Сценарий игры "Брейн-ринг" по страноведению и лингвострановедению стран изучаемого языка
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ГБОУ СПО МО «Орехово-Зуевский социально-гуманитарный колледж»

Методическая  разработка сценария игры «Брейн-ринг» по «Страноведению и лингвострановедению стран изучаемого языка» и «Зарубежной литературе» в рамках недели иностранного языка в ГБОУ СПО МО «Орехово-Зуевский социально-гуманитарный колледж» для студентов 4 курса по специальности 050303 «иностранный язык» (с использованием мультимедийной презентации по теме самообразования).

Подготовлен преподавателем  

английского языка

Фроловой Ю.С.

Рассмотрен на заседании

ПЦК иностранных языков

Протокол №_от__ _____201_г.

Председатель комиссии Фирсова И.Б.

Подпись__________

2012г.

Цели викторины:

1. повторить пройденный учебный материал в неформальной обстановке во время игры;
2. подвести итог по изучению темы: “The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”;  “The United States of America”
3. повысить интерес учащихся к изучению английского языка.

Состав участников: 

1. игроки 2 команд (по 4 человека на 4 курсе);
2. члены жюри (студенты 5 курса);
3. ведущий (преподаватель).

Оборудование: 

1. презентация с вопросами викторины;
2. карточки с вопросами для ведущего;
3. сигнальные карточки для команд;

Ход и правила викторины:

1. В викторине принимает участие 16 учащихся, по 8 человек в команде.
2. Команды рассаживаются за столы, выбираются капитаны.
3. Викторина состоит из 50 (53) вопросов. На каждый ответ на вопрос дается по 30 секунд. Команда, желающая ответить, поднимает сигнальную карточку. Если ответ неверный, ход переходит команде соперников.
4. Далее проводится конкурс капитанов.
5. Шуточный конкурс для любых участников от команды, на понимание английской речи на слух.
6. Жюри в ходе викторины следит, кто из учащихся в каждом раунде дал большее количество правильных ответов. В конце викторины команда победителей награждается дипломами (См. Приложение)

I. Начало викторины

My dear friends, today we are going to talk about the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (The United States of America). You have to answer my questions. Let’s start our quizzing game.

10. How did the Romans call Britain?

    a) the Land of Song  b) Albion  c) the Green Island  

11. What is the name of the highest mountain in England?

   a) Ben Nevis  b) Snowdon  c) Ward Hill  d) Scafell Pike

12. England is divided into

   a) countries b) regions c) counties d) districts

13. Many people in Scotland have the name McDonald. What does “Mac” mean?

    a) son of  b) mother’s name  c) from family of  d) comes from

14. Who is in Shadow cabinet?

     a) the party with majority of seats  b) Prime Minister  

c) House of Commons        d) the party in the official opposition

15. What is a limerick?

     a) a song  b) a game  c) a poem d) a dance

16. Who were the earliest known people of Britain?

a) the Celts   b) the Danes    c) the Anglo-Saxons  d) the Iberians

17. Where are ancient monuments such as Stonehenge found in Great Britain?

a) in Southern England  b) in Scotland  c)  in Wales  d) In Northern Ireland

18. What are the Quakers?

a) a nationality b)a music group  c) a religions movement  d) a river

18. What is Cockney?

a) a city  b) an accent ['æks(ə)nt] c) a bird  d) an animal

19. Where is Hogmanay celebrated?

a) in Wales  b) in Northern Ireland  c) in Scotland  d) in England

20. The official head of state in Britain is ________ .

a, President b, Prince

c, Queen d, King

21. The leek and the daffodil are both plants used to symbolize _________ .

a, Wales b, England

c, Scotland d, Ireland

22. The British flag is red, _______ and white.

Blue  

23. About _________ people live in Britain and _______ people in London.

a, 58 million – 7.7 million b, 35 million – 4.5 million

c, 73 million – 10 million d, 100 million – 10.5 million

24. In 1066 the English king was defeated by William the Conqueror at the Battle of __________.

a, Brighton b, London

c, Dover d, Hastings

25. What is the capital of the Republic of Ireland?

a, Birmingham b, Dublin

c, Dover d, Belfast 

26. The day after Christmas is known as ________ .

a, Boxing day b, Christmas Eve

c, Christmas Day d, Halloween

27. The Great Plague was a(n) _______ in the seventeenth century.

a, celebration b, illness

c, sports event d, family festival

28. The head of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is:

a) the President

b) the Prime Minister

c) the Queen

29. Official currency of Great Britain is:

a) pound (sterling)

