Открытый урок по английскому языку "Что вы знаете о Великобритании и США?"

Разделы: Иностранные языки

Тип урока: интегрированный урок-конкурс.

Цели урока:

  1. Познавательный аспект – обогащение страноведческих знаний учащихся.
  2. Развивающий аспект – развитие интеллектуальных способностей и личностной активности.
  3. Воспитательный аспект – воспитание уважительного и терпимого отношения к культуре англоязычных стран.

Оборудование:

  • компьютер,
  • интерактивная доска,
  • слайды,
  • британские и американские флажки.

Участники: учащиеся 10-11классов.

Р.S. Если в школе нет компьютера или интерактивной доски, можно использовать проектор или просто портреты и виды.

Основные этапы урока:

  1. Целеполагание
  2. Общая информация о Великобритании и США.
  3. Знаменательные места.
  4. Литература.
  5. Политическая система.
  6. Известные личности.
  7. Праздники.
  8. Угадай мелодию.
  9. Подведение итогов.

На доске записаны слова:

Вопросы по темам задаёт учитель, а каждый ученик, отвечая, набирает баллы. После каждого этапа вручается флажок тому, кто больше ответил на вопросы.

General Information about Great Britain.

  1. What is the official name of Britain?
  2. What is the official part of London?
  3. What is the symbol of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland?
  4. What is the traditional Christmas meal in Britain?
  5. What is the longest river in Great Britain?
  6. What is the highest mountain?
  7. What is the most famous forest in England?
  8. Who came to Britain from Denmark and Norway in the 9/th country
  9. Why is it never too hot or too cold in Britain?
  10. What is national costume of Scotland?

General Information about the USA.

  1. The continental US is divided into how many zones?
  2. Which American state was the last to acquire “state” status?
  3. What is the name of the first US national park and in which?
  4. Which city in the state of Florida has the same name as a Russian city?
  5. In which city and state is Disney World located?
  6. What are the pet names for the Mississippi River?
  7. Name the highest mountain range in the eastern US?
  8. In which western US state, originally on part of the Nez Perce Indian Reservation, is the city of Moscow located?
  9. Which country presented the U.S. with the statue of Liberty? What was the occasion?
  10. Which American president was the first to live in the White House

PLACES OF INTEREST

На доске проявляются слайды разных достопримечательностей. Задание рекомендуется делать письменно на определённое время.

Name these places of interest:

  1. Buckingham Palace
  2. Downing street
  3. Westminster Abbey
  4. Tower
  5. St. Paul’s Cathedral
  6. Hyde Park
  7. Trafalgar square
  8. Piccadilly Circus
  9. Cambridge University
  10. Big Ben
  11. Statue of liberty
  12. Yellowstone
  13. White House
  14. Lincoln Memorial
  15. The Guggenheim Museum

Literature of the USA

Слайды с портретами Марка Твена, Эрнеста Хемингуэй, Джека Лондона, Рея Брэдбэри,

Эдгара По и О’Генри.

  1. Which 19th-century American writer is said to be the founder of the detective genre? (Edgar Po.)
  2. What pen-name did an American writer use to sing the humorous stories which he wrote in prison? (O. Henry.)
  3. His real name was Samuel Clemens? (Mark Twain)
  4. Name the 1954 Nobel Laureate in Literature who wrote “The Sun Also Rises” (Ernest Hemingway.)
  5. Who is a prominent American science fiction writer? (Ray Bradbury)
  6. Who founded ideas for his stories in Alaska? (Jack London)

Literature of Great Britain.

На доске проявляются портреты Чарльза Диккенса, Вильяма Шекспира, Даниэля Дефо, Артура Кона Дойла, Роберта Бёрнса, Джонатана Свифта, Герберта Уэльса, Вальтера Скотта. Дети пишут соответствие цифры под портретом и номера вопроса.

  1. Who wrote the book called “Gulliver’s Travels”? (Jonathan Swift.)
  2. Which famous English writer’s name is Charles? (Charles Dickens.)
  3. Who is known as the author of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”? (William Shakespeare.)
  4. Who is known as the author of “Robinson Crusoe”? (Daniel Defoe)?
  5. Who wrote “The Invisible Man”? (Herbert Wells.)
  6. Who is the creator of the characters of Doctor Watson and Sherlock Holmes? (A. Conan Doyle)
  7. Who was the father of the historical novel in the world literature? (Walter Scott.)
  8. Who is a famous Scottish poet? (Robert Burns.)

POLITICAL SYSTEM IN THE USA

  1. When did American women receive the right to vote? (in 1920.)
  2. Who was the first President elected as a member of the Republican Party? (Abraham Lincoln.)
  3. Who was the first President to be served only one term? (John Adams.)
  4. Name the longest serving US President. (Franklin Roosevelt.)
  5. Who was the youngest elected President in the history of the US? (John Kennedy.)
  6. What is impeachment? Name one President it threatened. (Bill Clinton.)
  7. After the Vice-President, which political figure is next in line to succeed the President? (The Speaker.)
  8. Name the two political parties in the US and the animals that symbolize each party. (Democrats-donkey, Republicans-elephant.)

POLITICAL SYSTEM IN GREAT BRITAIN.

  1. What kind of state is Great Britain? (A parliamentary monarchy.)
  2. What is the head of the state of Great Britain? (The Queen.)
  3. What are the Houses of British Parliament? (The House of Lords and the House of Commons.)
  4. Which House of the British Parliament is elected by the people? (The House of Commons.)
  5. Who is the chairperson of the House of Lords? (The Lord Chancellor.)
  6. Who is the chairperson of the House of Commons? (The Speaker.)
  7. Who heads the government of Great Britain? (The Prime Minister.)
  8. Who is the Prime Minster of Great Britain at present? (Tony Blair.)

Famous people in the USA.

  1. An American engineer, invented the telephone? (A. Bell.)
  2. In 1981 he created Microsoft DOS. (Bill Gates.)
  3. He began developing family entertainment parks,
  4. He is known as a king of jazz. (Lois Armstrong.)
  5. This American president attended school for a total
    Of about one year. (Abraham Lincoln.)
  6. He got Nobel Prize in 1945 for medicine that had been discovered in 1928.(A. Fleming.)
  7. Where was Charlie Chaplin born? (London.)
  8. Who played the role of Scarlet in the screen version of “Gone with the wind?”(Vivien Leigh.)
  9. Who defeated the French at the Battle of Trafalgar? (Admiral Nelson,)
  10. Who was the architect of St.Paul’Cathedral? (Christopher Wren.)

HOLIDAYS IN BRITAIN AND USA.

На доске проявляются слайды открыток-поздравлений с праздниками. Нужно назвать праздники и сказать пожелание (Christmas, St.Valentine’Day, Easter, Mother’s Day, Halloween, Father’s Day.)

GUESS THE TUNE

Звучат записи песен, учащиеся угадывают песню и исполнителя.

  1. ”Yesterday” – Beatles.
  2. “Satisfaction” – Rolling Stones.
  3. ”I will always love you” – Whitney Houston/
  4. “How much is the fish?” – Scooter.
  5. “Lucky” – Britney Spears.

В конце, если останется время, можно спеть песни под караоке.

Подведение итогов и награждение победителей.