Theme: “The Role of English Language in People’s Life”

Класс: 8

Тип урока: комбинированный

Цель урока: предоставить учащимся возможность для развития навыков

                       аудирования, чтения и развития устной речи.

Задачи урока:

образовательные:

- обобщить знания лексики по теме;

- активизировать лексико-грамматический материал в устной и письменной речи;

- тренировать навыки чтения, умения высказывать свое мнение по теме;

- показать использование компьютерных технологий на уроке английского языка;

- совершенствовать умения аудировать.

Развивающие:

- развивать интерес уч-ся к изучению английского языка;

- развивать умения воспринимать на слух связный текст с полным пониманием;

- развивать у уч-ся психические функции (память, внимание, воображение;

- развивать умения выступать перед аудиторией.

Воспитательные:

- воспитывать умение слушать собеседника, уважительно относится друг к другу;

- формировать коммуникативные умения;

- воспитывать потребность принимать участие в общении на английском языке.

Оборудование: компьютер, мультимедийный проектор, интерактивная доска, карта

The main task of the fragment of the lesson is to demonstrate the use of the modern technologies on everyday lessons;

So, the main aim of the lesson is to form pupils’ skills and abilities of learning the English language using the visual means of studying for the activation and intensification  of the oral speech.

Ход урока

1. Орг. момент.

• Good morning, I’m very glad to see you. Let’s work!
• What date is it today? What day of the week is today?

2. Объявление темы и задач урока.

- Our theme is called “The Role of English Language in People’s Life” (слайд 1)

- Our plan: 1. English is a means of communication. (слайд 2)

                  2. English is popular everywhere.

                  3. English helps us in our life.

                  4. Rules of learning English.

- At the end of the lesson you should make a conclusion: What role does English play in your life? Our conclusion will help us to understand – must or mustn’t we learn English?

3. Речевая зарядка.

- Look at the pictures. (слайд 3)

- There are a lot of means of communication, which surround us.

- Which of them do you use very often?

- Can you image your life without them?

4. Работа с каждой картинкой.

• What do you use a computer for? (слайд 4)
• What do you use your phone for? (слайд 5)
• So, these things are means of communication.
• What do you think, what was the first means of communication? (language) (слайд 6)
• You are right. People spoke, talked and understood each other. Nowadays we use many foreign languages to communicate with people from other countries. (слайд 7)
• What language is the most popular in the world?
• Of course, English. And when we use computer, the Internet, phone, we need English.
• So, can we say, that English is a means of communication? (слайд 8)
• (Вывод)

5. Работа с картой.

• Look at the map. Let’s find out, is English very popular? (слайд 9)
• In what countries is English spoken?
• I have some interesting information. Look and say, how many people speak English. (600mil.)
• Can we say, that English is very popular in the world. (cлайд 10, 11)
• (Вывод)

6. Работа с картинками.

- We know, English is a means of communication, English is very popular everywhere.

- Can English help you in your future life? How? Look at the pictures. (слайд 12)

- If you want to have all these opportunities, you should learn English very well and it will help you.

- So, can we say, that English helps us in our life very often. (слайд 13)

(Вывод)

7. Работа с текстом.

• Now you will listen to the dialog between interviewer and Ann. (слайд 14) But to understand the  text better, we  need some new words and phrases. Open your vocabularies and write down them. (слайд 15)
• Guess the meaning of these words and phrases.
• So, listen to the first part of the dialog and answer the question: What does Ann find the most difficult in learning English? (слайд 16)
• Answer the question.
• Listen to the second part and answer the question: What advice does Ann give to people who are just beginning to learn English? (слайд 16)
• Answer the question.
• Listen to the text again and tick which sentences are true and which ones are false. (раздаю карточки) (слайд 17) (шторка ИД)
• Exchange your cards and let’s check them. (слайд 18) (забираю карточки)
• (раздаю тексты) Look through the text again and say, what Ann thinks about:….(слайд 19)
• So, let’s formulate the rules, how we should learn English. (слайд 20, 21)
• Will you follow to these rules?

8. Итог урока.

• We have James Thurber’s statement: English is a way to better life. (слайд 22)
• How do you understand this statement?
• Can we say, that English plays an important role in your life?
• Must or mustn’t we learn English?
• You have worked very well today and I’ll give you marks:

9. Home task.

write essay “The role of English in my life”.     (слайд 23)

Thank you for the lesson. (слайд 24)  

                       Are you happy with the way you are taught English?

Interviewer: Anna, I know you have been learning English for almost five years and you are planning to become an interpreter. What do you feel about learning grammar? Do you think your teacher spends too much or too little time on it?

Anna: Of course, you must learn grammar in any language. After all, you can’t build a house without foundations. But that’s all we do at school – grammar, grammar and more grammar, for half an hour four times a week! We have too many drills.

Interviewer: So grammar is important, but not too much of it. But should it be taught in isolation?

Anna: No. You need to practice grammar together with vocabulary. It’s not good when you learn new words but don’t have much practice using them with the grammar you’ve learnt.

Interviewer: With vocabulary – is it better to learn a few words at a time and practice them, rather than a lot of words by heart?

Anna: Practice helps you to memorize the words. Also I remember words better if they are related to my interests. I have no problem learning words connected with my hobby which is animals and wildlife.

Interviewer: One of the problems for learners of English is phrasal verbs – to get on, to get along with and so on, and, of course, idioms. Is it a problem for you? Have you learnt enough idioms to cope with?

Anna: They’re very difficult. And you have to keep yourself up-to-date with them too. For example, when I first came to England I used the idiom “It’s raining cats and dogs” very proudly, and everyone laughed at me because it’s so old-fashioned and the average English person doesn’t use that expression.

Interviewer: So, make sure the idioms you learnt are up-to-date. Now, how about pronunciation? A lot of students find that hard.

Anna: English intonation is awful! I mean, I think it’s the most difficult part of pronunciation, because if you get it wrong, people think you’re rude. Intonation is far more difficult than learning to pronounce words correctly. It’s important to learn both formal and informal English – how to ask for information, how to be polite. Let me give you an example. My English teacher phoned me yesterday asking about something he wanted to know and I just said “NO”. Then, when I thought about it afterwards, I realized that I had sounded rude. I should have said “I’m afraid I don’t know” – or something like that. Learning social English is very useful, take writing letters in English for example.

Interviewer: What advice would you give to people who are just beginning to learn English?

Anna: I find reading very helpful – I read books, newspapers, magazines and other periodicals. I try to guess the meaning of words I don’t know from their context. This helps me to read more quickly. But I also look words up in the dictionary and make a note of the most useful ones.

Interviewer: How about listening to pop music?

Anna: Yes – that can be useful. I was a bit disappointed actually, because some songs have such silly words, though the music is lovely. Listening to the radio and watching videos and educational TV programmes in English help me, too. Especially listening to the news. I was very proud when I realized that I could easily get the idea of what I was.

Interviewer: As I can see, learning a language isn’t as simple as all that. You can learn rules for grammar and pronunciation and also for vocabulary, but the most difficult feature of any language is perhaps learning the elements for which there are no written rules – for example “social English”. This means learning about expected ways of behaviour, knowing what sort of English to use in different situations, formal or informal and how to understand what is said, all that is so easy and natural in your mother tongue.