Комментарии к уроку "Великобритания — страна традиций"

Цели:

• обобщение и активизация изученного материала;
• тренировка навыков аудирования, чтения, монологической речи;
• совершенствование лексических навыков;
• актуализация  страноведческого материала;
• развитие интереса учащихся к изучению английского языка, культуре и традиций Великобритании.

Оборудование:

Интерактивная доска, презентация традиций Великобритании, кроссворд. К уроку прилагается презентация.

Ход урока

Glad to meet you, boys and girls. As you see on the inter write board that the theme of our lesson is: “Great Britain: a Country of Traditions”. Different countries have different cultures, traditions and customs. Each nationality has its own features. Today at our lesson we’ll be speaking about British traditions and customs. You have already learnt about a lot about them.

Now, you can see four English proverbs. Let’s read them and try to find the Russian equivalents:

- My house is my castle. (Мой дом - моя крепость)

- With the foxes, we must play fox. (С волками жить - по волчьи выть)

- So many countries, so many customs. (О вкусах не спорят)

- When in Rome, do as the Romans do. (Со своим уставом в чужой монастырь не ходят)

Can you choose the proverb which suits the best as the motto of our lesson?

The motto of our lesson is: “So many countries, so many customs”.

I. Фонетическая зарядка

Look at the board. You can see the names of different holidays all over the world. Let’s read them correctly and then choose only the British ones.

II. Речевая зарядка

Now, I’d like you to march the names of the holidays and the dates of their celebrations.

What do you know…

1. English families prefer to live …

a) in flats

b) in own houses

2. On Sundays theatres and shops are…

a) closed

b) opened

3. British buses are …

a) double-decked and yellow

b) double-decked and red

4. The cars keeps to the …

a) left of road

b) right of road

5. The most popular English game is…

a) cricket

b) football

6. English people have tea …

a) in the morning and in the evening

b) the whole day everywhere

7. The English have sentimental love for …

a) new things

b) old things

8. Traditional English house has …

a) three floors

b) two floors

9. They have … in their houses.

a) fireplaces

b) central heating

10. In Great Britain the favourite topic to discuss is …

a) hobby

b) weather

III. Is it true or false?

1. The New Year’s tree is a present from people of America to people of Great Britain.
2. The day after Christmas is New Year.
3. For Christmas Dinner the English eat hamburgers.
4. The Edinburgh Military Tattoo takes place 5 or 6 nights a week in August and September.
5. The name of the British national flag is “The Stars and Stripes”.
6. The Eisteddfod is a Welsh festival, devoted to music and poetry.

IV. Listening Comprehension

Our next task is listening comprehension. You will watch our video film some British traditions. Look through your papers and find out what idea of the text you should get.

V. Let’s have a rest

You can see the pictures of different holidays, but they are mixed. I’d like you to choose and gather pictures devoted to Christmas in the right corner, to Easter in the left corner, to St. Valentine’s Day and to Halloween at the bottom of the screen.

VI. St. Valentine’s Crossword

Are you a good spellers? Do you know much about such interesting holiday as St. Valentine’s Day? Let’s guess some words.

1. Special cards sent on St. Valentine’s Day. (valentines)
2. A very strong feeling of liking someone. (love)
3. A person who someone love. This word is often used in Valentine poems. (sweetheart)
4. Something that is given as a gift on St. Valentine’s Day. (chocolate)
5. He is a son of a Roman goodness of love. He sends his magic arrows. (Cupid)
6. They are favorite birds of Venus. They both care for their babies. (doves)

VII. Monologues

Now, let’s listen to some pupils. They will tell us interesting information about different British traditions.

VIII. Reading

Our next task is reading. You should read the extracts of the text and march them with their names.

1. Before every State Opening of Parliament, the men of the guard in their scarlet and gold uniforms, gather in the Prince’s Chamber of the house of Lords. Ignoring the existence of electric light, they search every corner of the cellars beneath the Palace of Westminster by the light of old candle-lanterns. When they are satisfied that all is well a message is sent to the Queen and Parliament is free to assemble.
2. The original Easter eggs were hard-boiled eggs, often beautifully decorated. The custom of rolling Easter eggs downhill is observed every Easter Monday at Avenham park, in Lancashire, although chocolate eggs, or even oranges, can be used nowadays.
3. Tossing pancakes, especially while running is nationally famous. The women of Olney and nearby Warmington wear aprons and headscarves for the occasion and, armed with pancakes and frying pans, gather in the village square. From here they race for some 400 metres to the church, tossing their pancakes three times on the way. The winner receives a prayerbook, after which all the frying pans are laid around the church and a service of blessing is help.
4. In Scotland, some wells are decorated by passers-by with strips of cloth, representing problems, prayers or wishes. It is traditional to visit the wells before or on the fist Sunday in May.
5. The Tower of London, started in 1708 by William the Conqueror, is one of the city’s oldest buildings, guarded still be soldiers and Yeoman Warders of the Tower of “Befeaters” in bright Tutor-style costume. One of the Tower’s many traditions is the ancient Ceremony of the Keys, when each night at 9:53 p.m., the chief Warder locks the Tower Gates and carries the Keys ceremonially to the Resident Governor.

IX. Intellectual game

We are going to finish our game with the intellectual game:

1. They show visitors the main places of interest in the Tower of London.
2. She ruled the country for the longest period of time in the British history.
3. The official residence of the Queen in London and in Scotland.
4. This ceremony is held in front of Buckingham Palace every day.
5. The second name of New Year Eve in Scotland.
6. How do they call the first person to enter a house on New Year’s Day.
7. This holiday is celebrated on the fourth Sunday in March. In the past the girls who worked in rich houses could go home to see their parents.
8. Little chicks, baby rabbits and spring-time flowers are the emblems of this holiday.
9. The tradition of marking the royal swans on the river Thames.

Thank you for the lesson. Today at our lesson we have learnt a lot about British traditions.