Урок по теме "Изучение иностранных языков"
план-конспект урока по английскому языку (7, 8, 9 класс) на тему

Капитонова Татьяна Леонидовна

МБОУ "Школа №61" г. Рязани

Учитель английского языка

Урок по теме "Изучение иностранных языков"

LEARNING   FOREIGN   LANGUAGES

The aim of the lesson is to learn to speak about the importance of foreign languages in modern life.

Ex.1. Read the words correctly.

[ æ ]   language, travel                                      [ з: ]  learn, world, German

[ o: ]  authors, abroad                                       [ ei]  trade, great, relation

[ o]    foreign, polyglot, technology                 [ Λ ]   other, cultural, mother tongue                       [ou]  own, poet                                                 [ ai ]   science, scientific

[ e ]   effort, necessary, intellectual                  [ au ]  outlook

Great Britain, the United States of America, Australia, New Zealand, the Irish Republic, the South Africa Republic, Canada, the United Nations Organization

William Shakespeare  

Jonathan Swift

Walter Scott

Charles Dickens

Goethe

Read the text. (The text can be given to the students beforehand as a home assignment)

     Learning a foreign language is not an easy thing. It is a long and slow process that takes a lot of time and efforts.

     Nowadays it is especially important to know foreign languages. Some people learn languages, because they need them for their work, others travel abroad, for the third studying languages is a hobby. Everyone, who knows foreign languages can speak to people from other countries, read foreign authors in the original, which makes your outlook wider. It is not surprising that many intellectuals and well-educated people are polyglots.

     These days English has become the world’s most important language in politics, science, trade and cultural relations. Over 300 million people speak it as a mother tongue. The native speakers of English live in Great Britain, the United States of America, Australia and New Zealand.

     English is one of the official languages in the Irish Republic, Canada, the South Africa Republic. English is one of the official languages of the United Nations Organization and other political organizations. Half of the world’s scientific literature is in English. It is the language of computers technology and the Internet. To know English today is absolutely necessary for every educated person, for every good specialist.

     English language is a wonderful language. It is the language of the great literature. It is the language of William Shakespeare, Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott, Charles Dickens.

     The great German poet Goethe once said, “He, who knows no foreign languages, does not know his own one”. That is why in order to understand oneself and the environment one has to study foreign languages.

Ex.2. Memory work. (Each sentence is divided into logical groups, and is reproduced part by part.)

a) Some people learn languages, / because they need them for their work, / others travel abroad, /for the third studying languages is a hobby.

Student 1: Some people learn languages

Student 2: Some people learn languages, / because they need them for their work

Student 3: Some people learn languages, / because they need them for their work, / others travel abroad

Student 4: Some people learn languages, / because they need them for their work, / others travel abroad, /for the third studying languages is a hobby.

b) Everyone who knows foreign languages / can speak to people from other countries,/ read foreign authors in the original,/ which makes your outlook wider.

                                                                                                                                                                  Ex.3. Say why you study English. Choose from the following and add your own ideas.

I study English, because….

… it’s fun; my parents want me to do it; I like reading/ speaking English; I want to use English in my future job (to use computer programs in English); I like English songs; My friends are learning English; I want to go to Britain or to the USA some day; I want to travel and meet a lot of people, then I’ll talk to them in English; I’d like to read English and American books in the original; I don’t know; etc.

Ex.4. Say what you do to master the language and then keep it up and brush it up.

• learn grammar rules and English words;
• do a lot of exercises;
•  read English books in the original;
• watch TV programs in English;
• listen in;
• attend additional English course; etc.

Ex.5. Say what it means to learn foreign languages.

Begin with: I think/ suppose/ believe…    As to me/ To my mind/ In my opinion….

Learning foreign languages ….

• is not an easy thing;
• is a long and slow process;
• is absolutely necessary for every educated person;
• takes a lot of time and efforts;
• develops people’s mind and outlook;
• helps to understand oneself, other people and the environment, etc…

Ex.6. Summing up.

Speak about the importance of foreign languages in modern life. Begin with and go on speaking:  

“Nowadays it is especially important to know foreign languages, because …..  That’s why I ….”