Добро пожаловать в Россию

Одной из проблем при изучении иностранного языка в средней школе является то, что вне класса учащиеся не имеют возможности использовать свои знания. Применять речевые умения на практике помогает метод проектов, используемый в УМК «Английский язык» (авторы В.П. Кузовлев и др.).
В данных учебниках находит отражение культурологический аспект обучения, сравнение национальных культур разных народов. После изучения каждой темы предусмотрена организация проектной работы во внеурочное время.
В данной статье мне хотелось бы рассказать об уроке, который я провела в VIII классе. В конце изучения темы «Не хотели бы вы отправиться в Великобританию?» учащимся предлагается «пригласить иностранных гостей в Россию и организовать для них путешествие». Свой проект мы назвали «Добро пожаловать в Россию!» При подготовке проекта я нацеливала учащихся на поиск материалов краеведческого характера, что в значительной степени усиливает воспитательный потенциал предмета.

Методическая разработка урока «Добро пожаловать в Россию»

Цели урока:
• познавательный аспект - увеличение объема знаний об особенностях культуры родной страны; знакомство с достопримечательностями Москвы, Санкт-Петербурга, Новокузнецка;
• развивающий аспект - развитие творческих способностей учащихся, способности к сравнению и сопоставлению полученных знаний, способности логически излагать;
• воспитательный аспект — осознание понятия «Родина», более глубокое осознание своей культуры;
• учебный аспект - развитие речевых умений.

Задачи урока:
- совершенствование речевых умений по теме;
- совершенствование умений аудировать с целью извлечения необходимой информации;
- совершенствование умений читать текст с детальным пониманием;
- обобщение и систематизация полученных знаний.
Оборудование урока: стенд «Добро пожаловать в Кемеровскую область!», тексты для чтения, таблицы для письменной работы, картинки с достопримечательностями Москвы,Санкт-Петербурга.

Ход урока:
I. Начало урока: Приветствие. Постановка цели.
Teacher (T): Good morning, dear children and guests. We are glad to see you at our lesson «Welcome to Russia»! Every year a lot of people visit Russia. Our country is fantastic! Imagine, that our guests are from different foreign countries. Try to persuade them to visit our native land Russia.

II. Речевая подготовка.

There are many different reasons for travelling to Russia. Try to name some of them. Учащиеся заполняют «Word Web».

T: What is the best way to see a country? This question as well as many others you would probably keep in mind if you decided to visit it. Advise your foreign friends about some ways of travelling in Russia.

Pupil (Pi): I'd like to recommend travelling by... (ship, car, plane, etc.).

Р2: You would travel on foot.

III. Презентация проектов.

Привожу примеры индивидуальных проектов учащихся.

(Проекты демонстрируются)

T: Let's listen to Kolya's opinion about travelling in Russia.

Учащийся предлагает различные виды путешествия по России.

Project "Travelling in Russia "

PI. There are many ways of travelling in our coimtry. First of all, if you want to walk, to see the beautiful countryside, to meet people, you may have long walks in the country. Such walks are called hikes. Take your rucksacks, don't think about tickets, don't hurry and walk a lot. During such hikes you see a lot of interesting places, sometimes you meet interesting people.

You may travel by car. It is interesting too, because you can see many things in a short time. When you go by car, you don't take tickets too, you put all the things you need in a car.

It's comfortable to travel by train and by plane. When you travel by plane, you don't spend a lot of time going from one place to another.

If you want to go to the seaside, you may travel by ship. It is warm, you can swim and enjoy watching white ships.

I think that travelling is a very useful thing and you will enjoy all kinds of travelling very much.

T: Russia is one of the biggest countries in the world. It has its own national symbols, emblems. It is a country of very old traditions. I think that before planning travelling to Russia foreign friends would probably like to get as much information as possible.

Гостям предлагается основная информация о России.

Project "Russia"

P2: Russia is one of the biggest countries in the world. It is situated in Europe and Asia. Its total area is over 17 million square kilometres. The population of Russia is about 150 million people.

