Урок на тему "Travelling. Travel Dialogues."

УПРАВЛІННЯ ОСВІТИ ЧЕРНІГІВСЬКОЇ МІСЬКОЇ РАДИ

НАУКОВО-МЕТОДИЧНИЙ ЦЕНТР

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Показовий урок з теми:

 

Travelling.

Travel dialogues.

 

 

 

 

                                                                                  Проводила:

                                                                                  Горбач О.В.,

                                                                             вчитель англійської  мови       Чернігівського ліцею № 22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Мета: навчити учнів використовувати формули мовленнєвого етикету у   діловихрозмовах під час подорожей.

 

Задачі:

 

практична: активізувати лексичний матеріал, необхідний для вивчення даної теми, практикувати аудитивні навички (вчити сприймати іншомовний текст на слух з вилученням необхідної інформації), ввести нові мовленнєві структури та закріпити їх в усному та писемному мовленні;

 

розвиваюча: розвивати вміння працювати в парах та навички роботи з новою лексикою;

 

виховна: ознайомити з особливостями мовленнєвої поведінки представників іншої культури.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Хід уроку:

І.  Організаційний момент.

  Hello, I’m glad to see you. Sit down, please.

 

ІІ. Введення у мовленнєве середовище.

At the previous lesson we spoke about travelling in general and the 17-day “Trans-Canada” journey in particular. Let’s brush up the info about that holiday of a lifetime the “Great Rail Journeys” offers you.

 

Tapescript

 

Reader:

“Great Rail Journeys” offer you “Trans Canada”, a seventeen-day holiday showing you the Niagara Falls, the Prairies, the Rockies and Vancouver Island. Yes, seventeen days to see the best of Canada and its spectacular scenery, all from the comfort of your of your train. Experience the glamour of rail travel. There’s comfortable accommodation in our sleepers; either two-bed compartments which you can convert into a sitting area, or luxury private bedrooms which you can convert for those of you who want that little bit extra in the way of sleeper accommodation. And the food is, of course, first class for everyone. Take your meals in the dining car, or in your room if you prefer. Either way, we’re sure you’ll agree, the meals are superb. “Trans-Canada” is the best way to see the country. Visit the special observation dome and see the breathtaking views, and unlike other forms of travel, there’s room to walk about! There are monthly departures in May, June, July and September. Our prices range from 2.000$ to 2.000$. And that includes so much. Your ticket includes return flights with Air  Canada from London, rail travel and meals, excellent hotel accommodation before your journey in Toronto and after it in Vancouver. The price also includes baggage handling, a full program of excursion along the way, and the services of a Tour Manager  throughout your stay. For a free brochure with full details, phone 01904521948. We’re available seven days a week, nine a.m. till five p.m. Or visit our website at www.greatrail.com. “Trans-Canada”, the rail journey of a lifetime.

 

1. How long is the journey and what does it include?
2. What accommodation does the company offer?
3. What food does it offer?
4. How much is it and what does the price include?
5. Would you like to go on such trip? Why or why not?

 

ІІІ. Основна частина.

1. Looking for materials for this lesson I came across an interesting quotation by Robert Louise Stevenson.

“There are no foreign lands. It is the foreigner only who is foreign.”

Try to interpret this quote. Do you agree or disagree with it.

(possible answers: locations throughout the world are open for us to discover, to fall in love with, to explore and it’s up to us to grasp this opportunity with both hands, embrace diverse cultures and break down our own barriers, familiarise ourselves with unknown through travel.)

So, it’s we are who are the foreigners.

 

2. It so happens that we always identify a foreigner in the crowd. Listen to a fragment of Sting’s song “An Englishman in New York” and name two thing that give him away as a foreigner in New York.

 

• he takes tea, not coffee
• he likes his toast done on one side
• he takes his walking cane everywhere he walks

 

So, what are the things that give us away as foreigners?

 

• our behavior
• manners
• food preferences
• clothes
• accent

And even if we know the language of the country we are going to we should know how to use it properly:

• the right way of making up sentences
• the right way of intonating sentences
• the way of asking questions and making requests

That is exactly what we are going to do today.

