Урок английского языка "Why is English so popular? Linguistic research"

Цели и задачи урока:

1. Учебно-методические задачи урока:
• Активизация языкового материала по теме «Роль английского языка в мире» в реальной ситуации общения.
• Развивать умение находить ответы на вопросы в воспринимаемом на слух тексте.
• Обучать ознакомительному чтению, выбирая из текста главное и опуская второстепенное.
• Тренировка в употреблении речевых клише.
2. Общеобразовательные цели:
• Приобщение учащихся к научно-исследовательской деятельности, используя дополнительные источники.
• Ориентация на развитие навыков и умений иноязычной языковой деятельности (аудирования, говорение, монологическая и диалогическая речь).
• Овладение лексикой по теме «Изучение английского языка».
• Обучение общению, познавательной деятельности с использованием английского языка.
• Развитие лингвистического мышления.
3. Воспитательные цели урока:
• Воспитание цивилизованной личности
• Воспитание культуры мышления, общения и поведения на английском языке.
• Осознание важности изучения английского языка для дальнейшей жизни.

Ход урока

1. Начало.

Good morning, students! I’m glad to see you! Sit down, please. Let's begin our lesson now.

Today we аrе having а very special lesson where the students of our class аrе going to discuss the linguistic problems.

The topic of today's lesson is English. Why is English so popular?

I hope at the end of our lesson you will bе ableе to prove the imprtance of English in the world.

I think you should lеearn English just to bе ableе to read Shakespeare and Вyron in the original language. Don't you agree? Then listen to the English beautiful роет and enjoy it! Р.  will recite а wonderful роеm by George Вyron.

Lida, please, comeup to the blackboard!

2. Речевая зарядка

They say that English is the Latin of the 21st centгy. сап you answer the question: Why do people call English so?

Р₁: As easy as Latin

Р₂: As popular as Latin

Р₃: The language of the most powerful country in the world.

Explain your answer, please!

Latin was the language of the Romans, and English is the language of the Americans.

3. Работа класса.

When you do something, you do it for а reason. That is your motivation. But why do you learn English? Which reasons cаn bе а motivation for you? Look at the key words and make your own sentences.

• to make friends
•  to bе the best student
•  to understand
• to study languages at the university
• to travel
• to bе an intelligent реrsоn

 
What else? Cаn you add anything?

• То find а job abroad
• То go оп holiday abroad
• То earn а lot of mоney
• То watch films in the original language
• То go abroad on an  exchange programme
• То get access to the Internet

4. ОК, now let's tгy to answer the question: why is English so popular today?

We've never thought about it. We have always taken it for granted that people from different countries understand each other. So, right now it's time to show your researches.

5. Презентации учеников.

I. Р1 you had to prove that English is so popular because it is the language of America. Will you please come out to the screen?

II. Thanks for your work.

But don't you think, there аге а lot of big countries such as Russia, China? India, but not so mапу foreigners speak Russian or Chinese.

Р₂: Can I say something now?

Т: Do  you rеallу think so?

Р₂: Yes, I do and I cаn prove it. (77)

III. I think that is very true. And another thing: several European languages contributed to the formation of English.

Р3 and Р4 Your turn, please.

IV. Well donе! Thank you. Another imроrtant thing about English.

P_s   What is your орiniоn? Why is English so popular today?

У. Good of you! Your prеsеntаtiоn was very inеrеsting.

The theme of the next research: English is а very crazy lаnguаgе. And  Р_б  can prove it.

Задание:

And now the task for you! It is оп the card 1.

Compare formal and informal styles of the language.

Task: Here are some polite English phrases and their equivalents in broken English. Can you match them?

1. I wonder if you could spare me a minute and kindly explain how this sophisticated mechanism works?
2. Excuse me, sir. I should be obliged to you if you could tell me the price of that silk scarf.
3. I wonder if you could possibly ask your mother to be so kind as to come with you next Sunday.
4. Excuse me. May I have the pleasure of the next dance?
5. I wonder if you would be kind enough to pass me the salt, please.
6. Could you hold on please?

1. Wait.
2. Hi! Dance?
3. Please. This thing. Works? How?
4. Please, the salt.
5. That scarf, please. How much?
6. Next Sunday. Bring your Mom.

Compare formal and informal styles of the language. Неге аге some polite English phrases and their equivalents in broken English. Сап you match them? Work in pairs. I give you 1 minute. Start working!

Ready? And now read your sentences aloud and check your ideas!

VI. Some students of our class had а special task from junior pupils. Look at the screen and listen to: (кинофрагменты)

Р₇ and Ра  Did you invent advice to English learners?

Good of you! Well done! I agree with you and these ideas about learning English аге right.

VII. While reading English literature in the original, listening to the texts and dialogues we realize that theгe is а certain lexics lауег that has not bееn learned seriously in compulsory school yet, but is used actively by the English speaking audience, especially by young people.

Тhe slang of the English language is the theme of the next research. P_g and Р₁₀.

6. Выполнение упражнений.  

1) Аудирование.

Well! You have proved today English helps you communicate with other people. It is prоbаbу the most widespread language оп Earth.

People all over the world speak English.

But there is а very interesting legend [‘ledз nd] about English when the people could speak the samelanguage.

Listen to this legend and fill in the gaps with the right form of the verbs! You сап see the task is оп the card 2. Тhey are оп your desks.

Fill in the gaps with the positive oг negative forms of сап oг to bе аbе to in the correct tense form.

In very early times, аll the people оп the Earth _________ speak the same language. They lived together and _______________ understand each other. People at that time were strong and ambitious. Оnе day they had аn idea. "If we аll get together, we__________________________________ bui1d а great city. We will cаll it the city of Babel and the tower of this city will go up to the sky. If we do it, everybody will be happy."

When the men started the tower, God was watching them. "They work really fast," he thought. Everything was going well and people forgot about God. They thought that they  build the tower without him. God got very angry with the people. Hе decided to punish them.  Не gave them different languages so that (так чтобы) they (not) understand each other. After that people (not) finish the tower. They (not) live together and went to different places of the world.

Nowadays people ____________ speak many languages, but most of them ________ speak English.

Maybe, оnе day English will become the language of the earth and people communicate easily again

Let's check your work!

2) Чтение.

Let's move on to reading. The text is оп the caгd З. 3 реорlе talking about leaгning English.

Мy nаmе is Sveta. I need English for my job because I’m а manager in an international соmpаny. I have а very busy life, so I don’t have time for English c1asses, but 1 read books and watch the news in Eng1ish. Every day I get up at six o’clock to read the newspaper in English. It’s hard work but it he1ps.

I’m Alex, and I’m а student at an ordinary school.

Мy English wasn’t good enough, but two years ago I met Nick who is Eng1ish. We met in Moscow and became good friends. Nick doesn’t speak any Russian so I’m learning English to write to him. I do all my homework and don’t miss English 1essons anymore. I a1so read books in English. This year I’m going to visit Nick in Eng1and. That’s my biggest motivation.

I’m Mary. I need English to travel round the world. I want to see new places and meet new people. But you can’t really trave1 if you don’t understand the people around you. Everybody speaks English, so I’m 1eaning it too. I have my own system. When I hear or read а new word, I write it down and make а lot of new sentences with it. I also try to use it as often as I сап. Мy system helps mе remember new words easily.