Textbook: Development of activities and lessons in English. Foreign language lessons Developed English lessons
The development of English lessons should include systematic training of students aimed at developing oral language skills, meaningful use of necessary grammatical structures and the use of active vocabulary of students.
Requirements for English lessons
The development of English lessons must meet the following requirements:
- consistency;
- strict adherence to the lesson structure;
- the use of visual materials and aids in order to better assimilate the material.
An example of developing an English lesson
Let's look at the lesson summary - development of English lessons on the theme Great Britain (Great Britain).
The objectives of this lesson on Great Britain are:
Contributing to the formation of students’ communicative competence, memorizing lexical units on the topic “Great Britain”, fostering internationalism and promoting the development of students’ thinking processes.
Lesson objectives:
- Promote the use of vocabulary from previous lessons
- Expanding knowledge about Great Britain
- Development of linguistic conjecture
- Practice working with a dictionary and other visual aids
Lesson plan:
- Organizing time.
- Greetings.
- Good afternoon, children! Sit down, please.
— What date is it today?
— What’s the weather like today? Is it cold/frosty/sunny/rainy etc?
- Phonetic exercises, language warm-up.
Sounds [t] - [d], [w] - [v], [r] - [l]: foot - food, wet - vet, train - blame. Pronunciation of the words hello, window, vain, etc., paying attention to the correct articulation of sounds.
- The teacher reads the poem with the students. Analysis of grammatical phenomena found in it.
- Checking homework (oral part).
- Introduction to the topic of the lesson.
Today we are going to talk about Great Britain and its famous places.
What do you know about England?
What cities of the country do you know?
What can you tell about them?
The teacher presents the topic using a multimedia presentation. Then the students tell (in Russian) what new they learned about the country of the language they are learning.
Working with printed material (text).
Training in the pronunciation of geographical names, reading and translating text in a chain, completing tasks and exercises for the read text (on the topic of the lesson).
Exercises for the text:
Before reading activities:
A) Look at the pictures and try to answer the questions. What is the text about? What problems does it face?
B) Work with the active vocabulary of the text.
While reading activities:
"True or False".
This task requires students to divide sentences into two groups.
Pair work with cut material to match the beginning and end of a sentence.
Filling in the gaps in sentences.
Answers to questions based on the text.
Crossword. Find place names.
Summing up the lesson.
Summarizing the material, answering students’ questions and checking the quality of their assimilation of the material covered with the help of tests, assessments and assignments for independent completion.
Grading.
In addition, the development of English lessons involves further independent work by students at home in order to consolidate the material covered in class. For homework on the Great Britain topic, you can use visuals and handouts, making cards for classmates and essays on the topic covered.
English lesson, 8th grade. UMK: Biboletova M.Z.
Subjectlesson: Famous and Successful People. The key of success . (Famous and successful people. The key to success.))
Lesson objectives:
1.Introduce students to active vocabulary on the topic.
2. Practice students in the ability to:
Make short reports about people who have achieved a lot through their own efforts (W. Disney, Mother Teresa)
Express your attitude to what you read.
Use learned grammatical structures to construct microstatements.
Work in groups
To form ideas about the cultural characteristics of the country, your region, to introduce famous people of our region.
During the classes:
I. Start:
Morning, boys and girls! I'm glad to see you. How are you? I hope everyone is all right. You are in a good mood. We have a lot of guests today. Say “Hello” to them. Nice to meet you! Let's start our lesson. (Everything will be all right, won't it?)
Look at the pictures! Do you know what these people are? Well, this is G. Clooney, Mother Teresa, S. Mikhalkov, E. Plyuschenko.
What is the theme (topic) of our lesson? Right! “Famous and Successful People. The key of success.”
What is the aim? This is the key. What is this key of?(Announce goals after students have expressed their guesses)
Do you know that “Success is a vehicle which moves on a wheel called “Hard work” but the journey is impossible without fuel called “Self-confidence.” What do you think of it? Share your opinions.
