Урок на тему «Inventions»

Урок

английского языка

«Inventions»

для студентов 1 курса колледжа.

I. Greeting; work with an English proverb: «Necessity is the mother of invention».

1. Translate the proverb and find the Russian equivalent.

Words:

• necessity - необходимость

• invent - изобретать

• device - устройство, прибор

• to make easier - облегчить

• happen accidentally - произойти случайно

2. Answer the questions:

-Why do we need inventions?

-What inventions and important in our lives?

• electricity

• computer

• telephone

• the Internet

• washing machine

• remote control

• refrigerator

• cars

• planes

• hammer

• screw-driver

• others

II. Work in groups, fill in the table. You see it on the screen.

1. Find out what these inventions are used for.

2. Answer the questions:

-What are the most useful inventions?

-What are the least useful inventions?

-Can you live without them?

III. Work with the presentation: «Great inventions and great inventors».

Read about the inventions, translate and find out:

• What is an invention?

• What are the most ancient inventions in the world? (Add some more information).

• What are Thomas Edison, Alexander Bell, Alexander Fleming, Steve Jobs famous for? (Add some more information about other great inventors).

• What is the award for the greatest inventions in the world? (Can you remember some names?)

IV. «Interview» (Role play). Work in group: “inventors” and “reporters”. “Inventors” will answer the questions of “reporters” with the help of the cards.

Cards.

Alexander Popov

• to invent radio

• to make life easier

• communication between people

Albert Einstein

• to conduct experiments

• to make the world change

• to receive the Nobel prize

Nicola Tesla

• electric transformer

• remote control

• robots

Edwin Lend

• inventions in photography

• to make “quick pictures”

• to invent “Polaroid”

Sergei Korolev

• to work with spaceships

• to manage spaceflights

• to conduct the preparation of cosmonauts

The Cherepanovs father and son

• to invent the first steam machine

• trains

• to make trips faster and more comfortable

V. What have we learned today?

Your homework for the next lesson will be to make a report on the topic: “Great inventions”.

Приложение к уроку.

Presentation: «Inventions».

1. What is invention?

2. Developing of the idea.

3. First human inventions (fire and cooking, the wheel, papyrus).

4. Great inventors (Thomas Edison, Alexander Bell, Alexander Fleming, Steve Jobs).