Урок "The United Kingdom: London"/ "Сполучене Королівство: Лондон"

Objectives

Practical:        to summarize and systematize the studied material on the topic of the lesson;

                           to improve pupils’ listening comprehension, reading, writing and oral speech skills and

                           habits;                   

Educational:  to extend the pupils’ knowledge about England and of poems and proverbs on the topic

                          of the lesson;

Developing:   to develop their language skills (speaking, reading, listening and writing)

Upbringing:   to cultivate pupils respect and tolerant attitude to the country which language they study

                          and bring up active personalities who are ready to take part in the dialogue of cultures.

Equipment:  text-books, note-books, the map of Great Britain, flags and flower emblems of different parts of Great Britain, Game “JIGSAW SENTENCES, a  comprehension check

PROCEDURE:

 I. INTRODUCTION

 T.: Glad to greet you! Today we are going to summarize and systematize the material which we have studied on the topic “The United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland”.  We’ll listen, read, speak and write in English

and each of you should be active and show the knowledge of the theme.

       The motto of our today’s lesson is:

 II. WARMING-UP

 T.: Let’s brush up vocabulary at first. Open your books on fly-leaf, find the map of Great Britain and try to find

and show on the map the following geographical names: the British Isles, the United Kingdom, England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland,  Belfast, London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, the Tames, the Severn, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester,  the Strait of Dover, the English Channel

III. READING

Pre-reading activities

Quiz (see: ex22, p.31)

While reading activities

What do you know about Wales? Show me the flag of Wales and its flower emblem.

 Read the text and find the following information:

- What is the most beautiful part of Great Britain?

- Why Wales is called ‘the land of song’?

- Do the English like to spend their holidays in Wales? Why?

- When and why can you hear many languages in the streets of Wales?

- What is the national language of Wales?

- How many languages do the Welsh speak? What are they?

- Are the Welsh people proud of their native language?

- Is it used in many of their schools?

Post-reading activities

• Answer the questions which I have already given to you.
• Imagine that you have just returned from the trip to Wales. Tell you classmates about this country.

IV. LISTENING

Pre-listening activities

T.: Now I’ll tell you more information about England. Before the listening to the text “ENGLAND”,

let’s revise some of the useful vocabulary. Say what is it?

• A piece of land that is surrounded by water and is smaller than a continent. (Island)
• A large area of rock or a mountain with a steep side. (Cliff)
• The city where a country or a region has its government. (Capital)

While listening activities

T.: While listen to the text fill in the key facts about England and be ready to do the comprehension check.

                                                             TEXT

      Great Britain is the largest island in Europe. It consists of England, Scotland, and Wales. England is situated in the central and southern part of Great Britain. It is washed by the Irish Sea in the west, the

English Channel in the south, the North Sea in the east. England is bounded by Scotland in the north and Wales in the west. The area is 130,000 sq kilometers. People who live in England are called Englishmen.

The population of England is 47,536,000 inhabitants.

      London, the capital of England, stands on the river Thames. The longest river in England is the Severn. The major cities are Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester. The Poetic name of England is

“Foggy Albion”. Many years ago the Romans associated the term “Albion” with “albus” (white) and identified it with the Dover Chalk cliffs. The term ‘foggy’ appeared because of the specific climate. England is famous for its fogs which last for days and weeks in autumn and winter. 

      The flag of England is called St George’s Cross. It is a red cross in a white field. The national

Emblem is Red Rose. John Bull is a figure representing the English people, particularly in newspapers

Cartoons. He is always drawn as a broadly built, red-faced farmer, sometimes with his bulldog. The name comes from the lampoon “The History of John Bull” by John Arbuthnot (1712).

Key Facts

Area: 130,000 sq km

Population: 47,536,000

Capital city: London

Longest river: the Severn, the Thames

Major cities: Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester

Poetic name: Foggy Albion

Flag: St George’s Cross

National emblem: Red Rose

Unofficial representative: John Bull

Post-listening activities

T.: Which statements are true and which ones are false? Fill in the table.

Answers: 1F, 2T, 3F, 4F, 5T, 6F, 7F, 8T, 9T, 10F, 11T, 12F (Greenland)

V. SPEAKING

T.: Talking about Great Britain and England we can’t but stop our attention on their capital. What is it?

We read about London during our previous lesson. Now I would like you tell me about it. I declare a little contest for the best teller about London.

VI. WRITING

Group work. Game “JIGSAW SENTENCES”

Work in groups of 4.  Make up 4 sentences, arrange them in logical order, and translate,

Let us see which group will be the first one to make up sentences.

1. Great Britain, in Europe, island, is, the largest.

2. Of Great Britain, in the southern part, England, is situated.

3. Scotland, in the north, England, borders on.

4. Wales, consist of, Scotland, Great Britain, England.

VII. SUMMING UP

T.: Our lesson has come to the end. We have brushed up some information about Great Britain and its capital London. Today we have previously spoken about such countries of Great Britain as Wales and England. Next lesson you’ll have a writing test on the theme. Your home task is to prepare for the test.

Recollect information about Scotland and Northern Ireland because I’m going to give you a general quiz

about the United Kingdom.