Урок з англійської мови. "Hyde Park (Listening)" 5 клас

Topic: Hyde Park
Focus: Listening skills
Materials:

• Audio recording (short description of Hyde Park)
• Pictures of Hyde Park (trees, lake, people, Speaker’s Corner.)
• Worksheet with pre-/post-listening tasks
• Projector or board

1. Warm-up

Goal: Activate interest and introduce theme

Activities:

• Greet learners and show 2–3 images of famous parks (one of them — Hyde Park)
• Ask:

Do you like parks? What can you do in a park?
What do you know about parks in other countries?

• Optional: Mini-vote: Do you prefer a city or a park?

2. Lead-in

Goal: Introduce vocabulary and context

Target vocabulary:

• park, lake, trees, flowers, people, picnic, Speaker’s Corner, bicycle, walk, playground, animals

Activities:

• Show flashcards or images and match words.
• Play a quick game: “What do you see in a park?”
• Pre-teach 3–5 key words from the recording using visuals.

3. Pre-listening

Goal: Prepare learners for listening and create purpose

Activities:

• Prediction task: Show title and ask:

What do you think Hyde Park looks like?
What can people do there?

• Listen to 3 short sentences (“People ride bikes in the park.”) and guess if they are in the audio

4. Listening

Goal: Develop listening for gist and details

First listening (for gist):

• Learners listen to the short recording (1–2 minutes)

Hyde Park is a big park in London. People come here to relax, ride bikes, and have picnics. There is a lake and many trees. You can see ducks and squirrels. There is also Speaker’s Corner — a place where people talk in public.

Task: Tick what you hear (worksheet: lake, dogs, bikes, squirrels, cars, playground)

Second listening (for details):

• Answer comprehension questions:
  • Where is Hyde Park?
  • What animals can you see?
  • What is Speaker’s Corner?

5. Post-listening

Goal: Check comprehension and encourage production

Activities:

• True or false (based on audio):
  • Hyde Park is in Manchester.
  • You can ride a bike there.
  • There are tigers in the park.
  • You can have a picnic.
• Pair work: Ask and answer
  • What do you remember about Hyde Park?
  • Would you like to go there? Why/Why not?
• Optional speaking: “In my park, I can…” vs “In Hyde Park, you can…”

 6. Homework

Task:

• Draw your ideal park and write 3–5 sentences about it using new vocabulary
  • My park has a lake. You can see ducks. There are many flowers. You can have a picnic.

7. Feedback and reflection

Activities:

• Ask learners:

What did you learn about Hyde Park?
What new words do you remember?
Was the listening easy or hard?

• Self-assessment:
  • Thumbs up/down
  • Rate with emojis on board
  • Finish the sentence: Today I learned… / I liked…