Цели:
- обобщить, углубить и расширить лингвострановедческие знания по теме "Великобритания";
- совершенствовать умения и навыки практического владения английским языком по заданной теме;
- способствовать формированию социокультурной компетенции учащихся;
- повысить интерес к изучению иностранного языка.

Задачи:

Обучающие:

- обучение навыкам говорения по теме "Великобритания";

- формирование лексических навыков (достопримечательности);

- обучение аудированию (понимание услышанного).

Практические:

- формирование речевой компетенции;

- совершенствование коммуникативных навыков.

Развивающие:

- развитие социокультурной компетенции – увеличение объема знаний о специфике страны изучаемого языка, а именно истории и достопримечательностях столицы Великобритании Лондона;

- развитие памяти и речевых навыков по теме;

- развитие речемыслительной деятельности;

- расширение кругозора обучающихся.

Оснащение: компьютерный класс с выходом в интернет, экран, презентация к уроку, карта Великобритании, раздаточный материал.

Ход мероприятия:

T: - Good afternoon, dear children! Glad to see you again. Welcome to our competition. Please, look at the screen and tell me what you can see there. (На экране 3 картинки: чемодан, самолет, флаг Великобритании). Do you guess what theme of our lesson is? Yes, today we are going to visit Great Britain. Today we are going to find out what you know about the UK, about London and its sights and about famous people.

We have two teams of students. Now introduce yourselves. (учащиеся представляют название команды, девиз и эмблему).

T: - First of all I would like to show you a video “A Window on Britain”. Be very attentive. Then complete the sentences.

1) London is the ____________  of Great Britain. (capital)

2) London is on the river ____________ . (Thames)

3) The ____________ built the first bridge over the river ____________.

4) There are ____________ bridges over the river now.

5) London has a population of nearly ____________ million people.

6) Harrods, Covent Garden are famous places for ____________.

7) The British flag is often called ____________. (Union Jack)

8) The home of the Queen is  ____________. (Buckingham Palace)

9) The most popular sport in Britain is ____________. (football)

10)Britain’s national drink is ____________. (tea)

11) The mysterious Loch Ness monster is from ____________. (Scotland)

12) Stratford-upon-Avon is the birthplace of ____________. (Shakespeare)

T: - The next task is called “Right or wrong”. I am going to read some sentences about interesting facts about Great Britain. You should decide whether they are true or false.

1.London is the capital of the UK. (true)
2.The UK consists of three countries: England, Scotland and Wales.(false)
3.The British Isles are washed by the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean(true).
4.The UK is separated from the continent of Europe by the English Channel (true).
5.Edinburgh is the capital of England (false).
6.London consists of four parts: the City, the Westminster, the East End and the West End (true).
7. The West End is the poorest part of London (false).
8. The Westminster is the historical part of London (true).
9.The East End is the poorest part of London (true).
10.The City is the historical center of London (false)
11. Buckingham Palace is the residence of the Queen ( true).
12. Madam Tussaud’s Museum is famous for its large collection of pictures (false).
13. David Cameron is the prime minister in GB (true).
14. The Royal Parks are the property of the Royal family (true).
15. The statue of Peter Pan is in Hyde Park (false).
16. Daniel Defoe is famous for his detective stories (false).
17. Margaret Thatcher was the first woman Prime Minister of Great Britain (true).
18. Sir Winston Churchill was a famous writer (false).

T: - All right. The next assignment is the following. “Travel on the map of Great Britain”.

Командам выдается лист с напечатанными гербом и картой Великобритании. За 10 минут команды должны:

- раскрасить государственный флаг Великобритании;

- оформить карту страны с указанием основной географической информации (название частей страны, столицы, символы).

T: - Well done. Children, do you know English-speaking countries? Please, do such an assignment. Put the letters in the correct order to make up the names of the countries.

land- gnE (England)                                       Wa-sel (Wales)

weN dnal-Zea (New Zealand)                         aciremA (America)

tocS-land (Scotland)                                        thern-nor Ire-dnal (Northern Ireland)

Aus-lia-tra (Australia)                                      adanaC (Canada)

T: - OK, the atmosphere is becoming hot in our contest but the next task is the following.

You know that each part of Great Britain has its own emblem. Match emblems to the parts of Britain.

1) shamrock                                                 a) England

2) daffodil                                                    b) Ireland

3) rose                                                          c) Scotland

4) thistle                                                       d) Wales

T: - Well, now I’d like to find out if you know the English proverbs. Match the English and the Russian variants of proverbs.

1) East or West – home is best.                               a) У каждой страны свои обычаи.

2) So many countries, so many customs.                 b) Дом, милый дом.

3) Home, sweet home.                                             с) Сколько стран столько обычаев.

4) When a man is tired of London,                         d) В гостях хорошо, а дома лучше.

he is tired of life. 

5) Every country has its own customs.          е) В чужой монастырь со своим уставом не ходят.

6) When at Rome, do as the Romans do.                 f) У каждой страны свои обычаи.

T: - Good for you. I see you are extremely knowledgeable at English proverbs. Now let’s play a game and find out  more interesting things about this wonderful country.

(Интерактивная игра на экране).

T: - Well, the competition is over and we are glad to announce the results. (Слово жюри)

T: - And the most pleasant part of our competition is the awarding of the winner. Team ….. is the winner. The second team shouldn’t be upset. You should remember that the participation is more important than the victory.

Thank you for taking part in the quiz. Good bye.