Викторина The USA and Great Britian
план-конспект занятия по английскому языку (10 класс)

Цели и задачи:

Образовательные: совершенствование лексических, грамматических и разговорных навыков, а также страноведческих знаний.

Развивающие: развитие творческих способностей и коммуникативных навыков, умения работать в группе. Повышение мотивации к изучению английского языка у учащихся.

Воспитательные: формирование уважительного отношение к культуре и традициям стран изучаемого языка.

Учащиеся делятся на 2-4 команды по 6-8 человек в каждой и выбирают капитана, придумывают название. В качестве жюри можно пригласить учителей  или 3-х учеников из параллельного класса, которым тоже будет интересно поучаствовать в мероприятии.

Ход игры с заданиями.

1. Начало урока.

Hello everyone! I am glad to see you again and today we are going to show our best! It’s time for the game and I wish all of you good luck! But first I have some questions: Did you divide yourselves into teams? Excellent! Did you choose the leader of your team? Very good! What are the names of your teams? Introduce yourselves, please.

Let’s start our game.

2. Погружение в тему.

At the beginning we must remember our knowledge about English-speaking countries. What are they?

- The USA

- Great Britain

- New Zealand

- Canada

- Australia…

1) Now I have got some questions about 2 countries: The USA and Great Britain. Your team can choose the country every time in order to listen to the question and answer it. If you give the right answer- you get a point. Is it clear?

Questions about The USA:

1. Who discovered America? (Christopher Columbus)

2. Who was the first President of The United States? (George Washington)

3. What holiday do they celebrate on the 4th of July? (Independence Day)

4. What do people often call American flag? (The Stars and Stripes)

5. What is the capital of the USA? (Washington DC)

6. How many stars and stripes does the flag have? What do they mean? (50 stars-they are states and 13 stripes- they were first colonies)

7. What was the name of the ship that brought the first colonists into the new land? (Mayflowers)

8. Who is the President of The USA now? (Joe Biden)

9. What are traditional American holidays? (Thanksgiving Day, The New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King’s Day, Presidents’ Day, Memorial Day, Christmas, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Independence Day, Veterans Day)

10. Name 6 famous sights of America. (Hollywood Walk of Fame, Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore, Times Square, Disneyland, Niagara Falls and others)

Questions about Great Britain:

1. What is the full name of the ruler of the United Kingdom? (Queen Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor.)

2. What is the nickname of English flag? What colour is it? (The Union Jack; white, red and blue)

3. What parts does the country consist of? (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)

4. What is the capital of The UK? (London)

5. The habitat of legendary monster. (The lake Loch Ness in Scotland)

6. Why is the year of 1666 so important for London? (It is the year of Great Fire)

7. Where is the Speaker’s Corner? (In Hyde Park in London)

8. What was the name of the first English king? (Alfred the Great)

9. What is traditional food for Christmas lunch? (Fried turkey and pudding)

10. What can you say about the beefeaters? (They are 40 men who protect The Tower of London from the time of King Henry III).

Very good! Thank you! Now it’s time to sum up your points.

Жюри суммирует баллы и подводит итог, высказывает свое впечатление об игре команд. Вручаются грамоты победителю и участникам.

Okay, you have done great work. Let’s summarize the results. The team “……..” got ….. points.

The team “………” got …… points. My congratulations, the team “………..” is a winner!

Well done.

Thank you for the lesson, see you tomorrow.