Конспект урока по английскому языку "Добро пожаловать в Россию"
план-конспект урока по английскому языку (8 класс) по теме

Конспект урока «Добро пожаловать в Россию»

учителя английского языка МБОУ Ржаксинская сош №1 им.Н.М.Фролова.

1. Цели  урока :
2. познавательный  аспект – увеличение  объёма  знаний  об  особенностях  культуры  родной  страны; знакомство  с  достопримечательностями Москвы, Санкт – Петербурга, Тамбова;
3. развивающий  аспект – развитие  творческих  способностей  учащихся, способности к  сравнению  и  сопоставлению  полученных  знаний, способности  логически  излагать;
4. воспитательный  аспект  - осознание  понятия  «Родина», более  глубокое  осознание  своей  культуры;
5. учебный  аспект -  развитие  речевых  умений.

Задачи  урока :

1. совершенствование  речевых  умений  по  теме;
2. совершенствование  умений  аудирования с  целью  извлечения  необходимой  информации;
3. совершенствование  умений   читать  текст  с детальным  пониманием;
4. обобщение  и  систематизация  полученных  знаний.

Оборудование  урока: компьютер, презентация «Добро   пожаловать  в  Тамбовскую область», слайды с видами Москвы и Санкт – Петербурга.

                                                   Ход    урока :

1.Организационный момент.

Т.  Good  morning, dear children and guests. We  are  glad  to see  you                           at our lesson « Welcome to Russia!» Every year a  lot of  people visit  Russia. Our  country is fantastic! Imagine, that our guests are from different foreign countries. Try to persuade them  to visit our native land - Russia.

2. Речевая  подготовка. (Проводится  в режиме  T > P 1, P 2 , P3 и т. д .)

There  are  many  different  reasons  for travelling  to Russia. Try to name  some of  them .

-Why  travel   to  Russia  ?

1. to  meet  people
2. to  walk
3. to  go  boating  on  a river
4. to  buy  souvenirs
5. to  practice  speaking  Russian
6. to  see  the  beautiful  Russian  country – side
7. to  take  part  in  a  celebration / special  occasion
8. to  visit  new  places

1. What  is  the  best  way  to  see a  country ?  This  question  as  well  as  many   others  you   would  probably  keep  in  mind  if  you  decided  to  visit  it  .Advise  your  foreign  friends  about  some  ways  of  travelling  in  Russia .

P 1:  I’d  like  to  recommend  traveling  by …( ship , car , plane , etc. ).

P 2: You  would  travel  on  foot .

3. Презентация  проектов. Привожу примеры индивидуальных проектов учащихся. (Проекты демонстрируются.)

T:  Let’s listen to Kolya’s opinion about traveling in Russia.

Учащийся предлагает различные виды путешествия по России.

Project “Travelling in Russia”

P1: There are many ways of traveling in our country. First of all, if you want to walk, to see the beautiful countryside, to meet people, you may have long walks in the country. Such walks are called hikes. Take your rucksacks, don’t think about tickets, don’t hurry and walk a lot. During such hikes you see a lot of interesting places, sometimes you meet interesting people.

You may travel by car. It is interesting too, because you can see many things in a short time. When you go by car, you don’t take tickets too, you put all the things you need in a car.

It’s comfortable to travel by train and by plain. When you travel by plane, you don’t spend a lot of time going from one place to another.

If you want to go the seaside, you may travel by ship.

It is warm, you can swim and enjoy watching white ships.

I thing that traveling is a very useful thing and you will enjoy all kinds of traveling very much.

T: Russia is one of the biggest countries in the world. It has its own national symbols, emblems. It is a country of very old traditions. I think that before planning traveling to Russia foreign friends would probably like to get as much information as possible.

(Гостям предлагается основная информация о России.)

Project  “Russia»

P2:Russia is one of the biggest countries in the world. It is situated in Europe and Asia. Its total area is over 17 million square kilometers. The population of Russia is about 150 million people.

Russia has a double-headed eagle as its symbol. It was introduced in Russia in 1497 by Tsar Ivan3.

The national flag of Russia is made up of three stripes: white, blue and red. The white stripe symbolizes nobility and revelation. The blue stripe symbolizes courage, generosity and love and the red stripe symbolizes loyalty and honesty. Besides, there are other national symbols, such as St. Andrew’s flag and St. George the Victorious.

According to old traditions, a quest should always be welcomed with the symbol of lifegiving food- break and salt.

The beauty of the ancient towns, their historical and architectural monuments, the gilded domes of the cathedrals, and the autumnal gold of the forests attract tourists from all over the world.

The singing of chastushkas used to be an important part of Russian rural holidays and parties. In many places they are still popular.

