Цель: развивать умение применять материал в практических ситуациях, познакомить учащихся со страноведческими реалиями Великобритании, расширить кругозор учащихся, воспитывать толерантное отношение к стране изучаемого языка.
Задачи: проверить умения и навыки устной монологической и диалогической речи, аудирования, развивать познавательные и творческие способности учащихся, учить работать со страноведческой информацией.
План урока
Teacher. Good morning, boys and girls! How are you? Fine?
Have you ever been abroad? Never? I’m sure that everybody wants to visit Great Britain or any other country. Well, today at the lesson you have got a chance to visit the UK and the most famous and beautiful city in the world, the capital of the UK – London!
Let’s train some English sounds.
- And now look at the blackboard. Listen to me very carefully. (Cлайд №1)
See – saw, sacradown,
Which is the way to London town?
One foot up and the other foot down,
That is the way to London town.(Скажите, пожалуйста, сэр Бертрам,
Как в Лондон попасть поскорее нам?
Одна нога здесь, а другая – там.
Быстрее никак не добраться вам!)
Teacher: Every year a lot of people visit Britain.
- Why do people travel to England? Why would you like to go to London? (Cлайд №2)
(T-P1-P2 -Pn)
Excellent
- Who would you like to go to London with? (Cлайд №3)
- What kind of transport can people travel by? (Cлайд №4)
- Which do you prefer? (Cлайд №5)
- Why do you prefer travelling by plane, by train, by ship or by car? (Cлайд №6)
(T-P1-P2 -Pn)
- What do you need to go abroad? (Cлайд №7)
(T-P1-P2 -Pn)
- What cities would you like to visit in the UK? (Cлайд №8)
(T-P1-P2 -Pn)
- Why would you like to visit these cities?
(T-P1-P2 -Pn)
- And now I would like to invite you to the capital of the UK – London. First of all I want you to answer my questions about London.
- What language do the people in Britain speak? (they speak English)
- What are the parts of Great Britain? (They are: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland)
- What river does London stand on? (London stands on the River Thames)
- What is the biggest city in Britain? (The biggest city in Britain is London)
- What are the most famous places of interest in Britain?
- Please read the texts about places of interest of London. Try to guess what places of interest are described there?
They say it is the most beautiful place in London. In the middle of it a monument to Admiral Nelson is situated. The monument includes four bronze lions. There are two fountains in it. (Trafalgar Square) (Cлайд №9)
It is a wonderful building. The Queen Victoria Memorial is in front of it. It takes you ten minutes to get from this building to Trafalgar Square, the centre of London. The Queen of Great Britain lives there. (Buckingham Palace) (Cлайд №10)
It was a fortress, a palace, a prison and the King’s Zoo. Now it is a museum. You can see a lot of interesting things in the halls of this building. William the Conqueror built it in the eleventh century. Twelve back ravens live in it. People believe that London will be rich while the ravens live there. (London Tower) (Cлайд №11)
It is more than nine hundred years old. There are many monuments and statues there, many English kings and queens are buried there. It is famous for the Poet’s Corner. It is one of the most famous and beautiful churches in London. This church has two tall towers. (Westminster Abbey) (Cлайд №12)
They are long grey buildings with towers. The large clock in one of the towers is “Big Ben”. You can hear the sound of “Big Ben” every hour in London The clock and the bell got their names after Sir Benjamin Hall. The members of the British Parliament work in these buildings. (The Houses of Parliament) (Cлайд №13)
- What would you like to visit in London?
- Please, imagine that you have a chance to visit London. You have to speak with Englishmen. Make up dialogues. The first row your topic is “Booking tickets”, the second row you topic is “to catch the taxi”, the third – your topic is “asking a way”.
Примеры
Booking tickets
- I want to fly to London on the 10th of December.
- I’ll just see what there is.
- I want an economy class and I’d prefer the morning.
- Yes, there are some tickets: flight 103 leaves the airport at 10 o’clock.
- What time have I got to be there?
- The couch leaves for the airport at 8 o’clock.
- Here you are
- Thank you.
Catching a taxi
- Taxi! Are you free?
- Yes, madam. Let me help you with your luggage. Where to?
- To the airport, please. How long will it take us to get there?
- I think we’ll get there in thirty minutes.
- Come on, then.
Asking the way
- Excuse me.
- Yes.
- Is there an underground station near here?
- Yes there is.
- Is it far?
- No, it’s just round the corner.
- Thank you very much.
- That’s all right.
- Our lesson I would like to finish with the poem “Different Languages” (Cлайд №14)
I met a girl
Who came from another land.
I couldn’t speak
Her language,
But I took her by the hand.
We danced together,
had such fun,
Dancing is a language
You can speak with anyone.