, on 14th June 1946. He was buried in the little church-yard at Helensburgh, the place of his birth.
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На табло за каждый правильный вопрос в соответствующей ячейке вывешивается жетон той команды, чей вопрос задан грамматически правильно. Таким образом, по цвету жетона видно, какое количество баллов набирает каждая команда. Если вопрос задан правильно, остальные команды выбирают другой квадрат и задают вопрос соответственно заданию. Если есть ошибка, другие команды имеют право задать этот же вопрос, пока задание не будет выполнено верно. Команда, отвечающая на вопрос правильно, тоже получает балл.
Contest 4 “Television in Our Life”
Read the text and do tasks from 1 to 5.
Television in Our Life.
The first commercial television broadcast was made on April 20, 1939 by Radio Corporation of America (RCA). Since 1939, it has become one of the most important facts of modern life. Television is very much a part of the modern world. Its effects are felt all over the world.
Television is a reflection of modern world, say some people. It shows contemporary society. It affects customs and culture, others say. Television is bad for culture because it keeps culture from growing, say still others.
Good or bad, television is difficult to avoid. Its pictures enter homes, stores, airports and factories. It is here to stay!
I. Point the information which is in the text: Television…
- has wide influence.
- is a modern day fact.
- can influence culture.
- is easy to avoid.
- reflects the sun and the moon.
- is found in homes.
- can’t last long.
II. Fill in the blanks with suitable nouns from the text:
- Radio _______ of America
- one of the most important _______
- a part of the modern _______
- Television is a _______ of the modern world.
- It shows contemporary _______ .
- It keeps ______ from growing
III. The main idea of the first paragraph is:
- Television affects radio.
- Television is the same as movies.
- Television is important in the modern world.
IV. The main idea of the second paragraph is:
- Television influences culture.
- Society and television is bad.
- Cultures grow out of television.
V. Complete the sentences:
1. The effects of television are ______ .
a. reflections b. commercial c. facts
2. RCA made the _______ commercial television broadcast.
a. longest b. first c. second
3. Television is not found in ______ .
a. rivers b. factories c. airports
4. It is difficult to _______ television.
a. watch b. hear c. avoid
Ключ: I – 1, 2, 3; II – 1-Corporation, 2-facts, 3-world, 4-reflection, 5-society, 6-culture; III -1; IV – 1, V – 1-c, 2-b, 3-a, 4-c.
Contest 5 “Advantages and Disadvantages of Television”
Discuss in your groups the main advantages and disadvantages of television, write them in two columns on your paper and express your own opinion.
Предположительные ответы учащихся:
1. Television is one of the greatest achievements of the 20th century. It is the most popular part of mass media. Television is the easiest and the cheapest source of information. It is an advantage.
2. One of the positive features about TV is that it educates us. There are programmes devoted to specialized subjects such as life of animals or plants, science, politics and many others. Watching such programmes we learn a lot of useful and interesting information.
3. TV gives us opportunity to travel around the world without getting up from the sofa. We can learn about life of people in different countries, their customs and traditions and we don’t pay for it.
4. There are very exciting, funny and humorous programmes, concerts full of wonderful music and songs especially on holidays. So, television entertains us and we like it because it makes us forget our everyday problems.
5. One of the disadvantages is that television sometimes substitutes our nearest and dearest. It prevents us from communicating with our friends and relatives.
6. Today you can see many films on TV which are filled with cruel and violent scenes that is very bad especially for children and teenagers.
7. Watching TV too much may be dangerous for your eyesight. It is a disadvantage.
Подведение итогов.
Подсчёт заработанных баллов, выявление команды – победителя игры.