Урок з англійської мови. "The diversity of British traditions (Listening)" 9 клас

Topic: The diversity of British traditions
Focus: Listening comprehension
Skills: Listening for gist and detail, vocabulary development
Materials:

• Audio recording (about 2–3 minutes)
• Pictures/slides with British traditions
• Worksheets (gap-fill, comprehension questions)
• Whiteboard / projector

1. Warm-up

Goal: Activate learners’ background knowledge and interest

Activities:

• Brainstorm: “What do you know about British traditions?”
  • Write key words on the board (tea, Royal Family, holidays.)
• Show images of British traditions (Afternoon Tea, Trooping the Colour, Bonfire Night.)
• Ask:

Which British tradition would you like to see or try? Why?

2. Lead-in

Goal: Pre-teach vocabulary and introduce context

Target vocabulary:

• tradition, ceremony, celebration, royal, historical, costume, parade, fireworks, custom, national holiday

Activities:

• Match pictures to new words
• Ask prediction questions:

What traditions do you think will be in the listening?
Is this tradition modern or old?

3. Pre-listening

Goal: Prepare learners for listening and guide focus

Activities:

• Provide short statements or a short summary of the listening
• Learners complete a short task:
  • Tick what you expect to hear:
    [ ] Royal wedding
    [ ] Afternoon tea
    [ ] Christmas crackers
    [ ] Halloween
• Pre-listening true/false predictions (learners check after listening)

4. Listening

Goal: Develop global and detailed comprehension

Audio content: A short informative text (2–3 min) covering 2–3 British traditions :

• Changing of the Guard
• Bonfire Night
• Afternoon Tea
• Brief explanations with sound effects/music background

First listening (gist):

• Task: Choose the best title / match tradition to photo

Second listening (detail):

• Comprehension questions:
  • What do people eat during Afternoon Tea?
  • When is Bonfire Night celebrated?
  • What does the Changing of the Guard involve?
• Gap-fill or multiple-choice quiz

5. Post-listening

Goal: Reflect on content and personalize topic

Activities:

• Pair discussion:

Which tradition did you find most interesting? Why?
Are there similar traditions in Ukraine?

• Compare and contrast table:
  • UK tradition vs Ukrainian equivalent
• Optional: short group presentation — one tradition in 3 sentences

6. Homework

Task:

• Write a short paragraph (6–8 sentences):

“My favourite British tradition”

• Include: name of the tradition, when it is celebrated, what people do, why it is interesting

• Optional: find a photo or draw it

7. Feedback and reflection

Activities:

• Ask learners:

What new things did you learn today?
Was it easy or difficult to understand the speaker?
Which tradition surprised you?

• Self-assessment:
  • Thumbs up/middle/down
  • Finish the sentence:

Today I learned… / I was surprised by… / I want to learn more about…