Russian holidays
методическая разработка по английскому языку (8 класс) по теме

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Тема: «Russian Holidays»

Who loves not his country,

loves nothing;

Byron

Задачи урока:

• совершенствовать речевые навыки учащихся
• практиковать в чтении (поиск конкретной информации)
• активизировать лексико-грамматичекий материал по теме
• практиковать учащихся в аудировании (с общим охватом содержания)
• обучать монологической речи (умение высказываться целостно, логично, связно)

Оборудование:  таблица наиболее употребляемых разговорных речевых единиц, выражающих мнение, предположение, согласие, непонимание, предположение;

пословица и эпиграф, слова и вопросы к тексту для аудирования, фразы вежливого возражения.

Ход урока:

1. Организационный момент

– Good morning! Glad to see you!

– Glad to see you too!

– Today, children, we'll speak about holidays. Life is constantly changing in our country. Some holidays have become history. New holidays have appeared and there are holidays which have been revived. But before we start our discussion, listen to the text and try to guess what holiday it is.

2. Аудирование (с целью общего охвата содержания)

Ознакомить учащихся с новыми словами по тексту (записаны на доске)

ally [эеlai]                 союзник

magnificent                 великолепный, величественный

to commemorate        in honour of

to participate                to take part in

On the 9th of May 1945 the Soviet Army and its allies completely defeated the German fascists and the Second World War and Great Patriotic War ended. This year we'll celebrate the 53th anniversary of the great event. A magnificent memorial on Poklonnaya Gora has been built to commemorate the victory. Many veterans take part in the military parade and lay flowers on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. All stand in silence for a minute. Radio and television broadcast popular war songs and films all day long. A lot of guests from different countries of the world come to Moscow to participate in the celebrations.

(Текст читается дважды)

1. Have you guessed what holiday is it?
2. Is it a great national holiday of our country? Why?
3. How is this holiday celebrated in our country?
4. Please, give a short summary of the text.

Ученики кратко излагают прослушанный текст.

3. Практика лексико-грамматических навыков.

Обобщение материала по теме. Работа с упр.1,2 на стр. 101,102 (Учебник), упр. 4 на стр.37 (Рабочая тетрадь), упр.4 на стр.85 (Учебник, дополнительная информация) (записаны на доске).

• Could you tell me what other Russian holidays or festivals do you know? (We are revising the material studied before, ex.4 p.37 (Activity Book), ex 4 p.85 (Text Book), and I advise you to refer to the linguistic and cultural guide.

По мере упоминания праздников все они записываются на доске.

Р1: New Year Eve, Christmas

Р2: Shrovetide, Women's Day, May Day,

P3: Victory and Independence Day.

P4: Day of Knowledge, Constitution Day.

P5: Easter.

Р6: April the 1st .

• Thank you. Imagine that you should tell your foreign friends about these holidays. When, why and how are they celebrated?

Предполагаемое направление беседы, ученики задают вопросы, высказывают свое мнение.

Р7: If I am not mistaken we have a lot of holidays and festivals especially in winter. On the 31st of December there is New Year Eve. People have parties and stay up until midnight to see the New Year in?

P8: And what do you usually do on this day?

P9: Oh, of course we make necessary arrangements. We decorate a fir-tree with tinsels, baubles and fairy lights. We prepare presents.

P10: And my mum cooks dinner for the whole family and we make fancy costumes and put them on.

P11: We write and send beautiful New Year postcards. And present handsels to our relatives.

P12: At midnight we set off firecrackers.

P8: What kind of holiday is it?

P7: I think it is a family holiday. And often I'd like to be a small child at that day and wait for Father Frost and his present.

P8: As for me, I like this holiday too. I enjoy the atmosphere of this holiday and of course I like presents.

P2: And what about other holidays?

P6: On the 7th of January we have a holy day Christmas. It is celebrated in honour of the birth of Christ. Many people go to church and attend a service this day.

P4: Is it widely celebrated in our country now?

P7: I don't think so. It's a religious holiday.

P9: And in our family it is celebrated. And we have a lot of fun.

P10: The next holiday is Epiphany. Just a moment, what «Epiphany» means?

P1 : It is a Christian holy day in memory of coming of the three kings from the East to see the baby Jesus (the Orthodox Church celebrates it on January. 19).

P3: The days from Christmas to Epiphany are called Christmas-tide.

• Can you tell me what did people use to do and what do they do nowadays at Christmas-tide. Please, refer to word combinations on p. 103.

P5: Of course they rode troika and played snowballs.

P6: They sang carols and made a snowman.

P7: They told fortunes, especially girls.

P9: And we tell fortunes even nowadays. It is magic!

• Children, look at this picture by the Russian artist Kustodiev. Can you guess what holiday is it?

P4: I can be mistaken, but it is Shrovetide.

• No, you are right.

P4: It has deep roots. It is Farewell-to-Winter Festival. People say goodbye to winter and welcome spring.

P10: I know that on this holiday people cook pirozhki, pancakes and eat them with smetana, butter and caviar.

P5: I think that in the past people went to fail's. There they climbed a pole for a gift.

P6: And they rode troika and built townlets and played snowballs.

• But the highlight of this festival is burning of a guy of winter on bonfire and welcome spring with songs and dances.

4. Чтение (for specific information).

     Упр.1 на с. 94

(Тексты для чтения распределяются между учениками. Время чтения 2 мин.) Ученики используют их в качестве образца для высказывания своего мнения по поводу праздников.

5. Практика разговорной речи.

Учащиеся интервьюируют одноклассников по поводу празднований.

     Упр.4 на стр.96.

Примерные вопросы для интервью:

1. What do you think about celebrations?
2. What's your attitude towards this or that pupil's opinion?
3. Are you of the same opinion with British teenagers?
4. What can you suggest instead of celebrating?

Учащиеся используют наиболее употребляемые фразы для выражения своего мнения:

To my mind...                In my opinion...

As for me...                I absolutely agree with...

I feel the same…        I'm sorry, but I can't agree with...

6. Подведение итогов урока (прокомментировать и оценить работу учащихся и их типичные ошибки)

7. Инструктаж о выполнении домашнего задания.

д/з: ex.24, р50 (Activity Book)

What holiday would you like to have?

— To my mind all Russians can be united by such holidays as Victory Day, Christmas, Easter, Independence Day because these holidays are national. And it is very important to know our Russian roots, traditions and manners. They will make us to feel proud of our country and people. It's good of you to know some of traditions of celebrating Russian holidays. Thank you for your time, my dear friends. Be happy! Bye — bye!

P-s: - Bye!