МЕТОДИЧНА РОЗРОБКА УРОКУ З ВДОСКОНАЛЕННЯ КОМУНІКАТИВНИХ НАВИКІВ НА ТЕМУ: “BIG CITIES OF THE USA. NEW YORK”

МЕТОДИЧНА РОЗРОБКА УРОКУ

 

 З ВДОСКОНАЛЕННЯ

 

КОМУНІКАТИВНИХ НАВИКІВ

 

НА ТЕМУ:

 

 

 

 

 

“BIG CITIES OF THE USA. NEW YORK”

 

 

 

(9 клас)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Вчитель: Латій Ольга Олександрівна

 

 

 

 

 

Мета:       формування навичок монологічного та діалогічного мовлення за темою

«Великі міста США. Нью –Йорк», уміння ставити логічні питання  в ситуації «Інтерв’ю», введення нових слів, розвиток вмінь аудіювати текст, оволодіння мовними засобами для здійснення іншомовного спілкуваннязбагачення духовного світу особистості, отримання та розширення знань про культуру країни, мова якої вивчається   розвиток фонематичного слуху, мовної здогадки, логічного викладу  думок та загальнокультурних вмінь спілкуватися з іншими людьми,   розвиток творчих здібностей учнів виховання поваги до традицій народу США, зацікавленості у розширеннісвоїх знань, досягнення ситуації успіху кожного співучасника творчого процесу і його максимальної самореалізації

 

Обладнання: карта США

  Прапор США та інших англомовних країн

  Роздавальний матеріал для контролю розуміння аудіювання

  Тестові завдання

  Текст для аудіювання «Big cities of the USA»

  Фотографії з видами міст та визначних місць міст США

   Флешки

   Міні – карти США

 

План уроку

І. Підготовка до сприйняття іншомовної інформації

 

1. Greeting and aim

 

2. Warm –up

1.       Conversation.

•           Do you like travelling?
•           Today we are going to travel around the USA. We shall visit some cities and stop for a while in New York. So, as we are going to travel around the USA. Let’s brush up our knowledge about this land. Let’s start from the poem:

This land is your land

This land is my land

From California

To the New York island

From the redwood forest

To the Gulf Stream waters

This land was made for you and me.

                                                            (Woody Yutkrie)

2.      Pair work
   •                      Let’s divide our class into groups.

In each group there is an American and the rest of the group are foreigners. It’s your choice. You have two minutes for preparing a short conversation – quiz between the native American and the foreigner. After that some pairs will present it to us.

 

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-   Now, native Americans check up our foreigners’ knowledge about the USA. Answer

the questions (HOI -HO2)

 

 

 

HO3  Answer the questions.

 

 

II. Ocновна частина уроку

 

1. Listening.

1) Pre- listening activities.

a) New Vocabulary.

- Now, let's practice new vocabulary (on the blackboard)

Detroit Capitol

Chicago Texas

San Francisco Boston

Los Angeles Philadelphia

Houston Washington

NASA skyscraper

Sears Tower Athens

 

b) Conversation.

1.    What do you think what this text will be about?
2.    What do you know about some cities of the USA?
3.    While - listening activities.

Big cities of the USA

The capital of the USA as you know of course is Washington in the district of Columbia. It's an administrative city without much industry. The American capital has a lot of places of interests. One should visit the Lincoln Memorial, the White House, the Capitol and lots of others.

New York is the largest city and a port in the United States. It's one of the financial and business centres of the world. It's famous for its skyscrapers. One of the most famous statues in the world stands on an island in New York Harbor. It's the Statue of Liberty. The second biggest city of the USA is Los Angeles in California. Not far from Los Angeles is Hollywood, the centre is the movie industry. The city has four of five busiest highways in North America. Los Angeles is not only film centre but also business, industrial, trade and criminal centre.

San Francisco on the Pacific coast is a big port and shipbuilding centre. It's famous for its bridges, fog and hills. Don't leave San Francisco without seeing the structure that has become its symbol -The Golden Bridge.

Chicago is the third largest city in the USA. The third world's tallest building Sears Tower (442 m) is here. Chicago is one of the industrial centres and the biggest ports. It's also the chief railroad centre of the USA.

Philadelphia was the first capital of the USA and here the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776. Nowadays is the fourth largest city in the USA. It 's famous its museums, art galleries, concert halls, theatres. That's why it has nicknamed the "Athens of America".

Boston is situated on the Atlantic coast of the USA. Speaking about Boston we have to say about very important historically so-called Boston Tea - Party in 1773 and of course about one of the oldest and the most respective among American Universities -Harvard University.