II. Phonetic exercise:
Pay attention to the active vocabulary:
to set goals/ aims - set goals
to achieve the goal/aim - to achieve the goal
to succeed in - to succeed in something
ambitious - purposeful
own efforts - own (own) efforts
shares something - share something
a famous compatriot - famous fellow countryman
III .Main stage:
1.We have been discussing this topic for three lessons and I suppose that you have some conclusions (thoughts) about a person who is successful. Read the statements “A successful person is a person..” and say: Agree (+) or disagree (-)? Prove your opinion.
1.There are a lot of famous and successful people in the world. We have mentioned some of them: ABOUT . London, I.Rodnina, Walt Disney, Mother Teresa. Could you tell us about some of them? ( Monologue statements ) . Thank you. Don't worry! All the others will have an opportunity to tell us about their next lesson.
Ex. 11 p.97 Answer the questions!
Match the parts of the sentences. 
4.Watch a video “Some steps to become successful.”
The task:
Try to understand the main idea of the film.
Be able to name the steps to success. (Discussing)
5. Work in small groups. “The key of success.” (True and wrong statements. Choose only those statements that are steps to success.
Be creative and innovative!
Do what you love and do it with love.
Believe in yourself!
Believe that things you do are good.
Work hard!
Never give up! Try, try and try!
Set the goals and achieve them!
Believe somebody is going to hand you success on a plate.
Education isn't important.
It is unimportant to do your best every day.
(Protection of a mini project)
5. Look! Do you know these people? Who are they? What are they?
Home task: Write 5-7 sentences about a successful person of our town/region/.
Ex 2, p.110 Translate from Russia into English.
Reflection ! What is your mood? Show it usingmagnets and these smiles.
Lesson objectives:
Systematization of knowledge on the topic “Sport”;
Training and expansion of vocabulary;
Improving the skills of oral monologue and dialogic speech.
Tasks:
Educational:
- development of thinking, ability to give an assessment, express your opinion in English;
- development of fantasy, imagination;
Socio-cultural:
- broadening the horizons of students.
Educational:
- developing students’ love for sports;
Raising awareness about the Universiade 2013;
Formation of a positive attitude towards the 2013 Universiade in Kazan;
To foster a sense of pride in the capital of Tatarstan;
Maintain interest in learning English.
Lesson equipment:
- textbook, study guide Welcome to Tatarstan (chapter-14), multimedia projector, computer (electronic lesson support in the form of presentations).
The target audience: 7th grade students
Lesson format: collective, individual.
Interdisciplinary connections: history, physical education.
Criteria and methods for diagnosing the effectiveness of classes: answering questions (orally), doing exercises, testing
During the classes
1. Organizational moment (2 minutes)
(Message of the topic, objectives of the lesson) Slides No. 1,2
Good morning, boys and girls. Today we continue our work at the theme “Sports”. We shall revise the material of our previous lessons and speak about sports in Tatarstan. We shall find out what sports you like or maybe dislike.
Thousands of years ago ancient Greeks said: “A sound mind is in a sound body.” Millions of people who go in for sports know from their own experience that this famous saying is true.
At the same time a great number of people don’t go in for sports. Some of them realize that sport is useful but prefer watching sport on TV to going in for it themselves.
So, at the lesson we shall speak about sport activities.
2. Phonetic exercise. (2 minutes)
The teacher asks the students to name words with certain sounds on the topic “Sport”.
Now we’ll repeat words and make up expressions. Slides
Match the words in English and in Russian. Slides
- Group these activities into indoor and outdoor sports. Slides
3. Speech exercise (3 minutes) Slide
Answer the questions.
- What kinds of sports are popular in Tatarstan?
- Are you against or for sports?
- Do you prefer going in for sports or watching it on TV?
- Is sport a part of our everyday life?
- Is sport important to you?
- What is your favorite kind of sport?
- Who is the best sportsman in your class?
4. Working with lexical material (Slides)
1) People who go in for different sports have different names. (1
minute)
How do we call people who:
- play football(footballer), cricket(batsman), tennis(tennis player);
- go swimming(swimmer), jumping(jumper), running(runner), windsurfing(surfer),
- ride a bike(cyclist)?