b) euro

c) English dollar

30. The USA consists of:

a) 40 states

b) 60 states

c) 50 states

31. First world underground appeared in:

a) London

b) New York

c) Moscow

32. ………… was the first president of the USA.

a) Theodore Roosevelt

b) George Washington

c) Ulysses S. Grant

33. Russian businessman R. Abramoviсh is the owner of British football club called:

a) Manchester United

b) Chelsea

c) Arsenal

34. The official residence of the Queen of Great Britain is:

a) the Tower

b) Westminster

c) Buckingham Palace

35. Statue of Liberty in harbour of New York was presented to the USA by:

a) France

b) Great Britain

c) Germany

36. Tower Clock, the symbol of London is called:

a) Big Dan

b) Big Ben 

c) Big Man

37. Which is the largest and the oldest museum in Britain?

The British Museum

The National Gallery

Madame Tussaud's

39. Which of the following is a well known British food?

Frogs legs

Fish and chips

 Pasta

Chiken

41. The most popular sport in Britain is

ice hockey

golf

        football

42. The kilt is

a shirt

        a skirt

        a pair of trousers

43. The mysterious Loch Ness Monster is from

        Wales

        Ireland

        Scotland

44. What country is not a part of the U.K.? (Republic of Ireland.)
45. What is the capital of Scotland?

a) Glasgow
b) New Castle
c) Edinburgh
d) Cardiff

47.  Which of these women is called the grandmother of English detective stories?

a) Chareotte Bronte
b) Anna Sewell
c) Iris Merdock
d) Agatha Cristie

49.  Jerome K. Jerome wrote his famous book... (Pygmalion, The Pickwick Сlub, Three Men in a Boat)
50.  Who was an English naval captain and explorer? (J. Cook, Ch. Columbus, M. Polo)
51. What is a double-decker?

a. a bus
b. a disco
c. a taxi

53. Which Liverpool band was so popular in the 60’s?

a. The Beatles
b. The Police
c. The Rolling Stones

49. In Britain, cars are driven on the ______ side of the road.

a. left-hand
b. right-hand
c. wrong-hand

50. The Whispering Gallery is situated in…

a) the Tower

b) Westminster Abbey

c) Covent Garden

d) St. Paul’s Cathedral 

5 курс

1. Australia Day is celebrated as a national holiday to commemorate ________.

a) the landing of the British in 1788

b) the discovery of the Australian continent by the first Europeans

c) the hoisting of the British flag

d) the arrival of captain Cook

2. What is the capital of Canada?

Ottawa

3.What is the largest city of Canada?

Toronto

4. The national symbol of Canada is ____________.

a)the shamrock

b)the daffodil

c)the maple leaf

d)the thistle

5. The second official language in Canada is ___________.

a)French

b)Italian

c)Spanish

d)Dutch

6. The capital of Ireland is _____________.

a)Таrа

b)Belfast

с)Dublin

d)Limerick

7. What is the capital of New Zealand?

a)Wellington

8. This bird you can find in New Zealand only. It has been put on the national emblem of New Zealand.

a)ostrich

b)eagle

c)kiwi

 d)humming-bird

9. The territory of New Zealand, consisting of two main islands and a number of smaller ones, was explored by ____________.

