План-конспект урока английского языка по теме "Научно-технический прогресс. Совершенствование лексико-грамматических навыков в процессе чтения с полным пониманием и высказываний по теме".

UNIT 3. Heading for a better new world?

Section 1. How dependent are you on modern technology?

Урок 1. Научно-технический прогресс.

Совершенствование лексико-грамматических навыков в процессе чтения с полным пониманием и высказываний по теме. (1-6)

Задачи урока:

1. повторение и расширение лексического запаса;

2. повторение и обобщение настоящего и про­шедшего времени для описания ситуации в прошлом и сравнения ее с настоящим;

3. развитие умений говорения;

4. развитие критического мышления.

Ход урока

I. Вводная часть

1. Организационный момент.

- Приветствие учащихся и ознаком­ление их с темой, целями и задачами урока.

Good morning, dear friends. I’m glad to see you. Take your seats, please.

Today we are going to 1) remember the vocabulary, present and past tenses for describing a situation in the past and comparing it with the present one and develop our lexical skills, 2) have a talk about dependence on modern technologies and 3) develop our speaking skills.

II. Речевая разминка. Актуализация проблемы.

Well, let’s make a start. What are we going to discuss today? To know that you should remember the names of the objects we are surrounded in our everyday life? What are they? Let’s see.

Ex. 1, p. 78 Work in pairs. Think of technologies you cannot imagine your life without.

1. Explain why you cannot imagine your life without these technologies.

2. How do they make your life easier?

Example 1: I can’t imagine mу life without a refrigerator. If I didn't have it I wouldn’t be able to keep food cold and fresh and I would have to do shopping every day.

Example 2: I can’t imagine my life without an automatic washer because it is my assistant in daily work. It does the washing faster. It helps me to relax after a hard day's work and gives me an opportunity to have more free time reading and communicating with my relatives and friends.

Teacher (Учитель): Now we see that the most popular modern technologies among our group are …

Ex. 2, p. 78 Read the following opinions and describe how certain technologies have actually made people’s lives more difficult.

Michael:

“I find e-mail very useful but I probably spend too much time every day checking it when I could be doing something else...”

Jake:

“I need to use my car to get to work but the air in our city is so bad already thanks to the traffic. More and more people are suffering from chest complaints like asthma.”

Will: “Technology has really advanced over the years. For example, when I was little we didn’t use to have computers and I spent most of my time playing outdoors with my friends while these days children spend most of their time indoors playing computer games — in my opinion, too much time.”

Dialogue vocabulary

I find... very useful because...

I spend too much time...

I could be doing...

I spend most of my time...

It’s good / bad for my health because...

If I didn’t have... I would...

III. Основная часть. Упражнение развивает у учащихся критическое мышление

Ex. 3., p. 79 Think about your everyday life. What modern technologies do you use every day? Make a list. Do they have a more positive or a more negative impact on you? Share your opinions in groups of 3-4.

Физкультминутка

IV. Повторение грамматического материала. GRAMMAR FOCUS: (REVISION)

DESCRIBING CHANGES AND COMPARING PAST AND PRESENT

Ex. 4, p. 79 Read Will’s opinion and answer the questions.

Ex. 5, p. 79. Make sentences using the correct tenses. Use your Workbook.

V. Развитие умений говорения. Активизация навыков устной речи Speaking practice

Ex. 6, p. 80 Work in pairs. Think about people’s lives 50 years ago. What did people use to have instead of today’s modern devices?

Dialogue vocabulary

People’s lives have changed a lot because of...

People didn’t use to have... 50 years ago.

People used to have... instead.

Now they use...

It’s much more convenient / fast / economical / pleasant...

But it’s less natural / beautiful / healthy.

VI. Подведение итогов урока

- What have we done today? What was difficult for you? What new words have you learnt?

Thank you for your work. The most active students today are... Your marks for the lesson ...

VII. Домашнее задание

Домашнее задание

Упр. 5, стр. 79 (УЧ), письменно, упр. 1 стр. 38 (РТ)