Урок английского языка "Social Classes in Britain". 8-й класс

Social Classes in Britain.

Задачи урока:

• обучать умению читать с извлечением нужной информации;
• обучать умению слушать с извлечением нужной информации;
• совершенствовать технику чтения вслух;
• обучать говорению (монологическое высказывание);
• формировать интерес и уважение к стране изучаемого языка.

Оборудование урока:

• карта Соединенного Королевства (рисунок 1);
• рисунки растений-символов стран, составляющих государство (рисунки 2, 3, 4, 5);

• флаг Соединенного Королевства;
• карточки с вопросами по страноведению (Приложение 1, card 1);
• карточки с текстом и таблицей (Приложение 1, card 2);
• опорная схема (доска): 
• … is (are) considered to …   – Полагают, что…
• аудиозапись + магнитофон.

Аспекты языка:

• лексика изучаемого раздела;
• грамматика: Reported Speech

Типы речевой деятельности: чтение, говорение, письмо, слушание.

Формы работы: индивидуальная, групповая, фронтальная.

ХОД РАБОТЫ

I. Warm-up

1) To revise the material.

Let us revise the information we have learned. You’ve got card with questions. Your task is to discuss them in groups. You’ve got 3 minutes for your work.

Task 1.

QUESTIONS

1. What parts does Great Britain consist of?
2. What parts does the UK consist of?
3. What is the official name of the UK?
4. What are the symbols of the British parts?
5. What colours is British flag?
6. What is the nickname of British flag?
7. What languages do people speak in the UK?
8. What are the British like?

Now please answer the questions. Listen attentively to your friends you should correct if there is a mistake.

(Учащиеся обсуждают в группах предложенные вопросы, показывают на карте границы стран, входящих в Соединенное Королевство, отмечают символами соответствующие территории.)

II. Reading

1) To practice reading for specific information.

Read the entry from the Dictionary of English Language and Culture and find answers for two questions above the text.

Task 2.

Read the entry from the Dictionary of English Language and Culture and find answers for two questions above the text.

Social Classes in Britain

1) How do British people know which class another person comes from?
2) Do rich people in Great Britain automatically belong to the upper class?

British society is considered to be divided into three main groups of classes – the upper classes, the middle class, and the lower or working class. This is known as the class system and it is important to know something about it if you want to understand British people and society. Most British people grow up (вырасти) with a deep knowledge and understanding of the class system even if they are not very conscious of it (осознают). Most people know which class they belong to and are able (способны) to tell which class another person comes from by the way they speak, their clothes, their interests or even the type of food they eat.
Social class is not only about behaviour and attitudes (отношение).For example, although (хотя) many upper class people are rich may (могут) own a lot of land, having a lot of money does not make a person upper class. It is also important to come from a particular kind of family, have friends who are considered to be suitable, have been to a certain type of private school (частная школа) and speak with right kind of accent (акцент).There are people who are poor but who do not think of themselves as working class because their family background (происхождение), education, political opinions (политические мнения), etc. (так далее) are different to those of most working-class people. Many people do not like the class system but it is impossible to pretend that these differences do not exist (существовать) or that British people do not sometimes form opinions in this way.
(Учащиеся читают текст, находят нужную информацию, читают вслух и переводят найденные предложения.)

2) To practice rendering ideas from English into Russian. (Translation.)

Now please find the sentences with the highlighted constructions and get ready to read them out and translate.

(Учащиеся находят соответствующие предложения в тексте задания 2, в группах обсуждают варианты переводов. Каждая группа представляет по одному предложению, при необходимости корректирует ответы товарищей.)

3) To practice reading for a gist.

Below the text there are three tables. Scan them and answer the question above the tables.

Task 3.

 Do you agree that tables

a) show the typical differences between the classes?
b) present the opinions of all the British people?
c) encourage (поощрять) people to share the prejudices (предрассудки) of the British?

(Учащиеся просматривают таблицы, соглашаются/не соглашаются с высказываниями, обсуждают свой выбор в группах, по очереди представляют свои ответы.)

III. Speaking

1) To practice talking about special features.

Now using the tables and the text you have read make a story about the class of the British society. Each group has to speak about one class. Upper class is for the first group. Middle class is for the second group. Working class is for the third group. Try to use sentences with  the Reported Speech. The example is on the blackboard.

(Учащиеся повторно просматривают таблицы, текст, выбирают нужные выражения, составляют свой текст об указанном классе, один представитель группы выступает с сообщением.)

IV. Listening

1) To practice listening for the main idea.

Now let’s listen to the end of dictionary entry and compare it with your opinions.

(Учащиеся слушают аудиозапись (1 раз), находят и прочитывают ответ/ формулируют самостоятельно.)

Script (Task 4)

The tables show some of the typical ways in which differences between the classes can be seen. They may help you understand any jokes or stories which depend on understanding class which you find on television newspapers etc. The information is intended as a general guide and does not represent the opinion of all British people and it is not intended to encourage you to share the prejudices of British people. 

V. Conclusion and homework

Thank you for your work. Today we have leaned new information which helps us to under stand the British and their society better. Your homework is to be ready to talk about British people.
Your marks: …