Problem Solving Grammar

Мотивации в изучении иностранного языка – важный фактор успешности освоения материала. Кроме того, процесс учебной деятельности должен стать важным источником познавательной активности учащихся. Для стимулирования мышления необходимо создавать такие проблемные ситуации, которые бы заставляли учащихся думать, работать творчески, “ломать голову”, другими словами – способствовали бы появлению у них таких состояний как интеллектуальное затруднение, побуждали бы у учащихся желание высказаться. Исследуя и анализируя проблемы этих ситуаций, учащиеся, применяя иностранный язык, будут акцентировать свое внимание не на форме, а на содержании своего высказывания, переместив, таким образом, акцент с лингвистического аспекта на содержательный. Кроме того, создание проблемных ситуаций способствует принятию учащимися импровизированных решений, основанных не на воспроизведении материала по образцу, а на возможностях порождения речи.

Однако, предлагаемые учебными пособиями упражнения для отработки того или иного раздела грамматики не всегда учитывают практическую направленность получаемых знаний, не связаны с активизацией мыслительной деятельности учащихся, не всегда интересны учащимся.

Первая группа предлагаемых ниже разработок относится к теме “Числительные” и может быть использована как на уроках, так и во внеклассной работе (они могут быть включены в конкурсы, олимпиады).

Вторая группа заданий – проблемные задачи, относящиеся к различным темам – цвета, члены семьи, животные и т.д. могут быть использованы для работы с более сильными учащимися на уроке, на факультативах и кружках, включены в конкурсные и олимпиадные задания.

NUMERALS

1. There were 10 books on the table. The fourth, the sixth and the ninth books were for the parents. How many books were there for the children?
2. There are fifty –five lights on the New Year tree. The fifth and the seventh lamps do not work. How many lamps work?
3. There are seven presents under the New Year tree. Two presents are for Kate. Three presents are for John. How many presents will Polly get?
4. There are seventy lights on the New Year tree. Five lamps do not work. How many lamps work?
5. There are twenty-seven pupils in my class: eleven boys and ….. girls there.
6. I bought some food for my cat (75r.) and some food for my fish (29r.). How much money did I spend?
7. Sam bought some bird nuts (7$) and cat food (12$). How much money did he spend?
8. How old was Mum when Tom was born if she is thirty-seven now and her son is twelve?
9. Say these numbers in order. Start with the smallest.
10. 38, 27, 75, 36, 89, 65
11. Choose the numbers to make 60: 43, 34, 25, 19, 26, 17, 35, 31
12. Jane has 54 p. She wants to buy some chips (79p.) How much more money does she need?
13. There were twelve people in the line. They wanted to buy apples or oranges. The first, the fifth, the eighth and the tenth bought apples. How many people bought oranges?
14. There were eleven people in the line. Two more people came and bought bananas. The sixth, the ninth bought bananas, too. How many people bought bananas?
15. There are 97 pages in the book. The fifth, the twenty-seventh, the forty-eighth, the fifty-sixth, the seventy-second pages have nice pictures. How many pages are without pictures?

1. How many days are there in December?
2. How many Mondays are there in December?
3. When is the twenty-fifth of December?
4. How many Sundays in December?
5. When do people celebrate New Year?
6. I celebrate my daughter’s birthday three days after the twenty-fifth of December. When is her birthday?
7. Kate has eight books to read. She reads one book a day. She read the first on the third of December. When is she going to read the eighth book?
8. When do people in Great Britain celebrate Christmas?

PUZZLES

1. Dolly is a little girl. She has got three toy frogs. Their names are: Flop, Top and Chap. One is brown, one is yellow, and one is green. Flop is not yellow. The yellow frog is not Chap, Chap is not brown.

Toy’s colour Toy’s names	Brown	Yellow	Green
Flop
Chap
Top

2. Tom is from America. He has got some relatives: a wife, a daughter, and a sister. They are Ann, Polly, and Kate. Tom's wife is not Ann. His daughter’s name is not Kate. Ann and Polly are not his sisters.

Tom’s relatives Their names	wife	sister	daughter
Kate
Ann
Polly

3. Nick is from Great Britain. He has got three friends. They are: Antony, Dick and Harris. They are seven, eight and nine. But they don’t live in Great Britain. Anthony is not from Canada and he is not nine. The boy who is eight is from Canada. The boy from the USA is not Harris. Dick doesn’t live in Canada. The boy from France is not Dick and he is not seven.

Name	Country	Аgе
Anthony
Dick
Harris

4. Kevin, Mike and Sam have got three dogs. They are black, white and brown. The boy who has got a white dog is not Kevin. Mike hasn’t got a brown dog. Sam’s dog is not black. The boy who has got a black dog is not Kevin.

Colour Dogs	white	black	brown
Kevin’s dog
Mike’s dog
Sam’s dog

5. Willy, Ricky, Sam and Bill like to play sport games. But Bill can’t play volleyball. Sam can’t play tennis. The boy who can play football is not Willy. The boy who can’t play volleyball is not Ricky. Sam and Bill can’t play basketball. What games can the boys play?

Games Names	Football	Tennis	Basketball	Volleyball
Bill
Ricky
Willy
Sam

6. The Browns are a family of three. The father’s name is Robert. He is an engineer. His wife Helen is a doctor. Their son Eric is a pupil.

One day one comes at 4, one comes at 5, and one comes at 6. One is tired, one is sad and one is happy. Helen doesn’t come at four but she is not sad. A tired person is not Eric. The person who comes at six is sad. A happy person is not Robert. Eric is not sad.