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Урок – игра: “Великобритания“

Задачи урока:

Образовательная: отрабатывать фонетические навыки на конкретном примере; учить понимать иностранную речь в игровых ситуациях.

Развивающая: развивать умение применения полученных ЗУН в конкретной обстановке.

Воспитательная: прививать интерес к культуре, традициям, достопримечательностям англоязычных стран; воспитывать умение работать в коллективе (группе).

Оборудование:

Карты Великобритании и Северной Ирландии, флаги и эмблемы стран Соединенного Королевства, аудиокассета (песни на английском языке), сигнальные карты, игровое поле, черный ящик, карточки для викторины, карточки с лексикой для разминки, песочные часы.

ПЛАН УРОКА

1. Организационный момент.
2. Фонетическая разминка.
3. Речевые упражнения.
4. Страноведческий тест.
5. Игра-викторина.
6. Подведение итогов.

ХОД УРОКА

1. Организационный момент.

а) приветствие;
б) сообщение правил игры;
в) представление команд (краткое сообщение об эмблеме команды – у каждой команды флажок или герб одной из стран).

2. Фонетическая разминка: прочитай английское слово, по его транскрипции. (1 слово – 1 балл). Время выполнения – 3 мин.

Teacher: London is full of parks and gardens. Here are the mixed names of some of them. Try to guess. (Ключ в приложении 1.)

a) DNGESIOGRENKNNTAS
b) EPYKHADR
c) STKEERRNAGP
d) DCPMIARROKHN
e) NRKREAGEP
f) TPRSMESKJAAS

3. Речевые упражнения

Teacher: Name these sights and say a few words about them. (Правильное название – 1 балл, описание – 1 балл.)

1. ... Park
2. ... Square
3. ... Gallery
4. ... of London
5. ... Cathedral
6. ... Bridge
7. ... Abbey
8. ... Palace
9. The River ...
10. The Houses ...

(Примерные тексты для описания достопримечательностей см. в приложении 2.)

4. Страноведческий тест

Цель: выявить, какая команда начнет игру. (Тест см. в приложении 3.)

Teacher: Well, my friends, and now we’ll see if you know geography and history well. Take your cards and put the number of the right answer. Those who are first, will start the game. You have only 3 minutes.
(Пока учитель объясняет правила игры, жюри подводит итоги и объявляет, какая команда начинает игру.)

5. Игра.

Teacher: You can see six parts on the field. The card on each part is of a different colour. On the cards there are tasks and questions on: Geography, Economy, Culture, Sport, Sightseeing; plus Puzzles and Musical Intervals. The team _________ is first. They will start the game.
(Четкое, правильное чтение вопроса – 1 балл, правильный ответ – 1 балл; отвечающего назначает капитан.)

Примечание: в зависимости от уровня подготовки учащихся можно давать по 2 карточки.

КАРТОЧКИ-ЗАДАНИЯ

 GEOGRAPHY

1. Give the name of the administrative area which consists of London and parts of the counties of Middlesex, Assex, Kent, Surrey, Hartfordshire, and is divided into 32 districts. Its total area is 1580 sq.km. with a population of about 7 mln people. It was founded in 1965.

2. Give the name which is proper both for a mountain pony and for one of the countries of the UK. In the plural it means a mountainous area of that country.

3. Extra question: William Wordsworth, a popular English poet, wrote a poem about flowers which bloom in valleys. There are a lot of such flowers in this country and in the Lake District. This flower is the emblem of one of the countries of the UK. Name this country and the flower.

Answers: 1. Greater London; 2. Highland; 3. Wales, daffodil

ECONOMY (black boxes)

1. It is an island in the Pacific Ocean. And it is a name of a chocolate bar with coconut filling. And it is a prize (the benefit) for the army of volunteers. It is here, in the black box.

2. It is a type of car which was produced from 1900–1925. And a washing powder which is very popular has the same name. The washing powder is a product of the Proctor and Gamble Company.

Answers: 1. Bounty; 2. Ariel

CULTURE

1. It is a very famous theatre. First it was a wooden square surrounded with a fence. Then it was rebuilt of stone. It existed from 1599 – 1644. A famous English poet wrote plays for it and staged them there.