Russia has a double-headed eagle as its symbol. It was introduced in Russia in 1497 by Tsar Ivan III.

The national flag of Russia is made up of three stripes: white, blue and red. The white

stripe symbolizes nobility and revelation. The blue stripe symbolizes courage, generosity and love and the red stripe symbolizes loyalty and honesty. Besides, there are other national symbols, such as St. Andrew's flag and St. George the Victorious.

According to old traditions, a guest should always be welcomed with the symbol of

life giving food - bread and salt.

The beauty of the ancient towns, their historical and architectural monuments, the golden domes of the cathedrals, and the autumnal gold of the forests attract tourists from all over the world.

The singing of chastushkas used to be an important part of Russian rural holidays and

parties. In many places they are still popular.

T: People who plan to travel should decide what things to take. That's why they should know about the weather conditions in different seasons in our country.

О погодных условиях в разное время года рассказывает следующий ученик.

Project "Seasons in Russia"

Р3: Winter, spring, summer and autumn are the seasons of the year.

December, January and February are winter months. The weather is cold, usually it snows. The days are short and the nights are long. You can see snow everywhere.

March, April and May are spring months. The weather is fine, it is warm. Sometimes it rains but as usual the sun shines brightly.

June, July and August are summer months. It is hot or warm. June is the first month of summer. We have the longest day and the shortest night of the year on the 21st-22nd of June. August is the last summer month. Sometimes it is cool in August.

September, October and November are autumn months. The weather is changeable. It often rains.

T: Tastes differ, says one popular proverb. Every country has its own traditional dishes. What about meals in Russia?

Предлагается информация о традициях приема пищи в России и традиционных русских блюдах.

Project "Russian Meals"

Р4: The usual meals in Russia are breakfast, dinner and supper.

As a rule people have breakfast at 7 or 8 o'clock in the morning. Children and grown-ups are fond of pancakes. Then you have a cup of tea with milk or lemon or coffee and a ham and cheese sandwich.

At about 1 or 2 p.m. we have dinner. It often consists of three courses. For the first course we eat chicken soup, cabbage soup (shchi), borshch, mushroom soup or fish-soup. For the second course Russians eat different kinds of salad (meat salad, fish salad, vegetable salad), fried, boiled or stewed meat or fish. For the third course we have a glass of juice, a piece of cake or a pie.

In the evening we have supper. Some people prefer mashed potatoes with pickled or fresh vegetables.

A special Russian dish is "pyelmeni", a kind of ravioli - small cases of pasta containing meat.

Далее проводится обсуждение традиционных русских блюд, которые учащиеся хотели бы предложить иностранным гостям. (Работа проводится в режиме T P4, P2 P3 и т.д.)

T: What Russian dishes would you advise your friends? Why?

PI. I'd advise blini. They are tasty!

Р2: I'd recommend okroshka. It's fantastic! Etc.

T: Traditions. They make a nation special. To my mind many foreigners come to Russia to learn about our traditions and to take part in a celebration.

Путешествуя, иностранные гости могут принять участие в русских праздниках. Предлагаем информацию о некоторых из них.

Project "Holidays in Russia"

P5: There are some special dates and events in the life of our country.

These dates are: Victory Day, May Day, Constitution Day, Independence Day. These are

national holidays. The most memorable date is Victory Day. It is celebrated on the 9th of May. On this day we celebrate the anniversary of the victory over fascism in the Great Patriotic War. May Day is celebrated as the day of solidarity of the workers of the world.

Women's Day, celebrated on the 8th of March, is like Mother's Day in Great Britain.

Some holidays are of religious origin. They are Christmas and Easter. In Russia Christmas is celebrated on the 7th of January. At Christmas people celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Easter symbolizes the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

T: There are many places to see in our country. What cities would you advise your friends to visit in Russia?

Следующий проект рассказывает о нашей столице.

