««Методична майстерня» вчителя англійської мови»

«Методична майстерня»

вчителя англійської мови

Look at the picture and say what English holiday it tells you about. Do you celebrate this holiday in Ukraine? How? Have you anything in common? What do you feel celebrating it?

Впровадження інноваційних технологій (комплекс вправ)

ІІ. Read the information about American Christmas games and say what games we play or don't play in Ukraine. What is your attitude to it? Santa Says How to Play: Played similar to Simon Says. The player up is "Santa". Player will say "Santa says hop on one foot". The children will hop on one foot. Player will say "Stop". The children are to keep hopping on one foot until player says "Santa says stop". Repeat for additional activities such as take one baby step forward, step backwards, turn around, and sit down. Sometimes Santa will say "Santa says" and sometimes he won't. It is a fun game to play with young children.

Word Find Take a Christmas related word such as: Christmas, Poinsettia, Candy cane, etc. and find as many little words as possible within before the timer runs out.

Example: Christmas

Words: sit, is, his, miss, rat, tar, this, math, chair, rim...

Example: Candy cane

Words: candy, cane, and, dance, day, nay, can, dye, an, any...

Christmas Twenty Questions Teacher starts by choosing a Christmas related person, place, or thing. The teacher says, "I'm thinking of something". The children try to guess what it is by asking no more than twenty questions that can be answered "YES", "NO", or I DON'T KNOW". The student who guesses correctly is next up.

Clue

Teacher thinks of person, place, or thing. Teacher gives a clue. Begin at one end of the room and work your way around allowing each student to take a turn guessing until one student solves the case. The student who solves the case goes next.

Example: Frosty.

Clue: I'm thinking of someone who wears a hat.

Clue: He loves snow.

Clue: He'll melt if it gets too warm outside.

Clues should be appropriate for the knowledge of the children playing.

Supplies: Christmas music.

How to Play: Begin playing music, everyone moves and dances until the music stops then they must "freeze" in whatever position they happen to be in.

Santa Santa

Supplies: Santa sleigh.

How to Play: Have children sit in a large .circle and blindfold one child. Another child will be given the sleigh and must say:

Santa Santa, where is your sleigh

Someone has come and taken it away

Guess who Guess who?

The blindfolded child gets three guesses. The child who has the sleigh is next to be blindfolded.

Remember Christmas Game

Supplies: 18 items in box.

How to Play: Show the items in the box to the children. Remove one or more items out of the box (without children seeing you). Have the children guess what items are missing. For older children put items on large tray or cookie sheet. Cover.

Remove cover for 20-30 seconds and then remove tray from room. On your mark the children are to write down as many items that they can remember being on the tray before you yell, "STOP". Most correct items win.

Christmas Scramble

Supplies: Index Cards, Paper Bags.

How to Play: Choose a Christmas word such as: Christmas, Candy Cane, Santa Claus, and Reindeer.... Write the letters of the word on individual index cards. Do this two times, making two sets. Put each set in a brown paper bag. Divide children into teams. Give each team a bag. The first team to decipher what the word in the bag is wins. A variation of the game would be to divide into teams with the same number of children as there are letters in the word. Each child gets a letter and they must hold onto the card and stand in the proper order to spell the word for all to see.

III. Do Mother's Day Crossword and say what holidays people in different countries congratulate their mothers.

Across

2. A short name for Mother.

5. A present.

7. How about some ... and kisses.

8. The season is...

9. She might plent these in her garden.

Down

1. We might go ... Grandma.

3. How about some hugs and...

4. We say ... you for the gifts.

6. Put in an envelope to send to Mс.

IV. Find where the words fit in this puzzle. Hint: count the letters and find words that can only fit one spot. What holiday does this crossword associate? When and where do people celebrate it?

MOM MAY CARD LOVE SMILES POETRY FLOWERS PATIENCE

V. Make up a story using ten culture-related words and be sure that the words are being used in appropriate cultural contexts, and with the correct con­notations.

VІ. Look at the British house and say what it has in common with the house in Ukraine.

VІI. Read the information about people's communicative behaviour in different situations in the UK and the US and say how it differs from the non verbal communicative behaviour in Ukraine. Say what you feel when you misbehave

ІХ. Do Christmas crossword and make all words fit into this crossword. Each word is only used once. Say about the difference between Ukrainians and British celebrates of Christmas.

 ELF

 TOY

 GIFT

 BELL

 TREE

 STAR     

 SANTA

 COMET

 CUPID

 VIXEN

 CANDY

 FROSTY

 WREATH

  DASHER

                                                                                    DONNER

Х. Look at the picture and guess what holi­day it depicted in it. Say what country it is celebrated in and what the typical menu is on that occasion.

