Конспект урока по теме ”Foreign Languages in the Life of an Educated Person”

“ Foreign Languages in the Life of an Educated Person”

г. Белореченск,2018г.

“ Those who know nothing of foreign languages, know nothing of their own”. (J. Goethe)

• Latin is a dead language

• Chinese is a very difficult language

• It is never too late to learn

• I can speak English easily about many things

• Learning English can be fun

• Russian is one of the most expressive and rich languages in the world

Why ? The best way to learn English is …

to study at a university (college) to work hard and thoughtfully

to communicate with people of the world to do exercises carefully

to do business to listen attentively

to understand films and songs in English to use a dictionary

to get a better job to use a cassette recorder

it’s easier than other subjects you could study to read aloud

it gives you a chance to meet new people to revise often

it is useful when you travel to check for mistakes

to take notes

LEARNING ENGLISH

Useful learning strategies are… A good language learner…

reading English newspapers/magazines/ speaks fluently (fast)

books learns easily (fast)

watching English movies reads fast (quickly)

using a cassette recorder/VCR writes carefully/accurately/

studying at a language school in the UK/ grammatically

living in a country where it’s spoken feels confident about learning the language

communicating with native speakers- can express himself/herself effectively

by correspondence with a pen friend can speak and is understood by native

speakers

True or False

• The new programme is called “Accelerate Your Learning”.
• It combines only video and tape.
• The only problem is that there is too much work.
• A new teacher advises them to read English newspapers and magazines.
• So the students can buy them in their new town.

• How long have you been learning English?

• I’ve been learning it for seven years.

• What do you like most of all while learning English?

• I like reading books, magazines and watching videos.

• What about educational TV programmes?

• They are interesting and helpful.

• How do you cope with phrasal verbs?

• I try to memorize them. But it isn’t easy.

• What do you think about learning grammar?

• It is necessary foundations. You must learn and practise grammar in any language.

• What is the most difficult thing for you in learning English?

• I think listening. I sometimes can’t get the idea of what I hear. And I have to listen to tape again and again.

• Learning a language is long hard and sometimes dull work. But … There are a lot of rewards for that work. I mean your ability to read, to communicate, to understand songs, to write, to travel abroad…

• Is it difficult for you to learn English?

• No, it isn’t. But I work hard at my English. If you want to master a foreign language you must be ready to make efforts and be patient.

• What do you know about English?

• English is a world and the most widespread geographically language.

• Why do you want to know English?

• I learn English because I want to read foreign literature in the original. I like to travel too. But it’s difficult to visit countries, if you don’t know the language of these countries.