2)Complete the chart by matching each sport with the place and equipment which goes with it. (3 minutes) Slides
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boots costume pool ring slope skis boat racket stadium rink oar rod court ball gloves river alley pitch hoop |
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equipment |
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football |
Pitch |
Boots |
3)Guess what kind of sports it is. Translate the sentences into Russian. (3 minutes) Slides
- It is a game for two or four players who hit a ball with rackets across a net. (lawn tennis)
- It is a summer game played on a grass field by two teams with a ball, bats and wickets. (cricket)
- It is a game played by two or four persons with a small hard ball which is struck with clubs into holes. (golf)
- It is a way of traveling or going on foot. (walking)
- It is a team game played with oval ball. (rugby, football)
- It is a game played on a table using round wood bats and a small plastic ball. (table tennis)
5. Develop your Listening Skills
Listening and repeating vocabulary (see audio - Sports application)
- Listen to the story about Paul and the sports that he does. (Slide)
Write the correct name of the day under each bag.
Paul loves sports. He does some sport every day. After school on Mondays, he goes running with some friends for about half an hour. Then he goes swimming before he goes home for dinner. He also plays in two school teams. On Wednesdays he plays football at school and on Friday evening he plays in the table tennis team. On Saturday and Sunday mornings he goes swimming again. He also cycles to school every day except Sunday. On Sunday afternoon, he does his favorite sport - sleeping!
Musical break (see appendix “Text of the song”)
Teacher: Sing a song about sport. (Choral performance of the song "Sports for Everybody")
6. Checking homework. (7 minutes)
Improving oral monologue speech skills.
Teacher: And now we speak about sport in Russia and Tatarstan.
Aigul - Russian children start to go in for sports since their early childhood. Like children in other countries we are fond of running, jumping, skipping, and playing snowballs. When we grew up our sport activities became more serious. Now we attend sport clubs or go to sport centers if we are interested in staying healthy.
Tanya - In my opinion many Russian people are fond of sports. Sport plays an important role in our lives. We know many Russian athletes who won in European and world championships. Our figure skaters are the best. They take a lot of cups and medals in different competitions. Who doesn’t know Russian skiers! We are proud of them!
Rail -So, sport helps us to stay in good shape, to build character. It teaches us to win and to lose. Besides, it is a good way to meet different people and make new friends.
Damira - One of the important areas of life in the city belongs to sports. Ice hockey Club "Ak Bars", soccer "Rubin", basketball club "Unix", volley ball club "Dinamo-TTG" and others commendably represent Kazan at the championships of Russia, Europe and the world. In recent years the following major sports facilities have been built in Kazan: Basket-hall, Ice Sports Palace "Tatneft Arena", horse race track, Russian ice hockey stadium. The Central Stadium has been renovated. Water Sports Palace construction will be completed shortly. The world-class sports events are held in the city.
7. Development of dialogical speech skills.
What do you know about the Summer Universiade game 2013? (The topic is covered in 15 slides - see “Project work “Universiade 2013”)
8. Development of monologue skills.
Teacher: Who wants to tell us about your favorite kind of sports?
Sergey -- I like swimming. I started to learn when I was about seven years old. I think that swimming is something like music or language. That is why very good to start as early as possible if you want to be good at it. I visit swimming pool every week. Swimming helps me to stay in good shape.
Oksana -- In my opinion the best sport is tennis. In fact I play tennis table. My father has taught me this game. And now I play it every day. I’m so glad that tennis is so popular in the lyceum. During the breaks or after the lessons there are many students waiting for them to turn to play tennis. It is good for my health and body. Tennis also helps me to relax after my working day.
Anton -- I go in for jogging. Every morning I run about a kilometer. And after it I am not tired at all. Jogging keeps me fit the rest of the day. All I need for these exercises are shorts, a vest and trackers. I run all year round in any weather.
Alina- As for me I do not like sports. It takes a lot of energy and time. As a result of going in for sports, people can have broken legs and arms. It makes you unhappy when you lose. So I prefer to watch sport competitions than participate in them.
