Викторина "Знаток английской культуры"

Разделы: Иностранные языки

Подготовительный этап. К соревнованию подготовили презентацию на тему «Great Britain» в форме слайд-шоу, а также конкурсные задания лексического, грамматического и лингвострановедческого характера. Учащиеся подготовили доклады на темы: «Westminster Abbey «Big Ben». Презентация «Great Britain” представляется до начала конкурса.

Цели:

  • Практические: к концу урока учащиеся должны составлять творческие монологические высказывания по теме.
  • Общеобразовательные:
    • расширение общего кругозора;
    • расширение филологического кругозора;
    • расширение знаний о стране изучаемого языка.
  • Развивающие:
    • развитие языковой догадки;
    • развитие памяти, мышления, воображения.
  • Воспитательные:
    • воспитание внимания, умения слушать друг друга;
    • развитие умений работы в группе, команде.

The course of the competition

Teacher: You know that this week is very special, because it is known as a week of foreign cultures at school, that is why we decided to have a competition today between three teams: Great Britain, Russia and the USA (дети тянут листочки, на которых написаны названия команд). Each team has a captain, they are: Nastya, Victoriya, Ilya. Our competition will consist of three parts: during the first part we will see your knowledge concerning three countries, during the second part we will see your ability to use different words in the sentences and the third part is devoted to grammar knowledge.
For every task you will get the points and whose team gets more points that team will win the competition.
We have a jury. They will count the points and assess your knowledge. And now Natasha will present us Great Britain.
Thank you, Natasha. It was very interesting.
And now let's start the first round.

І. During the first round we will check your knowledge concerning three countries Great Britain, Russia and the UK (children work in teams)

Agree or disagree with these ideas:

  1. The City is the heart of London. _
  2. The United Kingdom consists of five countries. _
  3. The United Kingdom is washed by the Pacific Ocean._
  4. Everyone who was born in Britain is the English._
  5. The deepest freshwater lake in Russia is Lake Baikal._
  6. Now the President of the USA is George Bush._
  7. The USA is the largest country in the world._
  8. The flag of the USA is known as the Union Jack._
  9. The capital of England is Cardiff._
  10. The capital of Russia was founded by Yuri Dolgorukiy._

Guess which idea should be expressed in the sentences:

  1. America was discovered by … (the first explorer (исследователь) of America was…)
  2. The longest river in Russia is …
  3. The flag of the UK is known as the …
  4. The highest mountain in Britain is …
  5. The USA has … states.
  6. The architect of St. Paul’s Cathedral is …
  7. The capital of the USA is …
  8. The name of the ship that sailed from England to America was …
  9. The longest river in Britain is the …

ІІ. Teacher: The second round is devoted to your knowledge on spelling the words, how the words according to their meaning can express the ideas, and your ability to use different words in the sentences.

1. Express these ideas in the right grammatical way (find the mistake)

  1. He never belonged this group.
  2. Ann not included as a guest.
  3. He was a professional lawer.
  4. I don’t have a pemanent job here.
  5. A dark cloud is a sing of snow.
  6. I like this city especialy in spring.
  7. The UK is a kindom which is ruled by a king.
  8. The teacher says to Nick: «Read carefull. You make many mistakes».
  9. A month consist 30 or 31 days.
  10. Mary surprised the news.

2. Choose the correct word to express these thoughts:

1. I go to the swimming pool twice a

a) weak b) week c) weeks

2. Her eyes were as … as the sky.

a) blue b) blew c) bleu

3. Too much … is bad for you.

a) son b) sun c) sung

4. The year consists … twelve months.

a) at b) in c) of

5. You can’t … jeans to the opera.

a) where b) wore c) wear

6. He knows the poem by…

a) head b) memory c) heart

7. North is the opposite direction to…

a) east b) west c) south

8. I can’t … anything without my glasses.

a) sea b) see c) seen

9. I … to swim a lot when I was a child

a) used b) was c) be used

10. Do you know any … of the Russian Church?

a) kings b) queens c) saints

3. Find the words in the puzzle: you said and blue we away  up where big yellow

ІІІ. Teacher: The third round is devoted to grammar knowledge:

1. Tick the correct answer:

1. Tom ... his key

a) lost b) is lost c) was lost

2. Not much ... about the film.

a) has said b) said c) was said

3. When we were on holiday, our camera ... from our room.

a) was stolen b) has been stolen c) is stolen

4. This poem ... a week ago.

a) wrote b) has written c) was written

5. People ... this road very often.

a) aren't used b) don't use c) haven't used

6. It is a big plant. Two hundred people ... here.

a) work b) are worked c) was worked

7. The room ... yesterday.

a) is cleaned b) was cleaned c) cleaned

8. The secretary ... to her new boss yesterday.

a) introduced b) was introduced c) is introduced

9. I ... every Friday.

a) meet her b) am met her c) is met her

Teacher: While our jury check your answers and count the points, some of the pupils have prepared with reports. Mike has some information about Westminster Abbey.

Mike: Westminster Abbey is a symbol of England. It stands not far from the Houses of Parliament. The legend says that Westminster Abbey was founded by St. Peter (святой Петр) himself. We know that Westminster. Abbey was built by King Edward in 1065. The coronation of all British Kings and Queens takes place in Westminster Abbey. Some famous English people are also buried here.

Teacher: Well done, Mike. Thank you. Now Kirill is going to tell us a few words about Big Ben.

Kirill: The famous clock Big Ben stands near the Houses of Parliament. Tourists in London always want to see Big Ben. They want to see the clock in its tower and to hear the bells. Big Ben is really a bell. You hear it every hour. It is a big bell. It weighs 13,720 kilograms. It has a deep tone and you can hear it on the radio: “This is the BBC. The time is six o'clock.” And then you hear the deep boom of Big Ben six times.

Teacher: Now I’d like to check how you have understood the topic. So there are some questions for you to answer. Look at the blackboard, there are some slides with questions for you to answer them (children look at the slide-show, raise their hands and answer the questions)

Choose the right answer

1. What is the official name of Great Britain?

  1. England
  2. Britain
  3. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

2. What countries does the UK consist of?

  1. Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales
  2. Northern Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales
  3. Britain, England, Wales, Scotland

3. How high is Ben Navis?

  1. 1343m
  2. 1434m
  3. 3143m

4. What is the Severn?

  1. City
  2. Mountain
  3. River

5. What is the capital of Wales?

  1. Cardiff
  2. Edinburgh
  3. Belfast

6. Whose flag is it?

  1. Scotland
  2. Wales
  3. England

7. Whose symbol is it?

  1. Wales
  2. Scotland
  3. England

8. Where is the flag of the UK?

Teacher: Now you have learned a lot of different things about three countries and that’s why it will be easy for you to tell us what you know about them (children raise their hands and make short monologues).

Announcement of results and children are given prizes