2. Their names are Elizabeth and David Emanuel. They were dress designers. They became famous due to one dress. What dress was it?

3. Extra question. The British are fond of flowers. Every year in May they organise an exhibition of flowers in this district in the Western part of London. This is also the name of a London football club. What is the name of the district?

Answers: 1. Globe Theatre; 2. a wedding dress for the Princess of Wales, still “Lady Diana”; 3. Chelsea

SPORT

1. The one hundredth anniversary of this game was celebrated in 1963, but the game is really much older. The ball game did not take place in stadiums, but on squares and in the streets for many centuries. It was dangerous for windows and gates. One sort of coffee is also named after one of the most famous players of this game.

2. It is a national team sport game. It takes place on a grass field. Its aim is to hit the wicket of the opposite team. The players of the other team have to return the ball with a bat as far as they can and score points. This word means the name of an insect as well.

Answers: 1. football; 2. cricket

SIGHTSEEING

1. Name the garden not far from Hyde Park. There you can see the memorial to Queen Victoria’s husband and it was built in the years 1863–1876. In that garden one can see the statue of Peter Pan.

2. There are a lot of different museums, galleries and exhibitions in London. One of them was opened in 1824. It is situated on Trafalgar Square and it contains the greatest collection of fine arts. There one can see masterpieces of the most famous painters.

3. Extra question. This is a unique museum, named after its founder. It was opened in 1802. One can see there waxen figures of different famous people. In this museum there is a Chamber of Horrors, where they demonstrate figures of criminals.

Answers: 1. Kensington Garden; 2. National Gallery; 3. Madam Tussaud’s.

PUZZLES

1. It is the name of a game and a soft-drink, made of red wine, sugar, water and ice. First it appeared in a town with the same name in Glostershire. Name this word.

2. This is a very dangerous game, when a child lies down on a road or rails in front of a moving transport. The winner is the child who gets up the last across. And it is also the name of a domestic bird’s child. What is this?

Answers: 1. badminton; 2. chicken

6. Подведение итогов игры.

ПРИЛОЖЕНИЕ 1

KEY:

а) DNGESIOGRENKNNTAS – KENSINGTON GARDEN
b) EPYKHADR – HYDE PARK
c) STKEERRNAGP – REGENT’S PARK
d) DCPMIARROKHN – RICHMOND PARK
e) NRKREAGEP – GREEN PARK
f) TPRSMESKJAAS – ST. JAMES PARK

ПРИЛОЖЕНИЕ 2

HYDE PARK

HYDE PARK covers an area of 360 acres. Beneath Hyde Park there is a car park for 500 cars and also a tube station. On the north of Hyde Park there is a very famous place called ‘Speaker’s Corner’ where, only on Sundays, any person can talk on any subject. One of the most famous speakers there is Lord Soper who is a politician. Here you will see what we call “hecklers”. They are people who try to upset the person speaking. It is well worth a visit on Sunday from 10.00 until they finish.

TRAFALGAR SQUARE is a very famous square where on New Year’s Eve people gather to celebrate. At midnight people jump into the fountains fully clothed and enjoy themselves. In the middle of the square there is a very famous statue “Nelson’s Column” which is over 170 feet high. The statue on the top is in memory of Lord Horatio Nelson who won the most famous sea battle at Trafalgar. This column is cleaned once every seven years. It is a very difficult job as they have to climb to the top and clean all the mess the pigeons have made on the statue. Trafalgar Square has become famous as a rallying point for all kinds of demonstrations, marches and political meetings.

NATIONAL GALLERY. The whole of the north side of Trafalgar Square is dominated by the National Gallery. It houses one of the finest art collections in the world. It includes paintings from British, Italian, Spanish, French, Dutch, Flemish and other famous schools. It has a priceless collection of paintings by the famous artists Van Gogh, Reubens, Constable and any other painter you wish to name.

