Урок "Making notes. Конспекти та нотатки."

LESSON 5: Making notes.

Цілі: вдосконалювати навички читання та письма; розвивати ерудицію та логічне мислення;  прищеплювати інтерес до вивчення іноземної мови.

Тип уроку: тренувальний з читання та письма.

Обладнання та наочність: підручник, роздатковий  матеріал, дошка.

Група: ІІ курс.

Procedure

1. Preparation

Good morning, students! How are you today? Is anyone absent today? What date is it today? Write down the date and the topic, please. They are on the board.

2. Checking home task

1)  Who, boys or girls, get better marks? What stereotypes about male and female education are there? Let’s find out with the help of ex. 4, p. 35.

2) Translate the following sentences into Ukrainian:

- I hate to be a copycat, but today I’ve forgotten to do one task.

- You are an eager beaver today and you get an excellent mark.

 - Tom, stop being such a teacher’s pet. People hate it about you.

3. Warm-up

1) Do you always make notes in class?

2) Do you memorize things better, when making notes?

3) What is your way of making notes?

4) Do you know, how to make notes effectively?

4. Reading and speaking

1) Get some information about making notes in ex. 1, p. 39.

2) Which of those tips are the most useful? Which of them you use all the time?

3) Read about ways if making notes in ex. 2, p. 39.

4) Have you ever tried such ways of making notes? Which do you like the most?

Will you try to use these ways of making notes in future?

5. Writing and speaking

1) Choose a story (on copy) and make notes on it (not less than ten sentences).

2) Retell the story using your notes.

6. Reading

1) Read the idioms and try to understand their meaning.

2) Now read them in context. Do you understand what they mean now?

7. Writing

Write down the idioms and their translations (старомодний, охопити багато матеріалу, марнувати час/відкладати на потім).

8. Summary

1) Do you consider making notes to be the best way to remember something?

2) Do you usually use long or short notes?

3) Do you write plans before doing something?

4) What alternative ways of memorizing do you use?

9. Homework

Revise grammar and active vocabulary, learn the idioms, get ready for the control work.

10. Marks

     Who was the most active? And who was a little bit lazy? Why? Your marks for today you can see in the register. The lesson is over. Good bye!

7 Reasons to Love the English Language

1 The English language is always growing.

Yes, it’s true. The English language continues to grow at a breakneck pace. Don’t believe me? Check out the OED’s Twitter account to see how many words are added to the dictionary each year.

2 Shakespeare had a hand in its development.

April 23 is Shakespeare’s birthday, as well as the UN’s English Language Day. What a coincidence! It’s almost like Shakespeare is the father of the English language.

3 English spelling is a glorious mystery, even to its native speakers.

Irregular, inconsistent spelling is one of the things that separates English from many other languages. Languages like French and German, which are closely related to English, generally follow a set of rules when forming different verb tenses, for example. English has so many irregular verb forms that they are almost a rule all on their own.

4 English has some pretty long words . . .

Generally speaking, English is a very efficient language that takes fewer characters than many other Roman-alphabet languages. However, that doesn’t mean English is devoid of lengthy words! Some of the longest words in English might surprise you. For instance, did you know “strengths” is one of the longest monosyllabic (one-syllable) words in English?

5 . . . and some short ones, too.

On the flipside, English has many one- and two-letter words. Often, these “little words” are articles or conjunctions, but once again, there are a few suprises!

6 There are multiple dialects.

Another spelling conundrum English presents is its obsession with creating different spelling rules for different dialects. Just ask any British, Canadian, American, Australian, Indian, or Nigerian English speaker how to spell “city center.” You’ll get at least two different answers (due to different allegiances to British and American spellings), or possibly three!

7 English is old. Ancient, in fact.

Although Shakespeare is credited with coining a large number of words we now use in English, the language predates him by hundreds of years. In fact, researchers have found that some words in English have remained completely unchanged for thousands of years! Even though it has kept some of these very old words, English has also added new ways to express emotion, meaning, and scientific facts. Clearly, the English language is like a fine wine—it gets better with age.

What are the main English-speaking countries?

English is perhaps most commonly associated with the United States and the United Kingdom; the two largest English-speaking countries. It is believed that there are around 230 million native speakers in the United States, making it the largest English-speaking country, while the United Kingdom has approximately 60 million native speakers.

Despite having two different official languages, Canada has the third largest English-speaking population, with somewhere in the region of 20 million native speakers, while Australia is next in the list, with around 17 million.

Some of the other notable countries around the world where English is the primary language include the Republic of Ireland, South Africa and New Zealand. Combined, these three countries are believed to be home to around 13 million people who speak English as their first language.

Below, we provide a breakdown of some of the most significant countries that have English as either a de jure or a de facto official language. An official language is defined as a language used by the citizens of that country during interactions with their government. 

It should be noted that some of the countries listed have more than one official language and, therefore, English may not necessarily be their most common native language.

1. Old school

to cover a lot of ground

to goof off / around

2. - Some people think that making notes with a pen or a pencil is a very old school way.
   • Exams are coming soon and we yet have to cover a lot of ground.
   • Stop goofing around and make some notes or you’ll fail all the exams.