Our topic is “Travel Dialogues”

The aims are:

• practice listening strategies for being polite
• practice using polite requests
• practice intonation of polite requests

 

IV. Listening practice.

1. pre-listening

Right now we are going to hear three travel dialogues. Your task is to identify

• who the people are
• where they are
• what they are talking about

(Listening strategies: listen to the sound effects to identify where the people are, to their intonation to identify their moods, to their language (if it’s formal or informal) to identify the relationship between people.)

 

 

2. listen and do test 3 at p. 82 (SB)

 

1. Where are the people?

1. in a tourist information office
2. in a hotel
3. at the observation dome
4. at the travel agent

2. Who is talking?

1.   a tourist and a trainee
2.   a receptionist and a hotel guest
3.   a passenger and the hotel manager
4.   two passengers

3. What are they talking about it?

1.   a tour around the city
2.   a delay
3.   stopping off somewhere
4.   the city’s building

3. checking up the answers
4. post-listening. Lisyen again and complete the Function File at p. 83 (SB)

 

Polite requests (Function File)

 

1. If you’d like to fill in this form here, please. I know this is unusual, but after a long flight
2. I’d prefer not to go on with the group.
3. Is it alright if I just go off on my own a bit later?
4. I’m afraid she  won’t be here till about eight o’clock.
5. Will you be having lunch at the hotel, sir?
6. Could you possibly give me a map of the city, please?
7. I was wondering if you could give me information about visits to some of the buildings in Toronto, please.
8. Do you think I could have something about the modern buildings, please?
9. Could you ask someone else, please?
10.  I wonder if I could ask you something?
11. Would it be possible to stay over an extra night in Winnipeg?
12.  I’m sorry but we have to keep to the timetable, sir.

Are the expressions in the FF direct and not very polite or indirect and polite?

 

V. Practice.

Repeat six polite requests after the speaker

• Could you possibly give me a hand with my bags, please?
• Is it alright if I leave my bags here?
• I was wondering if I could have breakfast earlier.
• Could you tell me where the restaurant is?
• Do you think I could have a menu, please?
• I wonder if I could have another egg, please?

You see, that all those polite requests are indirect and polite. So, they are pretty formal.

And now let’s practice using them.

 

• ask the receptionist to let you use the phone at the reception
• ask the teacher t let you come tem minutes later
• ask the waiter for another cup of coffee
• ask the guide to give you a map of the city
• ask your classmates to help you with the presentation

 

Exercise 1.

Match the two parts of the requests.

1. If you’d like to                         a) could have another cup of coffee, please?
2. Is it all right if                          b) possibly give me a map of the city, please?  
3. I was wandering if                   c) all right if I had my meal in my room?
4. Where can I                             d) sign here, please
5. Could you                                e) if you could help me, please?
6. Do you think I                         f) I come ten minutes late?

7. I wander                                   g) you could give me a leaflet, please?

7. Would it be                              h) make a phone call, please?

1)d  2)f  3)g  4)h  5)b  6)a  7)e   8)c

 

Exercise 2.

 

Change impolite expressions into polite ones

 

Hey there!                                          Excuse me.

  I want another bottle of water.           Could you bring me another bottle of water,  please?

Give me a big bottle of still.              I’d like a bottle of still, please.

Hey, you there! Chris!                       Hi, Chris.

Lend me yours.                                  Can I borrow yours?

No, I don’t.                                        Sorry, Sue.

What time’s breakfast?                     Could you tell me what time you serve breakfast?

Well, I need a wakeup call.               Could you possibly give me a wake up call?

Eight o’clock. On the dot.                 At 8 o’clock, please. It’s important I’m not late.

I want a newspaper. The Telegraph.  Would it be possible to have a newspaper,  please? I’d like the Telegraph if you have it.

 

Make up dialogues with these expressions.

 

VI. Conclusions.

At this lesson we learnt to make polite requests. I hope you will have a chance to use this knowledge in real life conversations with foreigners.

H/t: make up three formal dialogues in different situations.