T: People who plan to travel should decide what things to take. That’s why they should know about the weather conditions in different seasons in our country.

(О погодных условиях в разное время года рассказывает следующий ученик.)

Project “Seasons in Russia”

P3: Winter, spring, summer and autumn are the seasons of the year.

December, January and February are winter months. The weather is cold, usually it snows. The days are short and the nights are long. Yon can see snow everywhere.

March, April and May are spring months. The weather is fine, it is warm. Sometimes it rains but as usual the sun shines brightly.

June, July and August are summer mother. It is hot or warm. June is the first month of summer. We have the longest day and the shortest night of the year on the 21st – 22nd of June. August is the last summer month. Sometimes it is cool in August.

September, October and November are autumn months. The weather is changeable. It often rains.

T: Tastes differ, says one popular proverb. Every country has its own traditional dishes. What about meals in Russia?

(Предлагается информация о традициях приёма пищи в России и традиционных русских блюдах.)

Project “Russian Meals”

P4: The usual meals in Russia are breakfast, dinner and supper.

As a rule people have breakfast at 7 or 8 o’clock in the morning. Children and grown-ups are fond of pancakes. Then you have a cup of tea with milk or lemon or coffer and a ham and cheese sandwich. At about 1 or 2 p. m. we have dinner. It often consists of three courses. For the first course we eat chicken soup, cabbage soup (shchi), borshch, mushroom soup or fish-soup. For the second course Russians eat different kinds of salad (meat salad, fish salad, vegetable salad), fried, boiled or stewed meat or fish. For the third course we have a glass of juice, a piece of cake or a pie.

In the evening we have supper. Some people prefer mashed potatoes with pickled or fresh vegetables.

A special Russian dish is “pyelmeni”, kind of ravioli- small cases of pases of pasta containing meat.

Далее проводится обсуждение традиционных русских блюд, которые учащиеся хотели бы предложить иностранным гостям. (Работа проводится в режиме Т>P1, P2, P3 и т.д.)

T: What Russian dishes would you advise your friends? Why?

P1: I’d advise blini. The are tasty!

P2: I’d recommend okroshka. It’s fantastic! Etc.

T: Traditions. The make a nation special. To my mind many foreigners come to Russia to learn about our traditions and to take part in a celebration.

Project “Holidays in Russia”

P5: There are some special and events in the life of our country.

These dates are: Victory Day, May Day, Constitution Day, Independence Day. These are national holidays. The most memorable date is Victory Day. It is celebrated on the 9th of May. On this day we celebrated the anniversary of the victory over fascism in the Great Patriotic War.

May Day is celebrated as the day of solidarity of the workers of the world.

Women’s Day celebrated on the 8th of March, is like Mother’s Day in Great Britain.

Some holidays are of religious origin. They are Christmas and Easter. In Russia Christmas is celebrated on the 7th January. At Christmas people celebrated the birth of Jesus Christ. Easter symbolizes the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

T: There are many places to see in our country. What cities would you advise your friends to visit in Russia?

(Следующий проект рассказывает о нашей столице.)

Project “Moscow”

P6: Moscow is the capital of Russia. It’s one of the biggest and most beautiful cities in the world. The population of the city is about 9 million people.

Moscow is a political center, where the government of our country works.

Moscow was founded in 1147 by Yuri Dolgoruky. Moscow is an industrial center, too. There are many factories and industrial plants in it.

Moscow is a cultural center. There a lot of theatres, museums, institutes, libraries and cinemas in Moscow. They are trams, buses, trolley-buses, taxis, the underground. There are many places of interest in Moscow.

Moscow, the heart of our country, is dear not only to Moscovites, but to all Russians.

Учащиеся предлагают гостям осмотреть достопримечательности столицы.

T: What sights of our capital world you recommend to the foreigners?

(The Kremlin, Red Square, State Moscow University, the Moscow Metro, the Central Stadium in Luzhniki, Gorky Central Park, the Children Musical Theatre, the Battle of Borodino Panorama Museum, the Museum of History, the Bolshoi Theatre, the Tretyakov Art Gallery, the Pushkin Fine Art Museum, the Central Military Museum).

T: St. Petersburg is often called the northern capital of our country. It’s one of the most beautiful cities in the world. And the history of this city is very interesting, too.

Project “St. Petersburg”

P7: St. Petersburg is the second largest city in Russia. It is one of the most         beautiful cities in the world.

It was founded in 1703 by Peter the Great as the “Window on the West”.

St. Petersburg is a city of great beauty, with places, cathedrals, churches, government buildings.

When the First World War began in 1914, the German-sounding name, St. Petersburg, was changed to Petrograd.

After the October Revolution the city was renamed after Lenin.