THE TOWER OF LONDON is a very old building, – nine hundred years old! In the early days of England the English kings lived in the Tower. Then it was a prison where many people died. Black ravens had much food near the walls of the Tower in those days. Now the Tower of London is a museum housing the National Collection of Armour and Royal Regalias, and many tourists from other countries come to see it. They see the dark stone halls with small windows and thick doors. Something that should not be missed is the Crown Jewels, a priceless collection of every jewel known. The Tower is still guarded by the Yeomen Warders, the famous Beefeaters, who wear a traditional sixteen-century uniform.

TOWER BRIDGE

TOWER BRIDGE was opened in 1894. It takes its name from the Tower of London. The hydraulic mechanism can raise and lower the bridge in about one and a half minutes. The covered walkway between the two towers is open to the public and offers a spectacular view of London.

ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL. The City’s greatest monument, St. Paul’s Cathedral was built by Sir Christopher Wren between 1675 and 1710 to replace the old Cathedral that was largely destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666. The Cathedral is second in size only to St. Peter’s in Rome. Between the two west towers rises the famous dome. It is 365 feet high and beneath it is the celebrated “Whispering Gallery”. Unfortunately Christopher Wren died before its completion. He is buried there. Among the many memorials to famous men within the Cathedral are the tombs of Wellington, victor of Waterloo, and Nelson, hero of Trafalgar.

BUCKINGHAM PALACE is the official residence of Her Majesty the Queen and her family. It isn’t open to the public. The first monarch who took residence there was Queen Victoria. When Her Majesty is in residence the Royal Standard flies over the east front of Buckingham Palace. It has 600 hundred rooms, a swimming pool, a cinema, a ballroom, a nuclear cellar and a garden, which is like a private park. In summer the Queen gives three garden parties for about 9,000 guests. The ceremony of the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace is a great tourist attraction. It take place daily in the forecourt at 11.30 a.m. and lasts half an hour. To the sound of music, the guardsmen in their traditional bearskins arrive and pass the palace keys to another group.

THE THAMES is not a long river. It is three hundred and thirty kilometres long and it flows into the sea. The English people call it “the Father of London”. London began on the Thames. When we go in a ship up the Thames we pass under London Bridge, the Tower Bridge and others. There is a museum of old ships on the Thames. These ships are from the history of Great Britain. One of these ships, the “Discovery”, went to the South Pole from 1901–1904. If we go down the Thames we pass the Port of London and arrive in Greenwich – a very old town. We can see the place where the Greenwich Meridian passes.

WESTMINSTER ABBEY

WESTMINSTER ABBEY is a symbol of English tradition at its best. The coronations of nearly all English kings and queens since William the Conqueror have taken place here. Many of them are buried within the Abbey. Beneath the roof of this Gothic building there are also the graves and memorial slabs of statesmen, philosophers, men of letters and other distinguished people. Here you can see memorials to Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Geoffrey Chaucer, Alfred Tennyson, Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy.

BIG BEN. The Houses of Parliament is a very large building which stands near the Thames. There are two tall towers at the corners of the building and one of them is the Clock Tower. It is 320 feet high and is famous for its immense hour bell. The English people built the tower and the clock in 1858. The clock has four faces and five big bells. The biggest bell is known as Big Ben. The bell weighs 13 tons. Originally, the man in charge of the building was Sir Benjamin Hall. He was very tall and the workers and his friends called him Big Ben. So they called the bell Big Ben too. Sometimes people call the clock and the Clock Tower Big Ben. The people of London who live near the Houses of Parliament can hear the sounds of the bell every hour. On New Year’s night people come to the Clock Tower to see in the New Year.

THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. Once a royal palace, the Houses of Parliament are now the seat of the Government. In 1834 it was destroyed by fire. The new building was built between 1840–1852. It contains 500 apartments. Among them are the Central Hall, Clock Tower (St. Stephen’s Tower), the House of Lords, the House of Commons. The Houses of Parliament stretch for nearly 1000 feet along the north bank of the Thames. When the House is in session a Union Jack flies from the tower by day, and a light burns in the Clock Tower by night.

Нина Васильевна Христофориди,
г. Орск, Оренбургской обл.