9. Quiz (L. Ivanova “Welcome to Tatarstan”, Student’s book -ex.3, p.78) Slide
10. Summing up the lesson. Slides
Ratings (with comments)
a tortoise-“2” a car -“4”
a horse-“3” a plane-“5”
House. assignment (prepare for project work on the topic “Health is Above Wealth”).
Teacher: Boys and girls, we did a lot at the lesson. You worked hard so you know a lot of the most popular kinds of sports in Tatarstan as well as about sports in the school. I think, you understand that sport is very important for our life, for our health and for our cheerful mood. Thank you for being so active. Thank you for the lesson.
Completed by: Nikita Tolmachev
Topic: “Shopping for everything”
The purpose of the lesson: formation of skills in speaking, listening and reading. Communicative competence in its modern understanding involves the formation of intercultural interaction. Nowadays, it is this goal that is most in demand by any category of students, students studying foreign languages, and contributes to the sociocultural development of schoolchildren through the means of a foreign language.
Lesson objectives:
To form students’ sense of language and develop linguistic conjecture.
Contribute to the development of self-expression skills; contribute to the formation of verbal and logical thinking.
To teach to understand by ear the main content of a text based on familiar material;
Learn to describe a picture;
Introduce students to the names of food containers;
Learn to reconstruct text by inserting missing words;
Learn to write a story.
Methods: formation of consciousness.
Form: story, explanation.
Techniques: testing the skills of monologue speech, listening, repetition, reading the material independently.
Methodological equipment of the lesson:
Computer;
Educational computer program “Enjoy Listening and Playing” for teaching materials M.Z. Biboletova, O.A. Denisenko, N.N. Trubaneva “English with pleasure” / “Enjoy English” for grade 4 (section 6, exercises 24, 25);
Decorated board;
Audio recording of the song “Happy Birthday to you”;
Product pictures;
Reflection cards;
Textbook, workbook.
Explanatory note
The educational goal of the lesson continues to work on the sociocultural development of schoolchildren through the means of a foreign language, relying on the sociocultural knowledge and skills that students acquired at earlier stages of education. The proposed lesson material not only provides basic information about the country being studied, but also ensures the deepening of students’ sociocultural knowledge in this area.
The implementation of the set goals and objectives makes it possible to increase the level of knowledge, skills and abilities of students, contributes to the development of their worldview and increases the level of educational motivation.
Working with the proposed material in the lesson allows you to most fully take into account the interests, inclinations, and abilities of students, and provides the opportunity to implement personality-oriented development in the field of philological knowledge. The learning process throughout the lesson involves the use of various teaching methods, modern technical training, visual aids, including the Internet, computer, and a large amount of additional literature, which makes the lesson interesting and will help increase the level of educational motivation among schoolchildren.
Lesson plan:
Greeting and organizational moment.
Phonetic and speech exercises (repetition of words - names of products).
Listening to the text.
Physical education minute.
Working on new vocabulary.
Work with text.
Song “Happy Birthday”.
Compiling a story.
Summing up the lesson. Ratings.
Homework explanation.
Reflection.
End of lesson.
Sections: Foreign languages
- Development of subject, communicative, cross-cultural competences,
- Development of skills and abilities of oral and written speech,
- Development of listening skills and abilities,
- Development of reading skills and abilities.
- Activation of vocabulary on the topic: television,
- Introduction of new vocabulary on the topic: press (newspapers and magazines).
Methods used:
- communicative;
- interactive;
- use of computer facilities.
Educational technologies:
- multimedia presentation technology;
- technology of dialogue communication;
- information and communication technology.
Equipment:
- computer;
- multimedia projector;
- interactive board;
- Handout; (Appendix 1, Appendix 2, Appendix 3)
- Textbook on English for 9th grade of general education institutions / V.P. Kuzovlev, N.M. Lapa, E.Sh. Peregudova et al., ed. M.: Education, 2006;
- Authentic electronic textbook Oxford Word Skills: Learn and practice English vocabulary. Basic: for elementary and pre-intermediate learners/ OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2008 with CD-ROM;
- Longman Essential Activator Dictionary / LONGMAN, 1997
- "New Timesavers for English Teachers" and "Timesaver For Real! English in Everyday Situations" / MARY GLASGOW MAGAZINES, 2004;
- "Developing Communication Skills In English", O.G. Bespalova, St. Petersburg, SMIO Press, 2008.