a)Christopher Columbus

b)Captain James Cook

c)Vasco da Gama

d)Hernan Cortes

10. Britain's first woman Prime Minister ____________.

a)Margaret Thatcher

11. A. A. Milne is a famous English writer, the author of ___________.

a)Alice's Adventure in Wonderland

b)Webster's Dictionary

c)Winnie-the-Pooh

d)The Jungle Book

12. Lewis Carroll is the author of ___________.

a)Death on the Nile

b)The Last Leaf

c)Martin Eden

d)Alice in Wonderland

13. The book about the wonderful adventures of Doctor Dolittle was written by the famous English writer ___________.

a)R. Kipling

b)L. Carroll

c)Hugh Lofting

 d)D. Defoe

14. A well-known musical "Jesus Christ Superstar" was written by __________.

a)Andrew Lloyd Webber

b)Paul McCartney

c)Tim Ryce

 d)Bob Wooler

15. Who is the author of the Canterbury Tales?

a)Charles Dickens e

b)Geoffrey Chaucer

c)William Shakespear

 d)John Milton

16. One of the most popular plays of Bernard Shaw _______.

a)Pygmalion

b)Hamlet

c)Major Barbara

 d)Caesar and Cleopatra

17. The author of "Vanity Fair" is _____________.

a)Ch. Dickens

b)W. Thackeray ['θakəri]

c)W. Golding

 d)M. Twain

18. St Paul's Cathedral was designed by ___________.

a)Christopher Wren

b)Horatio Nelson

c)Jonathan Swift

 d)Robert Burns

19. W. Shakespeare was one of the founders of __________.

a)The Globe Theater

b)The Covent Garden

c)the National Theater

 d)Drama Theater

20. The animal that you'll find nowhere else but in Australia is ________.

a)crocodile

b)camel

c)kangaroo

 d)elephant

21. The capital of Australia is __________.

a)Sydney

b)Brisbane

c)Canberra

 d)Melbourne

22. Which of the following countries is not a member of the British Commonwealth?

a)Canada

b)New Zealand

c)Australia

 d)Ireland

23. The first Europeans to land in Australia were ____________.

a)the English

b)the Dutch

c)the French

 d)the Spanish

24. Which of these cities has the nickname "the Big Apple"?

a)San Francisco

b)New York

c)Los Angeles

 d)Washington

25. The Flag of the United States is called "Stars and Stripes". What do the stripes represent?

a) the colonies

b) diversity

c) the unity of states

 d)the national emblem

26. The American Congress consists of the Senate and the House of _______.

a)Lords

b)Commons

c)Representatives

 d)Assembly

27. In the United States of America the legislative power is represented by ______.

a)the Senate ['senɪt]

b)the House of Representatives

c)the Congress

 d)the President

28. The national emblem of the United States of America is ___________.

a)the turkey

b)the Statue of Liberty

c)the bald eagle

 d)the Flag

29. It has become the symbol of liberty for the millions of people _________.

a)the Liberty Bell

b)the Statue of Liberty

c)the Declaration of Independence

 d) the bald eagle

30. Where does the President of the United States live and work?

a)in the Congress

b)in the Pentagon

c)in the White House

 d)in the House of Representatives

31. Which is the biggest state in the USA?

a)Texas

b)Alaska [ə'laskə]

c)California

 d)New York

32. The author of American Declaration of Independence was _________.

a)George Washington

b)Thomas Jefferson

c)Abraham Lincoln

 d)James Madison

33. The most popular sport in the USA is ________.

a)cricket

b)baseball

c)soccer

 d)tennis

34. Which of these holidays is not celebrated in the USA?

a)Thanksgiving

b)Veterans' Day

c)Labor Day

 d)Boxing Day

35. According to the Constitution the U.S. President is elected for _______.

a)a four year term

b)a five year term

c)a six year term

 d)a two year term

36. The name of the ship that sailed from Plymouth to the new world is ____.

a)Titanic

b)Mayflower

c)Albion

 d)Saint Mary

37. How many parts are there in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?

a)three

b)two

c)four

 d)five

38. Who is the head of state in the UK?

a)the President

b)the Prime Minister

c)the King or the Queen

 d)Lord Chancellor

39. The Flag of the United Kingdom is called __________.

a)the Union Jack

b)the Star Spangled banner

c)the Stars and Stripes

 d)the Big Apple

40. What is the capital of Northern Ireland?

a)Edinburgh

b)Bristol

c)Dublin

 d)Belfast

41. Shamrock is the symbol of Ireland. What is the symbol of Scotland?

a)a thistle

b)a daffodil  ['dæfədɪl]

c)a rose

 d)a leek

42. What is the symbol of England?

a)tartan cloth

 b)a rose

c)a daffodil

 d)a shamrock

43. Which of these holidays is not celebrated in Great Britain?

a)May Day

b)Guy Fawkes Day

c)St. David's Day

 d)Thanksgiving

44. 10, Downing Street is home address of _________.