Detroit is the oldest city of the Great Lake cities. Detroit is a major automobile, manufacturing centre. Its nickname is the "Motor City". The famous Ford automobile empire was founded here.

The capital of Texas is Houston, the state largest city and leading port. It's the centre of oil and aerospace research, the centre of NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). Houston is home of a symphony orchestra, ballet and opera.

 

 

3) Post -listening activities

a) Matching.

-    All these words and expressions have a connection with the biggest cities of the

USA. Match them with their explanations.

 

H03 Match the pairs
1.	Washington	a) is the city famous for the Harvard University and Tea Party.
2.	New York	b) is a centre of oil and aerospace research, the centre of NASA
3.	Philadelphia	c) is the city with its famous movie centre, Hollywood
4.	Boston	d) is a shipbuilding centre with its famous bridges. The Golden Bridge is one of them.
5.	Chicago	e) is the capital city, with its famous White House, Capitol and Lincoln Memorial.
6.	Detroit	f) is the chief railroad centre with the third tallest building -Sears Tower.
7.	San Francisco	g) is the largest city and port with its the most famous statue of the world -Statue of Liberty.
8.	Los Angeles	h) is the major automobile centre where Ford automobile empire was founded
9.	Houston	i) was the first capital, where the Declaration of the USA was
		signed in 1776.

Key: le, 2g, 3i, 4a, 5f, 6h, 7d, 8c, 9b.

b) Speaking

-   You have listened to the text about big cities of the USA very attentively.

Can you name the three largest cities of this country?

What city is on the 3^rd place?

What city is on the 2^nd place?

What city is on the 1^st place?

 

 

	New York
Los Angeles
		Chicago

2. Reading

1) Pre-reading activities

- What symbols of New York do you know?

(Broadway, Statue of Liberty, yellow taxis, Broadway Bridge, Manhattan, Wall Street, Times Square, Stock Exchange, The State Empire Building)

- What is the nickname of this city? ("Big Apple")

2) While -reading activities

3) Post -reading activities

a)

-O'K, agree or disagree with these statements about New York.

 

Key: 1-, 2-, 3+, 4+, 5-, 6+

b)

- Answer the questions about New York (exercise 19 on page 84):

1.    When was New York founded?
2.    Where is New York situated?
3.    What is New York the home of?
4.    What are the most important branches there?
5.    What are its streets and highways full of?
6.    What links Manhattan Island with the opposite shores?
7.    Is Manhattan the centre of business life and financial district?
8.    When did inhabitants of New York come there?

 

 

c)

- Complete the sentences.

 

Key:

1.    Hudson River
2.    Part of the city
3.    Firms, corporations and banks
4.    Traffic
5.    Harbor, ships
6.    Nationalities

3.  Speaking

Each group had a task to prepare a short report about one of the most famous sights of New York. Weil start from group A. O’K, What sight have you chosen?

H06

The Statue of Liberty

H07

The Empire State Building

 The Empire State Building is at 5^th Avenue and 34^th Street. Like the Statue of Liberty and Brooklyn Bridge, it is instantly recognized as a symbol of New York - a symbol, which captures the power, energy and excitement of one of the world's most -loved and most -hated city. It is a 102-story building was built in 1931. It includes two observatories, one on the 86^th floor and the other on the 102^nd floor. It was the tallest building in the world until 1971. There are 6500 windows in it. The building was first cleaned in 1962. The first TV station was located here. In the famous film "King Kong" King Kong has his final battle from the top of the Empire State Building but others complain that their favourite New York building has been turned into the biggest Christmas tree in the world!

 

H08

Brooklyn Bridge

Brooklyn Bridge is north of the old South Street Seaport, on the East River. It connects Manhattan Island to Brooklyn, a district where many Italians still live. It was one of the great engineering milestones of the 19 century. It was opened on 24 of May in 1883, and thousands of New Yorkers came to see it. There were too many of them. The big crowd pushed some people off the bridge into the water; more men and women died under the feet of the crowd.

•          What another places of New York except these three ones would you like to visit?
•          I also would like to visit Wall Street, Chine Town, The United Nations building, Stock Exchange, 5^th Avenue, Times Square.

III. 3aключна частина уроку

 

1. Homework

2. Summarizing

- Let's summarize our knowledge about New York.

What facts about big cities of the USA and New York have we learned today?

•          P1. It was very interesting for me to know that...
•          P2.1 can say that New York is ...
•          P3. I've got to know that this city is ...
•          P4.1 couldn't imagine that New York is ...

Did you like today's travelling to New York and other USA's cities?

•          Next lesson we'll visit famous nature wonders of the USA. Do you like this idea?
•          Your marks for today's lesson ...