Методтческая разработка урока английского языка по теме "What are their traditions?"

WHAT ARE THEIR TRADITIONS ?

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

The theme of the lesson is

WHAT ARE THEIR TRADITIONS?

The aims of the lessons are
- to study the information about the traditions of englishspeaking countries
-to learn the usage of articles with geographic names

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

Score your points

0-4=1
5-8=2
9-12=3
13-16=4
17-20=5
Put your mark down into your paper!

Custom – обычай
Wassail – празднование святок
Superstition – суеверие, примета
Precedent – прецедент
Politeness – вежливость
Feature – черта, особенность
Fireplace – камин
Lucky draw prize – лотерейный выигрыш

Blessing – благословение
Priest – священник
To reflect – отражать
Aboriginal culture – культура аборигенов
Prairie – прерия
Tribal elder – старейшина племени
Carved – резной
Bone -кость

суеверие, примета
черта, особенность
благословение
прерия
резной

Custom
Fireplace
Bone
Politeness
To reflect

Check your answers

Superstition
Feature
Blessing
Prairie
Carved

Обычай
Камин
Кость
Вежливость
Отражать

Score your points

0-2=1
3-4=2
5-6=3
7-8=4
9-10=5

Put your mark down into your paper!

Some English customs & traditions are famous all over the world:

tea,
talking about the weather,
no written constitution,
the Queen reigns but does not rule,
spend free time in pubs,
fireplace,
have pets,
politeness.

Australia

come together on St Patrick’s Day to celebrate Irish culture & remember St Patrick,
hold St Patrick Day breakfast & lunches,
parades.

Ireland

prepare homes for Easter Sunday by doing “spring cleaning”
prepare houses for blessing by the local priest (religious ceremony that dates back hundreds of years).

Canada

Canadian culture reflects a heavy influence of British, American and Aboriginal culture & traditions.
If a neighbor brings you a plate of food, you must return the plate dirty (washing it will bring bad luck).

New Zealand

Church weddings are the most traditional marriage celebrations:
the groom should not see the bride before she joins him in front of the church,
Maori wedding ceremony is conducted by a tribal elder,
wedding rings made from carved bones & are popular among those wishing to include the ancient culture in the ceremony.

Are these statements true or false? Correct the false ones.

All English traditions are famous all over the world.
Wassailing is a kind of English superstition.
According to the British constitution the Queen reigns but does not rule.
English people like to spend their free time at home.
You can find fireplace in English houses where there is no central heating

Are these statements true or false? Correct the false ones.

6. British people are very polite.
7. Many Irish people come to Australia to celebrate St Patrick’s Day.
8. Many Australian families do “spring cleaning’ on Easter Day.
9. In New Zealand all the wedding ceremonies should be conducted in accordance with Maori customs.
10. Canadian culture reflects an influence of Australian traditions.

Check your groupmate’s answers

True
False
False
False
False



6. True
7. False
8. False
9. False
10. False

Score your groupmate’s points

0-2=1
3-4=2
5-6=3
7-8=4
9-10=5

Don’t forget to put down a mark for your groupmate!

Find the 10 hidden words (group work)

Find the 10 hidden words (group work)

Score your groupmate’s points

Don’t forget to put down a mark for your groupmate

DISCUSSION

What did you learn about the traditions of englishspeaking countries?
What tradition did you like the most? Why?
What similarities are there between the traditions in our country and the traditions of other countries?

What was the topic of our lesson?

What were the aims of our lesson?
Did we reach our aims?

Home work

Make a PP presentation (10 sl) about one of the tradition of English-speaking country
Describe two different traditions of English-speaking country (15 sentences) and tell your story orally
Write a story about any tradition of English-speaking countries (not less then 10 sentences)

GREAT JOB!!

Thank you for your attention !