a)the Prime Minister

b)Sherlock Holmes

c)the Queen of England

 d)Paul McCartney

45. The highest peak in the Highlands and in all Britain is ___________.

a)Everest  

b)Mount Snowdon

c)Ben Nevis

 d)the Cotsworld

46. Wimbledon, is a famous place, where the annual _________ is held.

a)rowing contest  

b)lawn tennis championship 

c)horse race

 d)the Cup Final

47. Covent Garden is ___________.

a)Royal Park  

b)a famous museum

c)the Royal Opera House

 d)the Queen's residence

48. The British Parliament consists of ____________.

a)the House of Lords and the House of Commons 

b)the Congress and the House of Representatives

c)the Senate and the House of Commons

d)the Royal Court and the House of Lords

49. What river does London stand on?

a)the Thames  

50. The wax models of famous people are exhibited at ___________.

a)Big Ben  

b)the Tower London

c)the National Gallery

 d)Madame Tussaud's

51. Many famous people of Great Britain are buried in ___________.

a)St. Paul's Cathedral  

b)Buckingham Palace

c)Westminster Palace

 d)Westminster Abbey

52. Oxford Street in London is famous for its ___________.

a)theaters and museums  

b)banks and offices

c)picture galleries and exhibitions

 d)shops and department stores

53. What is the most geographically widespread language of the world?

a) Chinese  

b)Esperanto

c)English

 d)Russian

It’s time to start the second game – “Captains’ Competition”

4 курс

1. This transport is over 150 years old.It's in England. (Metro-the Tube)
2. What city are 'The Beatles' from?Liverpool
3. The week starts from this day in England. (Sunday)
4. Elizabeth 2 never appears in public without her bag. She carries in it..

cookies b) food for dogs c) cosmetics d)a ball of thread

5. An English town with the university where students should wear a robe and a hat  after a sunset?(Cambridge)
6. What is the English for 'подводное плавание с аквалангом'?(Diving)
7. Hats of Queen's guards are made of the fur of these animals.(bears' fur)
8. The largest island of Europe.(Great Britain)
9. Skiing with the help of a kite.(kiting)

5 курс

1. What soft drink under the name of 'black blood' was forbidden in England in 1676?(coffee)

1. The length of these skirts was designed by Mary Kent in 1963?(mini skirts)
2. What city represents the football club 'Chelsea' ?(London)
3. Is Covent Garden an opera or drama theatre?(Opera)
4. You may take pictures with famous people in this museum in London.(Madam Tussaud's)
5. Soft drink that is translated from English as 'петушиный хвост'(cocktail)
6. There is a Tower Bridge over this river.(The Thames)
7. What country presents London a new year tree every year?(Norway)
8. The most terrible oath of The English people -to do 'it' with your hat.(eat it)

The 3d competition is a humorous one…

You will draw a picture listening to my instructions.

Please at the bottom of the paper draw a very big circle (apple)  

Then on the circle draw a smaller circle.

Then on the second circle draw the third circle, smaller than the second.

In the smallest circle at the top draw two small circles, two eyes.

Then draw a nose, a mouth.

On the smallest circle  draw a cap.

Then draw  arms and hands.

The picture is ready!

II. Итоги викторины.

Викторина завершается подведением итогов и награждением команд.

ПРИЛОЖЕНИЕ

ПРИЛОЖЕНИЕ 1

Проведение Брейн-ринга 19 декабря 2012 года

ПРИЛОЖЕНИЕ 2

ПРИЛОЖЕНИЕ 3

Презентация Power Point для 4 и 5 курса.