Методическая разработка урока " London . People and places" в 11 классе

Lesson 1-2 London

O.L.Groza “New Millennium English”11gr.

Unit 2 People and places

English teacher: Kosyakova Elena Alexandrovna.

Ss will;

• Expand their knowledge of London

• Start thinking about problems caused by tourism and urban development

• Developed dictionary skills

• Skills development;

• To practice reading for gist, detail and for understanding cohesion

• To practice inferring information from a text

• To practice interpreting statistical data

• to practice speaking (hypothesizing)

• Text grammar (cohesion)

Procedure

1. Warm-up (to introduce the topic, to bring in Ss’ background knowledge)

2. Reading (to raise the issue, to practice reading for gist and detail and inferring, information from the text. to build up new vocabulary)

3. Language work (to practice understanding the cohesion in a text)

4. Vocabulary (to present and practice the topic vocabulary)

5. Speaking (to practice discussion and hypothesizing, to collect ideas for the project)

6. Reading (to practice reading for specific information, to build up new vocabulary, to collect ideas for the project)

Warm-up
Which sights would you like to see and why?

Reading
Look through the data on tourism in London.

• London had 26 million visitors in 2000 and 130 million between 1995-2000.

• The population of the city is 7 million.

• Fifty per cent of the visitors to the city are foreigners.

• The tourism industry is worth &9.5 billion a year.

• The tourism industry supports 275 000 jobs.

• London has 300 galleries and museums.

• There are more than 150 theatres in London i.e. 60,000 theatres seats on any one night.

• How do you think tourism influences the life of London residents?

Text “London’s a great international brand that has to be managed carefully”
by Ken Livingstone

Read the text and answer the questions.

1. What do you think the author means by the word “brand” in the title;

• The sites London is famous for?

• The internationally recognized image of London?

• Shopping facilities in London?

1. What do you think Ken Livingstone’s occupation is? Why do you think so?

2. What is the author’s attitude to London? Find proof in the text.

Look through the text again and say which of the sentences below gives the message of the text.

• To manage London’s brand image carefully means;

1. To preserve London’s traditions, historic sites and ceremonies.

2. To enlarge the number of internationally recognized events.

3. To strengthening London’s international character.

4. To integrate all the features of the city.

5. To developed modern forms of communication.

Vocabulary
Translate the words in bold in the text

• Historic sites

• Unite

• Unique

• major

• Integrated approach

• GLA

• Melting pot

Fill in gaps in this summary of the text, using the words from the box.

• The author thinks that tourism is one of London’s (1)...industries.

• London’s (2)... for tourists is not only its(3)..., but the fact that it is modern, “lived-in” city.

• At the moment a key question is how to (4)...these elements,

• For London to continue to develop its tourist industry will require an (5)... to all sides of life in the city.

• According to Ken Livingstone, strengthening London as one of the world’s greatest tourist centers is not going to lessen the (6)... of the city for its inhabitants.

• Unite

• Integrated approach

• Attraction(2)

• Historic sites

• Key

Speaking

• In pairs exchange your ideas about the following;

1. What makes London unique today?

2. What are the roots of this “uniqueness”?

3. Why is it difficult to bring together traditions and a modern multicultural centre?

Reading (for homework)

1. Read the text and find which of the following problems for the residents of London Simon Milton mentions?

2. Match the words in bold in the text to their definitions.