Методическая разработка урока английского языка по теме "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland"

Omsk aviation college
teacher of foreign languages
Goncharova N.V.,
Omsk 2020

THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND
The aims of the lesson are
-to study the information about the UK,
-to revise the usage of articles with geographic names.

Study the following words & expressions

England
London
The Houses of Parliament
Heritage
The Queen
enchanting

Scotland
Edinburg
Scottish
Kilts
Bagpipes
theatre

Wales
Cardiff
Edge
Welsh
Cymraeg
choir

Northern Ireland
Belfast
Irish
Place of conflict
Dancing
traditions

Study the following words & expressions

Study the grammarArticles with geographic names

THE
with oceans, seas, rivers, group of lakes/isles, gulfs, canals, falls, mountain chains, regions, deserts, poles

NO ARTICLE
With mountains, peaks, isles, lakes, bays, continents, villages, provinces, cities, countries

EXAMPLES
the Pacific Ocean, the Black Sea, the Volga, the Themes, the Great Lakes, the Persian Gulf, the Niagara Falls, the Crimea, the Sahara Desert, the North Pole

Elbrus, Haiti, Baikal, San Francisco Bay, Europe, Moscow, Borodino

Study the grammarTHE EXCEPTIONS

“THE” is used:
with the names of the countries which include words like
KINGDOM (the United Kingdom),
STATES (the United States of America),
FEDERATION (the Russian Federation),
REPUBLIC (the Irish Republic)
With abbreviations:
the USSR
the UK
the USA

Study the grammarTHE EXCEPTIONS

“THE” is used:
with the words in plural:
the Netherlands,
the Philippines.
with:
the Hague
the Ukraine

Study the grammarArticles with the points of the compass

The north
The south
The east
The west

The northwest
The northeast
The southwest
The southeast

Yenisei
Laptev Sea
Indian Ocean
Suez Canal
Middle East
Kara-Kum
Kilimanjaro
Tokyo
Egypt
Sakhalin

11. USSR
12. Netherlands
13. Ukraine
14. Far East
15. South Pole
16. Philippines
17. People’s Republic of China
18. Quebec
19. British Isles
20. Hudson Bay

The
The
The
The
The
The





The
The
The
The

The
The
The

The

0-4=1
5-8=2
6-12=3
13-16=4
17-20=5
Put your mark down into your paper!

Can you match the words with the pictures below?

8 points=5
7 points=4
6 points=3
5 points=2
Less than 5=1

Put your mark down into your groupmate’s paper!

London
Belfast
Tea
Cardiff
Talking about the weather
Kilts
Bagpipes
Peace progress
Choir
Edinburgh
Cymreag
dancing

England
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland

England
London
Tea
Talking about the weather
Wales
Cardiff
choirs
Cymraeg

Scotland
Edinburg
Kilts
Bagpipes
Northern Ireland
Belfast
Peace process
dancing

11-12=5
9-10=4
7-8=3
5-6=2
Less than 5=1

Put your mark down into your paper!

Three million, fifty million, sixty, twenty, two million, five million
Just over________ people live in Scotland.
Nearly _______ people live in Wales.
Northern Ireland is home to just under ________ people.
The population of England is around _______ people.
The Edinburg Festival has celebrated art, theatre and culture for over ______ years/
About ________ per cent of Welsh people speak Cymreag.

Five million
Three million
Two million
Fifty million
Sixty
Twenty

6 points=5
5 points=4
4 points=3
3 points=2


Put your mark down into your papers!

Have you ever been to any of the countries in the UK?

Would you like to go? Where? Why?

What similarities are there between the United Kingdom and your country?

Learn word on the topic
Revise grammar rules
Make your own story about one of the countries
Power point presentation (10 s) for excellent mark
Written story ( 15 sentences) for good mark
Written story (10 sentences) for sad mark