«Television: for and against»

Дата: 30.01.2018

Класс: 8А

Темаурока: «Television: for and against»

Цель:

Формирование коммуникативной компетенции учащихся в процессе дискуссии.

Задачи: 

- развитие коммуникативных умений учащихся: умение слушать и слышать собеседника;

- воспитание терпимости к различным взглядам, чувства уважения к собеседнику;

- развитие навыков публичного выступления, уверенности в себе;

- создание условий для дискуссии.

Тип занятия: урок-дискуссия.

Оснащение урока: раздаточный материал, мультимедийная презентация, ноутбук, проектор.

Ход урока:

1. Организационный момент.

I’m very glad to see you. I hope you are fine. Many people have forgotten what the world was like before TV. But today it has become an integral part of our lives. No medium can compare with TV as a means of information, entertainment and education. TV now plays such an important role in so many people's lives that it is essential for us to try to decide whether it is bad or good.

So our today’s topic is “TV or not TV?”

1. Основная часть.

- Before our work I would like you to listen to some information.

Ученик рассказывает о награде «Тэффи» в области телевидения. Презентация.

Pupil:TEFI is a Russian social industrial television award for the highest achievements in the sphere of television art. It was established by the Academy of Russian Television in 1994. In the USA such award is called EMMY. For example, last year the statue of Orphey was given to Maxim Galkin as the best presenter of the entertaining programme. The best humorous program was acknowledged Comedy Club.

So answer my question “Do you think this prize is necessary nowadays? You know there are many other kinds of mass media.

Answers:

I suppose …

I believe …

I am of the same opinion. People who work on TV spend days and nights creating different programs and producing films so that we the audience learn the latest news around the world.

Well at the end of our discussion you will also be awarded with the prize like this.

• Начало дискуссии.

T: Now, we are going to do the quiz “What kind of viewer are you?”. What sort of viewer are you? What’s your relationship with television? To find out, choose the answer you like best and then read what your answers mean.

Majority of A answers.

For you watching TV is a way of escaping from reality. TV keeps you company and doesn’t ask for much in return. Be careful not to isolate yourself from others or give up more interesting things. Sometimes it’s good to escape from reality, but it’s important that you shouldn’t do it too often.

Majority of B answers.

Television isn’t very important for you. It’s no problem to give it up if there’s something more interesting to do. But if you have to stay at home you watch whatever’s on that night. So, be careful not to be too superficial in choice!

Majority of C answers.

You’ve got an active relationship with TV. You have a good critical sense and know how to choose programmes. Be careful not to give TV too much importance and don’t let it influence your language and way of life too much.Sometimes it’sbetter to read a book.

T: As we see, you like to watch TV. Have you noticed that every broadcasting company has its own abbreviation?

Yes, we have.

Look at the screen and tell me what do the abbreviations mean.

First of all foreign broadcasting companies: BBC, CNN, MTV.

And what about Russian companies? THT, СТС, РТР, ТНВ, ОТР, РБК, ТНВ

T: Now let`s revise the types of programmes:

1. Programmes that is broadcast several times a day which tells you about all the important events. (the news)

2. Film stories for children made by photographing a series of drawings. (cartoons)

3. TV stories about a group of people and their lives which is broadcast regularly for many years.( soap operas)

4. Situation comedies, a popular form of humorous TV having a number of standard characters who appear in different stories every week. (sitcoms)

5. Films in which excitement and emotional appeal are the essential elements. (thrillers).

6. Programmes that gives you facts and information about a serious subject such as history, science or social problems. (documentaries)

7. Programmes showing animals, birds etc. in their natural surrounding (environment). ( life programmes)

8. Programmes deal with systematic training and instruction of different subjects. With the help of these programmes one can get knowledge. (educational programmes)

9. Programmes on which members of the audience are asked questions; in case of correct answer they receive prizes. (quiz programmes)

Т: Television has changed our lives in many ways. Many people now spend more time watching TV than doing anything else. But what effect does this have?

Today we are going to have a battle between two teams FOR TV vs. AGAINST TV.

First of all let`s listen to your projects. Be very attentive because later you will ask each other questions. The team FOR please start. We give you 2 minutes for your speech.

Выступление 1 команды.

Thank you very much it was rather interesting. Let`s applaud to our team. And please team AGAINST. Describe your point of view.

Выступление 2 команды.

Great. So we have listened to two viewpoints. They really differ.

T:Still there is something you want to know more about your preferences. So two teams ask each other questions. Answer the questions:

1. How often do you watch TV?

2. When do you usually watch TV?

3. Which of the following possible aims of television do you think is the most important?

• to instruct • to inform • to entertain

4. What TV Channels are popular in Russia, in the UK, the USA?

5. What are your favourite TV channels?

6. What TV programmes do you like best?

7. What TV programmes don’t you like?

8. Do you watch serious programmes?

9. What are the most popular television programmes in our country?

T: Thank you very much. I would like to show you some pictures. Have a look at them and answer the question: What do you feel while looking at them?

As for me I …

To my mind ….

Yes, I agree with you. Television influences children more than adults. I am going to show you a video about medical expert`s opinion on TV`s influence on children. But before listening there some unknown words.

Affect = influence

Anxiety – тревожность

Violence – actions or words that are intended to hurt people

Предпросмотровое задание. So watch the video and answer the question How does TV influences children?

Просматривают видео еще раз.

True\False

1. The adults say that it isn`t easy to have children entertained. True

2. TV can`t influence child`s behavior. False

3. Pediatricians are concerned about the type of shows. True

4. Programs for children show a lot of violence. True

5. The adults don`t limit time for TV. False

Now I would like you to answer my question: “What is TV like? What emotions does it arise?”give me examples of adjectives.

Две команды подходят к стене где висят плакаты со словами телевидение и на каждую букву пишут прилагательное

Truthful, thought provoking

Exact, essential

Loud,

Entertaining

Vivid

Interesting

Social, serious

Important

Open, original

Negative,

Обсуждение результатов работы. Summarizing

So, let’s summarize everything we’ve learned today.

And now can you tell me what television is: one of the greatest achievements of the 20th century or “one-eyed monster”. Forget about being shy. (презентация) В конце каждый высказывается по поводу своего мнения о телевидении.

1 Giving opinions

I think…

As far as I'm concerned…

The way I see it…

I suppose…

In my opinion…

I’d just like to say...

To my mind,…

If you ask me...

2 Polite disagreements

Maybe, but I am not sure.…

I have mixed feelings about it..…

I can see your point, but…

I’m afraid I’m not of the same opinion…

I’m sorry, but I can’t agree with you.

To sum up then, most of you consider that television have advantages and disadvantages. I am sure that television is doing a lot of good because it is invaluable for the information it provides; it has vast educational opportunities; it makes people argue and discuss, think more; it is one of the mighty means of forming people’s character and outlook.

But it occupies all our spare time. We rush home to be in time for this or that programme. The violence on TV creates violence in real life, television is bad for people’s health, and it is like a drug. And I think that you use and will use television for your best benefit and enrichment.

7. Домашнее задание и выставление оценок.

We’ll finish for today. Thank you for your work. I think, the material was very interesting and useful. I’ll give you …. I want you to write down your homework.

Start to collect some material to write an essay on one of the problems concerning TV.

1. The most interesting TV people

2. Commercials on TV

3. The future of TV