Project "Moscow"

P6: Moscow is the capital of Russia. It's one of the biggest and most beautiful cities in the world. The population of the city is about 9 million people.

Moscow is a political center, where the government of our country works.

Moscow is an industrial center, too. There are many factories and industrial plants in it.

Moscow is a cultural center. There are a lot of theatres, museums, institutes, libraries and cinemas in Moscow. There are different means of public transport in Moscow. They are trams, buses, trolley-buses, taxis, the underground. There are many places of interest in Moscow.

Moscow, the heart of our country, is dear not only to Moscovites, but to all Russians.

Учащиеся предлагают гостям осмотреть достопримечательности столицы. (Режим работы T Р1; Р2, P3 и т.д.)

T: What sights of our capital would you recommend to the foreigners?

(The Kremlin, Red Square, State Moscow University, the Moscow Metro, the Central

Stadium in Luzhniki, Gorky Central Park, the Children's Musical Theatre, the Battle of Borodino Panorama Museum, the Museum of History, the Bolshoi Theatre, the Tretyakov Art Gallery, the Pushkin Fine Art Museum, the Central Military Museum).

T: St. Petersburg is often called the northern capital of our country. It's one of the most

beautiful cities in the world. And the history of this city is very interesting, too.

Project "St. Petersburg"

Р7: St. Petersburg is the second largest city in Russia. It is one of the most beautiful cities in the world.

It was founded in 1703 by Peter the Great as the "Window on the West".

St. Petersburg is a city of great beauty, with places, cathedrals, churches, government

buildings.

When the First World War began in 1914, the German-sounding name, St. Petersburg, was changed to Petrograd.

After the October Revolution the city was renamed after Lenin.

During the Great Patriotic War Leningrad was cut off from the rest of the country for a year and a half. No food could be brought in, and people died of starvation Rebuilding took years. Now St. Petersburg is an important industrial, cultural and

educational center. The population of the city is over 5 million. There are many sights in St. Petersburg. The Winter Palace, the Hermitage, the Russian Museum, St. Isaac's Cathedral, the Peter-and-Paul Fortress and the Admiralty building attract thousands of tourists from all over the world.

T: I think that we can invite foreign friends to our region and show them the beauty of our nature, the riches of our land and hospitality of our people.

Project "The Kemerovo Region"

P8: The Kemerovo Region was founded on the 26th of January 1943. It's located m the Russian Federation, in the south-east of West Siberia. It borders the Altay region, the Novosibirsk region, the Tomsk region and the Krasnoyarsk territory. The area is about 96 thousand square kilometers. The population is about 3 million people.

The center of our region is Kemerovo. There are 20 cities in our region: Novokuznetsk, Mariinsk, Mejzhdurechensk, Yurga and others.

There are many mineral resources in the Kemerovo region.

They are iron ore, polymetals, aluminium, copper ores and coal. The main hills are the

Salair Hills, the Abakan Range, the Kuznetsk Alatau.

The main rivers are the Tom, the Kondoma, the Inya, the Kiya.

The climate is continental.

Welcome to the Kemerovo region!

IV. Чтение текста с целью детального понимания. (Используется текст краеведческого характера.)

Do you like our native city? Let's read the text "Novokuznetsk." very attentively. Try to get as much information as possible. You have 3 minutes.

Приложение 1

Привожу примерные вопросы для проверки понимания прочитанного:

1. Where is Novokuznetsk situated?

2. What is the most beautiful part of the city?

3. Are there many places of interest in our city?

4. Which industries are highly developed in Novokuznetsk?

5. What is the population of the city?

V. Заполнение таблицы.

Учащиеся письменно заполняют таблицу, сравнивая культуры Британии и России.

T: Now you know many interesting facts about the UK and our foreign friends have got some useful information about our country. What do you know about the travel habits of people in Britain and your country?

VI. Заключительный этап урока.

Подводятся итоги урока.

Приложение 2

Complete the Link List.