Брейн-ринг з англійської мови "English Together"

Брейн-ринг з англійської мови

"English Together"

Мета: розвивати вміння студентів використовувати здобуті теоретичні знання на 

практиці, їх пізнавальні інтереси, здібності до вивчення англійської мови, творчу активність, вміння швидко та раціонально приймати рішення, логічно мислити, працювати в команді.

Пояснення: У грі беруть участь дві команди (студенти І курсу), двоє ведучих (студенти ІІ курсу), журі (студенти ІІІ курсу). Кожна команда складається з п’ятьох  учасників. Змагання команд ділиться на десять раундів, що складаються з різних конкурсів. Переможець визначається журі після 10 раунду.

Хід гри

L.: Good afternoon. Glad to see you. Let’s play Brain-ring “English Together”. Two teams take part in this game. The teams will show their knowledge of English and try to assure the jury that they are clever, smart and good students.

I.: You’ll have several steps. The first step is the visit card of your team. Your task is:

• to name your team
• to elect the captain
• to choose the motto
• to present a poem, a song, etc.

L.: You’ve got time limit – 5 minutes. Please give us your presentation. And the judges will put marks to you.

I.: The first one is group #88. You’re welcome……………………………………………………………

L.: The second team is group #84. You’re welcome…………………………………………………….

I.: Thanks a lot to all of you. And we ask our judges to announce the points.

Step 1. Now let’s start our competition.  

I.: You’ve been studying English for ages.

L.:You know a lot of facts about English, English-speaking countries, their customs and traditions.

I.: To check up your knowledge we shall ask you questions and you should answer them as soon as possible.

L.: One correct answer is a point.

I.: Get set, go!

L.: 1. Do you know anything about English writers and poets? Speak about one.

I.: 2. What events come to your mind when you look at the map of Great Britain and see the following place-names: Edinburgh, Alderborough, Langollen, Liverpool? (Queen Elizabeth II, the Beatles, Eisteddfod, Aldeborough Festival)

L.: 3. What is the London home of the Queen? (Buckingham Palace) 

I.: 4. What was B. Britten? (a composer)

L.: 5. What was the first most terrible prison in Great Britain? (the Tower) 

I.: 6. Where does Royal Shakespeare Company perform? (in Stradford-on-Avon)

L.: 7. Where is the Poets' Corner? (in Westminster Abbey)

I.: 8. Who is called by the British people "Our national bard", "The bard of Avon"? (Shakespeare)

L.: 9. Who is considered to be the national poet of Scotland? (R. Burns)

I.: 10. Who is the national hero of Britain, the defender of the poor? (Robin Hood)

L.: 11. Who was the first woman Prime Minister of Great Britain? (M. Thatcher)

I.: Now we ask the judges to announce the results.

Step 2. Proverbs are wisdom of the whole nation.

I.: Wherever you live, whatever language you speak, most of the proverbs have similar meanings.

L.: For example, my home is my castle (мій дім – моя фортеця), East or West, home is best (в гостях добре, а вдома краще).

I.: The same is about the idioms (to kill two hares with one stone – убити двох зайців відразу).

L.: Your task is to find Ukrainian equivalents to the proverbs. Be very attentive and listen:

Step 3. Do you know the history and culture of the countries the language of which you study?

I.: Please answer:

L.: 1. Name the capitals of the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Canada. (Washington, Canberra, Wellington, Ottawa)

I.: 2. Name the king of the rock'n'roll. (E. Presley)

L.: 3. The Ukrainians like to drink their tea with lemon. What kind of tea do they call British tea? (tea with milk)

I.: 4. What English scientist did an apple fall on his head and helped him to discover a physics law? (I. Newton)

L.: 5. What strait separates Great Britain from the continent? (the English Channel)

I.: 6. What was the real name of Mark Twain? (S. Clemens)

L.: 7. Who lives in 10, Downing street in London? (Prime Minister)

I.: 8. Who was the first President of America? (G. Washington)

L.: 9. Who was the 42nd President of the USA? (B. Clinton)

I.: OK. We thank all the members of the teams for their answers.

L.: Dear judges, what are the results?..............................................................

Step 4. We continue our game.

L.: Are there polyglots among you? Tell me please:

I.: 1. Do you know how to greet a person in French? (Bonjour)

L.: 2. Say in French "Один на один''. (Tete-a-tete)

I.: 3. Translate from Italian: " Finita la comedia". (the end of comedy)

L.: 4. Translate from Latin: "Terra incognita". (unknown land)

I.: 5. Translate from Latin: "Veni, vidi, vici". (came, saw and won)

L.: 6. What's the English for "Бути чи не бути"? (to be or not to be)

I.: 7. What's the English for "грудна дитина''?  (baby)

L.: 8. What's the French for "Look for a woman"? (шерше ля фам)

I.: 9. What unites these great people: John Golsworthy, Juan Antonio Samaranch, Iogann Guttenberg, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Ivan Mazepa, Ian Zhizhka? (the name Ivan sounds differently in different languages)

L.: So, dear judges, what are the results of this step?... Thank you.

Step 5.The next step is called  “Do you know?” You know that during English classes we study not only English, but a wide range of different things: we speak both about changeable climate in Great Britain and the Mediterranean climate of Australia.

L.: We learn how to be polite, how to protect the environment and how to respect grown-ups. Please try to answer the questions. One correct answer is a point.

Step 10. And now the next task. There are 20 parts of 10 words. Try to combine them into the words. Read the words. Thank you!

L.: So who is ready to show and read the words for us?

(architecture, neighbourhood, arabic, flora, koala, Spanish, unemployment, temperature, fauna, kangaroo)

And now we would like to listen to our jury.

I.:  The game is over. Thank you so much. Let’s listen to the judges. (Журі підбиває підсумки змагання.) The winner of our competition is the team from …
We are pleased with your knowledge today. Thank you a thousand times.

L.: Thanks everybody for being so erudite and for good knowledge of the English language!

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Step 1 (одне питання – 1 бал)

1. Do you know anything about English writers and poets? Speak about one.

2. What events come to your mind when you look at the map of Great Britain and see the following place-names: Edinburgh, Alderborough, Langollen, Liverpool? (Queen Elizabeth II, the Beatles, Eisteddfod, Aldeborough Festival)

3. What is the London home of the Queen? (Buckingham Palace) 

4. What was B. Britten? (a composer)

5. What was the first most terrible prison in Great Britain? (the Tower) 

6. Where does Royal Shakespeare Company perform? (in Stradford-on-Avon)

7. Where is the Poets' Corner? (in Westminster Abbey)

8. Who is called by the British people "Our national bard", "The bard of Avon"? (Shakespeare)

9. Who is considered to be the national poet of Scotland? (R. Burns)

10. Who is the national hero of Britain, the defender of the poor? (Robin Hood)

11. Who was the first woman Prime Minister of Great Britain? (M. Thatcher)

Step 2 (одне питання – 1 бал)