- English newspapers and magazines
- tablets with new vocabulary and illustrations on the topic on a magnetic school board.
During the classes
- Organizing time
Hello, everybody! Glad to see you all here. I"m Tatiana Mikhailovna. I"m going to teach you English today. We are going to speak about the MEDIA, to train the material you have already learned and to learn some new material on this topic. By the way, can you explain the meaning of the words MASS MEDIA?
- Let us consult the English Dictionary: Longman Essential Activator. I have prepared some copies for you. Try to find the word "the media", (p. 518)(students read the definition in the dictionary). The teacher adds: We can now add the INTERNET here. Well, Mass media, that is press, radio, television and the Internet, have become an inseparable part of our everyday life. Of course, they have changed greatly during the recent years. TV has become the efficient most means of forming public opinion and source of information. As far as I know, you have learned a lot about television. So, let us review the vocabulary.
- Look at the pictures and match them to the words ( New Timesavers for English Teachers / MARY GLASGOW MAGAZINES, 2004/ p. 56). After students answer, the correct answers appear on the screen in the presentation. Answers.
- And now we"ll take another copy - p. 47. Here are the names of some different kinds of TV programs. Read each definition and put the letters in the correct order to make the names of the program. Number 1 is done for you Answers appear on the screen again.
- What words and expressions can we use to speak about our favorite programs? (Textbook on English for 9th grade of general education institutions / V.P. Kuzovlev, N.M. Lapa, E.Sh. Peregudova, etc., ed. M.: Prosveshchenie, 2006/p. 76
Let" review some of them: from your textbook: names of TV shows
(documentaries, feature films discussions, interviews plays, serials, operas pop/rock music concerts comedies, police series sports, news, cartoons game/quiz/talk shows:), words and expressions to tell about them (creative, entertainment, informative , specialized, clever, children's, funny, live, serious, educational, lovely, political;
It is the story of/about/on .... The story centers on ..., It is set in ..., The main characters of ... ,
The story line is ..., The acting is (pretty) good ..., It"s good in the way it shows:;
- it deals with the lives of... people.
- it gives you an opportunity to phone in.
- it offers dancing and singing competitions and quizzes.
- it is with fun and game we can take part in.
- it combines live music and interviews with famous people.
- it is hosted by well-known TV presenters.
- it features all kinds of music.
- it keeps you informed about the rest of the world.
- it helps to escape from boring school life/stress/problems.
- on "..." people talk about, play, sing live, win prizes, ...
- it is a mixture of ...)
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To review the active vocabulary, let's read a short text about TV programs. Pay attention to the way people speak about their favorite programs. Then try to speak yourselves. (Students read the text one by one out loud).
MY FAVORITE TV PROGRAM
Many people watch TV at leisure. One can choose the program one likes best. Those who like music can listen to various concerts. Sport fans can watch football or hockey matches. Television extends our knowledge about the world in which we live. Millions of people can see different lands, new plants, unusual animals and birds, mountains and valleys.
My favorite TV program is one made by Dmitriy Krylov. It is a weekly program. It is broadcast on Sunday. This program is very popular in our country. They show many historical places, tell interesting facts about different countries and cities, broadcast interviews with famous people. I like this program and try not to miss it.
I prefer to watch youth programs such as "While Everybody"s at Home" on Sunday and "The Morning Star". In addition I like to see interesting films. They might be feature, adventure, scientific, horror, cartoon and other films. I enjoy seeing Walt Disney's cartoons.
Now and then I like to see cognitive programs." "What? Where? When? ", "Brain-ring". They are enjoyable and entertaining programs.
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And now I"d like to find out what TV programs you prefer. Please, stand up! Imagine you are journalists. Come up to your classmates and ask them some questions, for example
What TV programs do you like? Why?
Then you will come back to your seats. Some of you will report about the preferences of your classmates.
Lena says she likes news programs, because they keep you informed about the rest of the world.
