English is the language of the world

Purpose of lessonFormation of communicative competence of students

Main objectives:

educational:

• Improve the skills and skills of practical English proficiency on the topic “Country, nationality, languages” in all types of speech activities: listening, speaking, reading.
• Development of memory, attention, intelligence, guessing and the ability to formulate and argue their point of view.
• Development of skills of using the article "the" with the names of continents, countries, cities.
• Activation of country studies information about countries and languages of the world in oral speech.

developmental:

• Development of collective activity skills (within the framework of the lesson topic);
• Developing skills to work in pairs.

Educational:

• Increase interest in learning a foreign language.

• develop a desire to know the surrounding world;
• The need to increase the acquisition of knowledge.

Lesson equipment:
interactive whiteboard, audio recording, texts for reading, cards with a grammar task.

I. Welcome. Announcement of lesson objectives
-Good morning, boys and girls!
— How are you?
- We're fine, thanks.
— Sit down, please.
I am sure, you are ready for the lesson. Welcome to our talk about countries, nationalities, cities, sights. Today we’ll revise your knowledge of using the article ‘the’. We will practice your reading and listening skills. By the end of our lesson you’ll be able to answer the question why do people all over the world learn English, why English is very important.

II. Phonetic charging
Now, I want you to prepare your tongues for the lesson.
Listen to the list of places and repeat them after the tape (36, ex. 8).

III. Speech warm-up
— Now boys and girls, I want you to listen to my statements and agree or disagree with me. If my statement is true, you will repeat it, if I am wrong, you will correct my statement.
(Students repeat a statement if it is true and correct if it is false.)

• Teacher's statements :
• Russia is the biggest country in the world.
• The Russians speak Japanese.
• The USA is in Australia.
• Spain is in Europe.
• Sochi  is in the south of Russia.
• Kazan  is the capital of Russia.
• The French speak German.
• Italy is not in Asia.

Corners
Students, you have some cards with words and word combinations on your desks.
Everyone should choose one card.
Think and write down the name of the country which is associated with these words.
Look around the classroom.
Find the corner with the name of the country that you’ve written.
Stand up, please. Push your chairs under your desks.
Go to this corner, please.
Now I want you to explain your choice to your partners. Why did you choose this corner?  Each of you will have 20 seconds.
(Working in P1-P2-P3 mode...)
(Time: 20 seconds.)
Kamilla, tell  us please, why did Regina  choose this corner?

IV. Improving reading skills with retrieval of necessary information
The great German poet Goethe once said: «He who doesn’t know foreign language, does not know his own one»
People of different nationalities speak different languages. But many people all over the world know English. Why do people around the world learn English?
You will be able to answer this question after the next task.
You have to read texts about different reasons for learning English and make a list of these reasons.
You'll work in groups. You'll have 5 minutes to do this task. Okay. Let's start.
Time is over.
Now you should make other groups.
All Write Round Robin
Numbers «onexxxx0187 form one group, numbers «two» form another group and so on. And now you should listen to each other and make one list of reasons for learning English.
You’ll have 5 minutes for this task.
Now let’s speak about the reasons of learning English. I want to listen to you in turns.
(Students give reasons to learn English.)

V. Developing listening skills. Listening
I see that you are tired a little bit. So let’s have some rest.
You know that there are many countries in the world and so many cities in one small world! Let’s watch the video and listen to the song about some of them and about the people living there.

One Small World - Songs - British Council - LearnEnglish Kids

1) Before listening let’s practice the pronunciation of some words. Listen and repeat after me.

New York Paris Phnom Penh Bogotá Beijing Nairobi Calcutta Tripoli Cairo
Look at the screen, please. Let’s listen to the song.
2) Listening to a song
Did you like this song?
(3) Listening to a song with a task:
Listen to the song once more and put the lines of the song in the right order.
Now let’s check it up. You should read the lines of the song in turns.
4) hear and record where a child from a song lives.
Now, you should listen to this song once more and match the names with the cities where they live.
What can you say about Sam? Where does he live?
Sam -New York
Jean Paul – Paris
Yem.- Phnom Penh.
Sarah.London.
Natasha--Moscow
Haji--Cairo

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VI. Improving the skills of using the article “the” with the names of continents, countries, cities
Quiz-Quiz-Trade
So students your homework was revising the rules of using the definite article and thinking of one question about it.
And now it’s time for Quiz-Quiz-Trade.
Do you remember the rules of it?
You should write your question and the answer for your question.
Now, you should fold your sheets of paper where the answer is.
Stand up, please, push your chairs under your desks, move and stir in the classroom.
Then, you should raise your hands and find a partner near you. You should greet your partners and then ask your question.

Don’t forget to help your partner if he or she has some problems with the answer for your question.
Then you have to answer for your partner’s question and exchange your cards. And then you should find another partner.
Okay. Let's start.

Simultaneous Rally Table
It’s high time to do some exercises. I want you to work with your shoulder partners.
You have cards with the task.
You have felt-tip pens of different colors on your desks.  Take one of them.
Write down your names on your cards.
Danil, will you read the task?
You will have 2 minutes to do this task.
Exchange your cards with your partners.
Now, you should check the card of your partner and correct the mistakes.
You'll have 1 minute.
Razilya, please gather all the cards.

Use the article «the» correctly.
___New Zealand is a small country. It is situated south-east of ___ Australia.
___ capital of ___ New Zealand is ___ Wellington. There are many rivers in the country. The main river is ___ Waikato. ___ English and ___Maori are the official languages in ___New Zealand.

VII. Lesson review. Reflection of lesson. Homework.
H.T.  Write an essay about your own reasons for learning English.
Thank you for your friendly charming smile
Thank you for being so clever and kind.