Конспект урока "London and English people" 4 класс
Открытый урок в рамках городского семинара.
Учитель : Логиновская Л.В.
Theme : London and English people.
Aims of the lessons : to practice group decision-making skills, reporting, writing
and listening skills.
1. To realize language knowledge in real situations.
2. To develop analytical critical thinking through using problem situation and
creative tasks.
3. To train to use mass media.
The type of the lesson – conclusion..
The form of the lesson –lesson – presentation of projects.
Equipment – video, cards, the pictures, tape-recorder.
Plan of the lesson.
I. Organization moment.
Good morning children. I am very glad to see you.
II. Brainstorming. Look at these pictures.
Do you know these famous buildings and places ? Give the names of them.
(Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, St. Paul ' s Cathedral, Tower of Bridge, Tower of
London, Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square.)
You must remember that all these sights are situated in one and the same city.
What is it name? London.That's right.
And now I want to say you that theme of our lesson will be London and English
people.
Today we shall speak about the ancient historical buildings, about some
interesting facts from the life of English people.
Let's begin.
III. Now we shall listen to the text.
Text for listening.
London is the capital of Great Britain, its political, economic and commercial center.
It is the chief port of Great Britain. It is one of the greatest cities of the world. Its
population is about 9 million people.
The origin of the city may be dated as the beginning of the 1
st
century A. D.,
when a tribe of Celtic family settled near the Thames.
Traditionally London is divided into 4 parts : the City, The West End,
Westminster and the East End.
The City is the heart of London, its financial and business centre. The City was
described as a “busy emporium for trade and traders” as early as Romans times.
There are a lot of famous ancient buildings within the City. The most striking
of them is St. Paul’s Cathedral, Sir Christopher Wren’s masterpiece.
The City of Westminster is one of the most famous historic areas in London as
it contains both the seat of Government and the crowning place of kings and queens.
Westminster was the first important inhabited area outside the City.
The Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey face each other across
Parliament Square. Westminster Abbey is a beautiful Gothic building.
The Houses of Parliament – the seat of British Parliament, which is officially
known as the Palace of Westminster.
The West End is the centre of London. There are historical palaces,
museums, beautiful parks, large department stores, hotels, restaurants, theatres and
concerts halls at this part of London. Buckingham Palace is the official residence of
the Queen.
The Tower of London is the oldest royal residence. Founded by William
the Conqueror in 1078 the fortress was enlarged times. Now it is museum. But it is
perhaps most famous for being a prison.
Trafalgar Square named to dominated by Nelson’ Column. From
Trafalgar Square it is only a short way to Piccadilly Circus. A bronze fountain is in
the centre of Piccadilly Circus. It was designed by Sir Alfred Gilbert in 1893.
If you go to the east of the City, you’ll find yourself in the East End. It is
an industrial part of London. The port of London is also in the East End.
At the black-board you can see some questions, try to answer.
Take your hear-phones, put them on and listen to the text.
Take off the hear-phones, and answer the questions:
1. Name the political, economical and commercial centers of London.
2. Name some famous ancient buildings in London.
3. Name the oldest royal residence.
- Good, I see that you have understood this text.
IV. Now, listen this text one’ more. Be more attentive, try to remember interesting
facts from the text.
(You have the tables on your desks, you must full them.)
-Let’s check up. Read.
V. We continue our lesson.
-You had the task to prepare describing of famous historical buildings in London. -
You must use unknown facts.
-Now we’ll check up your homework.
1. Big Ben
2.Trafalger Square.
3.Piccadilly Circus.
4. Hide Park.
5. Tower of Bridge.
6. St. Paul’s Cathedral.
7. Houses of Parliament.
8. Westminster Abbey.
- Who wants to add something?
- Who else?
- Your stories were interesting and now we have known many interesting facts about
London’s famous places.
VI. Now we’ll watch some pictures from the film about London.
- Try to remember dialogues from the text.
- You have cards with the themes of your dialogues on the tables.
- Please , work in pares and compose your own dialogues.
- Use the words and phrases from the film.(Put the hear-phones on).
- Are you ready? Tell us your dialogues.
VII. English people have some costumes and traditions. Let's listen some of them
and compare with the national traditions of the people in our country.
a. Drinking tea.
b. Sport.
c. Holidays.
- Conclusion : we live in different countries but we have many general things.
VIII. Creative activity.
- You have cards with the beginning of the text on your tables.
- Read and compose the ending ( 3 minutes ).
( Last summer holiday my friend Jack invited me to London. I spent one week there.
Every day in London was really splendid. We went for a walk, drank tea in a small
café, watched interesting places. Jack has known English capital very well. He could
tell many entertaining facts about each street and building.
But one day Jack was busy with his relatives and he suggested me to have excursion
by double-decker. It was really wonderful to see London from the windows of the bus.
Suddenly I decided to go out and took a walk … )
- Let’s check up the endings
IX. Now imagine that one of you is the correspondent of the English newspaper.
He has some questions for you.
1. Do you like London ?
2. What can you say about English people?
3. What do you remember about famous buildings in London?
X. Conclusion.
So our lesson is almost over. You have learnt so much about London and English
people. Tell me the most interesting thing for you.
You worked very hard. I am going to put you “fives” and “fours”. Thank you for the
lesson.