Or: Dima says he likes (prefers) game shows, because "..." people talk, play, sing live, win prizes in them: (A sample of the task appears on the screen)
Now, you are welcome!
For 1-2 minutes, students ask questions to each other. Then they return to their places. I ask 3-4 people.
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Now, have a look at the interactive board. We are going to train some more useful words(textbook Oxford Word Skills: Learn and practice English vocabulary. Basic: for elementary and pre-intermediate learners/ OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2008 with CD-ROM / p. 53 I can talk about the media)
- listen and say:
- listen and click
- choose the correct answer
- listen and read
- listen and drag the words to the correct spaces
- complete the text
(I call students to the board, they do the exercises on the interactive board themselves)
- We have trained a lot. And now let us try to speak about press. What do we usually call by the word PRESS?
Yes, of cause, we mean newspapers and magazines. Sometimes we misuse the word "magazine". We should know that there are "magazines" and there are also "journals".
- Look up the definition of the word "journal" in the Longman Essential Activator , p. 518
A "journal" is a serious magazine on a particular subject, containing articles by university teachers, scientists, doctors etc.
"The British Medical Journal":
A magazine is a large, thin book with a paper cover, often printed on shiny paper, which contains stories, articles, photographs, and some times also news.
(See presentation frames and illustrations, signs with words on the school board)
(I am demonstrating samples of English magazines and newspapers brought from England)
- Here is a text about the PRESS. Read it and answer the questions, given after it.
To learn more about the British PRESS, read the next text. ( informative reading)
Mass media, that is press, radio and television, have become an inseparable part of our everyday life. Of course, they have changed greatly during the recent years. TV has become the most efficient means of forming public opinion and source of information. Radio broadcasts a lot of entertaining programs for all tastes and ages. But the greatest variety of everything we still find in newspapers and magazines.
When we speak about press in Great Britain, we must say that almost every Englishman begins his day with reading a newspaper. There are two types of newspapers in Great Britain. The Qualities are aimed at educated middle-class and professional people. They are large in size and they lay emphasis on detailed coverage of national and international news, political commentary, cultural events and the world of finance. The major Qualities are The Daily Telegraph, The Times, The Independent and The Guardian. The Daily Telegraph has a circulation of one million copies. They are not owned by political parties. However, they are usually politically biased. The Guardian is fairly left wing, while The Times and The Daily Telegraph are right wing.
The popular papers or Tabloids are aimed at non-intellectual mass readership. They are in smaller size, but their circulation is much greater. News stories and articles are short, the coverage of serious news is limited. The emphasis is on pictures, entertainment, personalities and crime stories. The language is very colloquial and sensational. The photographers of these newspapers are usually called paparazzi, for they are unscrupulous in their obsession to get a sensational picture. The major Tabloids are The Sun, The Daily Mirror, The Daily Mail, The Daily Express and some others. The largest of them all, The Sun, has a circulation of more than 4 million.
Those papers mentioned above are daily newspapers. But there are also Sunday newspapers. They are larger than dailies because people have more time to read and they cost more. Many have color supplements. Naturally, there are both tabloids and qualities.
- What are the main types of the British newspapers?
- What are The Qualities like?
- What are the popular papers or Tabloids like?
So, try to remember the new words: PRESS, The Qualities or broadsheets, The popular papers or Tabloids
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In your textbooks you have ex.3 on page 80. READ, please, will you? ( students become familiar with the content of the exercise that they will have to do at home - see the appendix "For homework")
- At HOME make up a table of two columns. And write what is typical of each of the newspapers given in the exercise. (A sample task appears on the screen)
The Popular Papers Or Tabloids |
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contain political, industrial and cultural news |
contain sensational stories |
Thank you for the lesson. And now I"d like to know your opinion concerning the lesson.
Here are some cards. Please, write advantages where choose (+) ( Students are invited to express their attitude to the lesson and evaluate their work in the lesson themselves)
| I like the lesson | I don't like the lesson | The lesson was interesting | I have learned something new | The lesson was boring | ||
My mark for the lesson |
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Thank you! My best regards to you. Bye!