ХI. Do Thanksgiving Crossword and say if it is celebrated in your country. What are the traditions connected with this holiday?

ХІІ. Newspapers in the UK often contain columns in which an adviser – usually female - replies to published letters asking for advice about personal prob­lems. Read the reply and answer the following guestion "Would this reply be appropriate in Ukraine? If not, why not?"

MARJORIE ANSWERS YOUR PROBLEMS

Dear Marjorie: My husband had too much to drink last night and confessed that the reason he bought me an expensive pair of earrings for Valentine's Day was that he had bought some for his girlfriend and felt guilty. Now I don’t even want the earrings. What do you think?

D.L.

Dear DL: I think that your husband should stop drinking and looking at earrings.

ХІII. Read the information about the relationships between men and women in the UK and the US. Are these customs the same (S) or different (D) in your culture? Tick the appropriate box. If a custom is different, write brief notes explaining the difference.

ХIV. Read the information about the US culture, mark each statement true/false and write down generalizations about Ukraine.

SOME GENERALIZATIONS ABOUT THE US CULTURE

1. Most of young people in the US start dating around the age of twelve.
2. The bill in most restaurants in the USA includes a service charg
3. In the US, shopping for groceries is usually done by going to a supermarket once a week.
4. Most Americans do their own housework.
5. In American cities, people who walk their dogs in public are required to clean up after them.
6. It is polite to ask Americans questions about their salary.
7. When invited to a birthday party in the US, you are expected to give a gift of money.
8. In the US, saying ‘Thank you’ is a common way of reacting to a compli­ment.
9.   The cost of university tuition is so expensive in the US that only the very rich can afford it.

ХV. Read the situation below, and choose the best answers to the questions. Focus on the cultural values involved, and whether or not the suggested solutions took these values into consideration.

ADDRESSING THE TEACHER

It was the first day of the English class and the teacher was introducing himself. He wrote his full name, Alan Jones, on the board and said, 'My name is Alan Jones. If you like, you can use "Mr." with my name. Now I'd like you to tell me your names. Let's start with you, 'he said, indicating a young woman in the front row. The young woman answered, 'My name is Lillian Castro, but you can call me Lily, ‘Teacher’. Then the teacher said, 'OK. I'll call you lily, but please don't call me "Teacher". Please call me Alan or MY. Jones.' Lily looked confused, but the teacher ignored her and continued to ask the students to introduce themselves.

1. Why did Lillian call Alan Jones ‘Teacher"?

1.   She didn't know his name.
2. She was trying to show respect.
3.   She couldn't pronounce his name.
4. She felt confused.

2. Why did Alan Jones ask Lillian not to call him 'Teacher'?
a)   He didn't really like being a teacher.

2. He wanted to be friendly.
3.   In his country, only very young pupils call their teacher 'Teacher'.
4. He thought Lillian was being rude.

ХVI. Work with a partner. Imagine that the situation below take place in an
English-speaking country. What would you do in each situation?

1. You've been having digestive problems for a week, and have just started to feel
better. You meet a British friend at a party. Your friend says, 'How are you?'
What would you do?

1.   Start talking in detail about your problem.
2. Say, 'Fine, thanks. How are you?'
3.   Say, 'Not bad, thanks. How are you?"
4. Nothing.

1.   Say, 'Your apartment is nice. How much is the rent?'
2. Say, 'Gee, this place is really nice'.
3.   I really like your apartment.

4. Say nothing, but show that you are interested by walking around, looking at
   everything in the apartment, and picking up everything that is movable.

1.   Say, 'Excuse me. Where's the toilet?'
2. Say, 'Could I wash my hands before dinner?'
3.   Say, ' Do you mind if I use the bathroom?'
4. Say nothing and start looking around the house for the toilet.

1.   Say, 'Yes, please'.
2. Say, 'Yes, that would be lovely'.
3.   Say, 'No. thank you' and wait for your friend to ask you again'.
4. Say, 'That's OK. I can get it myself.

1.   Say, 'Hello', and bow.
2. Say nothing and shake hands.
3.   Say, 'Nice to meet you', and shake hands.
4. Say, 'Hi!' 

XVII. Read a list of words indicating different emotions and say which emotions are expressed similarly by different cultures and which are expressed differ­ently.

XVIII. Read some proverbs often used in English-speaking countries. Next to each proverb, write the cultural value that you think the proverb teaches. The first one has been done for you. Give Ukrainian equivalents.