During the Great Patriotic War Leningrad was cut off from the rest of the country for a year and a half. No food could be brought in, and people died of starvation.

Rebuilding took years. Now St. Petersburg is an important industrial, cultural and educational center. The population of the city is over 5 million. There are many sights in St. Petersburg. The Winter Palace, the Hermitage, the Russian Museum, St. Isaac’s Cathedral, the Peter-and-Paul Fortress and the Admiralty building attract thousands of tourists from every corner of the world.

T: I think that we can invite foreign friends to our region and show them the beauty of our nature, the riches of our land and hospitality of our people.

Project «Tambov  Region»

P9:  Tambov  region is situated in the European part of Russia . It occupies the central part of the Oka-Don lowlands. The area of the region is about 34,500 sq. km. The capital of our region is Tambov.

The population is more than 1,270,000 people.

Tambov region has a temperate climate with cold snowy winters and hot dry summers. The longest river of the region is the Tsna. There are about 2900 lakes in the province. The largest and the deepest lake is Lake Ramsa. Tambov region possesses  rich fertile soils which are called black soils or chernozem. They are extremely good for farming.

The original vegetation of Tambov region has been greatly influenced by man . The original vegetation mainly consists of forest, steppe and meadows.

Wildlife is rather rich : there are 67 species of animals, 7 species of reptiles, 6 species of amphibians and 287 species of birds. There are some foxes, boars, elks in the forests.

Tambov region has achieved significant progress in the development of mechanical engineering, chemical, textile industries and food production. Agriculture has undergone great changes as well.

Tambov region has a wide net of all kinds of transport: railway, automobile and airplanes.

Tambov is a cultural centre. There are a lot of theatres, museums, libraries, universities        and cinemas in Tambov.

Welcome to the Tambov region!

4. Чтение диалога с целью  детального понимания.

Read the dialogue: «А Tour around Tambov» very attentively. Try to get as much information as possible. You have 3 minutes.

Liza: Is this City Sightseeing Bureau ? Can you put us down for the tour   round the town ?

Guide: Sure. Well, we start our tour from the Railway Station. The first wooden  terminal was build in 1869 to connect Tambov and Kozlov.

Pavel: Does the station face the main street of the city ?

Guide: Oh, no .It faces Internatsionalnaya Street, which  leads to the main  street – Sovetskaya. This street has been renamed several times. First it had the name Yamskaya Sloboda and later it was renamed Dvoryanskaya.

Mary: I bought a leaflet in your Bureau. It says that Sovetskaya Street had another name before the revolution.

Guide: You are right . Up to 1936 four parts of the main street were named  Morshanskaya , Dvortsovaya, Bolshaya and Astrakhanskaya.

Liza: Is Sovetskaya also the longest street?

Guide:Oh, no. The longest one is Karl Marx Street. It is longer than 7 km.

Mary: Can you ask the driver to stop for a while?

Guide: Sure. I will tell you some historical facts about this place. The central  square was laid in 1905 and was named Pyatnitskaya. When the first monument to Lenin was put in the centre of the square  it was named Lenin Square.

Liza: Sorry to interrupt you. I am a student, you know. I heard G.R.

Derzhavin was the first Governor of Tambov province.

Guide:  I don’t think your information is right. Actually, Derzhavin was the  fifth governor. He served in Tambov province for  only 3 years and did much for the development  of our province. You see the monument to this great man on the left.

Liza: By the way, how many universities are there in your town?

Guide: There are two of them. To the left you can see one of the buildings of the Technical University and opposite there is an old building of Derzhavin University. Before the revolution it housed Alexandrinsky Institute for the daughters of noblemen. Next to the Derzhavin University you can see the first public reading – room in Russia. It was built with the money raised by a wealthy   nobleman Naryshkin.

Liza: Is this building still preserved?

Guide: Yes, now the Art Gallery is situated there. There were several honourary citizens in Tambov: S. Lion, M. Shorshorov, M. Aseyev, I. Suvorov.   A. Nosov, for example, build hospitals for  sick people.

Pavel: What other famous people is your town proud of?

Guide: Well, Tambov is proud of diplomat G.R. Chicherin, composers

S.Rakhmaninov and V.Agapkin, writer I.Shatrov and many others.

Mary: I  like walking very much. Where can I go for a walk in your town?

Guide: The best place for walks is our picturesque embankment. I wish you to enjoy your visit to Tambov.

Tourists: Thank you.

Give the answers to the following questions:

1. When was Tambov founded?
2. Who is considered to be the founder of Tambov?
3. Is Sovetskaya Street the longest in the city?
4. How many museums and galleries are there in Tambov?
5. Was Derzhavin the first Town Governor?
6. What famous people lived and worked in Tambov?

5. Заключительный этап урока.

Подведение итогов.