Методическая разработка урока английского языка "Кто не видел Шотландию - тот не знает Великобританию" для 8 класса

Who hasn't seen scotland doesn't really know Great Britain

преподаватель английского языка ГОУ НПО № 14 Павлова А. С.

Цель занятия: обобщить знания по теме «Шотландия».

Задачи:

• Обобщить и систематизировать материал по теме «Шотландия»
• Активизировать использование изученного материала в речи
• Совершенствовать навыки практического владения английским языком по теме: аудирование, говорение.

National symbols. Scotland on the map.

Scottish folk song

«My Bonnie»

• My Bonnie is over the ocean, My Bonnie is over the sea, My Bonnie is over the ocean, O bring back my bonnie to me…

Chorus:

• Bring back, bring back, Bring back my bonnie to me, to me. Bring back, bring back, O bring back my bonnie to me.

• The ancient name of Scotland given it by the Romans was Caledonia.

“ O Caledonia! Stern and wild…”

(«О Каледония! Суровая и дикая…»)

(W. Scott)

Scotland has three main regions: the Border country , which is most close to England, the Lowlands , the Highlands – the most beautiful part of the country.

The Borderland , the place of great fights between the Scottish and the English.

The Lowlands , the relatively flat region of central Scotland, in the valleys of the rivers Clyde and Forth.

The Scottish Highlands

Ben Nevis – the highest mountain in the Scotland and in the whole Britain. Its height is 4406 feet (1343 meters).

Mountain lakes, called “lochs”.

• The longest loch, Loch Lomond, is…

12 miles long

24 miles long

30 miles long

• Loch Lomond has…

10 beautiful islands

20 beautiful islands

30 beautiful islands

• Loch Lomond lies not far from…

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Aberdeen

• A large prehistoric creature is said to be living in the deep waters of…

Loch Lomond

Loch Ness

St. Mary’s Loch

The emblem of Scotland, a thistle.

Scottish English “Auld lang syne”, R. Burns

• Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to min’? Should auld acquaintance be forgot,

And auld lang syne

Chorus:

• For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne, We’ll talk a cup o’ kindness yet. For auld lang syne!

Забыть ли старую любовь И не грустить о ней? Забыть ли старую любовь И дружбу прежних дней? ПРИПЕВ: За дружбу старую - До дна! За счастье прежних дней! С тобой мы выпьем, старина, За счастье прежних дней.

( перевод Маршака )

The differences.

Long- lang

Old- auld

Since- syne

New Year’s Day for Scotland.

• New Year’s Eve is more important holiday in Scotland than it is in England, and it even has a special name “Hogmaney”.
• It ‘s connected with provision of food and drink for all visitors to your home on 31 st December.
• It was believed that the first person to visit one’s house on New Year’s Day could bring good luck.

The majority of Scots, about 65% are members of the Kirk.

• Kirk - пресвитерианская церковь Шотландии; здание церкви в Шотландии

The Scottish national dress

• Kilt . It’s made of tartan (шотландка) – a woolen cloth with a pattern of lines of different widths and different colors.

Clans

• The Gaelic word “clan” means “family” or “descendants”.
• For example: McDonald or McKenzie.
• “ Mac” means

“ son of”.

“ Do you know these famous Scottish names?”

• He was born in Edinburgh.
• He can be rightly called the creator of the historical novel.
• He wrote more than 26 novels such as “Ivanhoe”, “Woodstock”, “Quentin Durward”, etc.

Walter Scott

• Boys and girls of all the countries love and admire him for his stories and books of adventure and especially for his famous book “Treasure Island”.

Robert Louis Stevenson

• He discovered penicillin .

• Sir Alexander Fleming

• He was one of the missionaries to Africa, who discovered the Victoria Falls.
• He was born in 1813 in a village near Glasgow.

• David Livingstone

• He was born in Edinburgh.
• On the 10 th of March, 1876 he invented the telephone.
• His father was a world-famous teacher of speech and the inventor of a system which he called “Visible Speech”. It helped deaf people to pronounce words they could not hear.

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Scotland’s national poet.
• His poems and verses inspired Beethoven, Mendelssohn and other composers who wrote music to them.
• He was born on January 25, 1759.

• Robert Burns

Robert Burns’ birthday

• A supper (called Burns Supper) with traditional Scottish dishes.
• The traditional dish is a haggis (теленок с потрохами).

The bagpipe (волынка)

• It’s a national Scottish musical instrument.

Edinburgh International Festival of Music and Drama

• held annually during the last two weeks of August and the first week of September since 1947

Highlands Games, a traditional festival of Scottish sports and music

• tossing the caber (a heavy wooden pole) – «метание ствола»
• throwing the hammer (метание молота)
• testing strength, bagpipe music and dancing

Some events of Highlands Games

Edinburgh, the capital of the country

The monument to Sir Walter Scott .

Sir Walter Scott Statue

Edinburgh castle, Hollyrood Palace, the ancient residence of the Scottish kings.

One O’clock Gun

Edinburgh University

Crossword.

Across:

• A Scottish name for colored checks.

2. The capital of Scotland.

3. A Scottish name for New Year’s Eve.

4. Scotland’s national costume.

5. The Scottish word for “family”.

Down: 1. The poetic name of Scotland.

2. The emblem of Scotland.

3. The name of the prehistoric creature in the lake Loch Ness.

4. A Scottish name for “church”.

Well done!

Results

• We knew many interesting facts about Scotland, its customs and traditions, its own songs, poetry, language.
• We knew that Scotland is a land of lochs, kilt, bagpipes, romantic castles.

Literature

• http://www.mosinyaz.ru/english/
• moikompas.ru
• www.ogoniok.com  
• venividi.ru  
• www.cultinfo.ru
• www.photosight.ru  
• www.ow-tour.ru
• news.bbc.co.uk  
• www.mountain.ru
• www.aseev.net
• eurostandard.com.ua
• www.scotlandru.com
• http://www.aries.narod.ru/Poetry_Burns.html