Урок по теме " Рождество" для 8 класса

Тема: Обычаи и традиции Республики Беларусь и стран изучаемого языка

Коммуникативная задача: Рождество

Тип урока: комбинированный урок

Обучающая цель: организовать работу по совершенствованию навыков монологической и диалогической речи, навыков поискового чтения.

Развивающая цель: способствовать систематизации страноведческого материала о Великобритании; способствовать расширению лингвистического кругозора учащихся; способствовать развитию творческой деятельности учащихся, умения сравнивать и обобщать.

Воспитательная цель: создать условия для воспитания уважение к культуре и традициям других народов; для воспитания любви к родным и близким людям, своей культуре и традициям; для воспитания умения работать в парах, группах, самостоятельно.

Оснащение: магнитофон; аудиозапись; раздаточный материал (диаграмма, карточки с вопросами, текст, слова песни), доска.

Ход урока

Christmas tongue twisters

Santa's sleigh slides on slick snow.

Tiny Timmy trims the tall tree with tinsel.

Bobby brings bright bells.

Chilly chipper children cheerfully chant.

Christmas Associations

Questions to dialogues

1. What do you like/don’t like to do at Christmas?

2. How do you like to spend Christmas with your family?

3. How do you celebrate Christmas in your family?

4. How do you like to spend winter holidays with your family?

5. What gifts do you usually prepare for your friends and relatives?

6. Do you make resolutions? Do you think you will keep the resolutions?

7. Do you enjoy making greetings cards to their friends and family?

JINGLE BELLS

Dashing through the snow, in a one-horse open sleigh
Over the fields we go, laughing all the way;
Bells on bob-tail ring, making spirits bright
What fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight

(Chorus)
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way!
O what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way!
O what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh

A day or two ago, I thought I'd take a ride
And soon Miss Fanny Bright, was seated by my side;
The horse was lean and lank, misfortune seemed his lot;
He got into a drifted bank and there we got upset.

Work in pairs and try to answer these questions. (Pre-reading task)

1. What is the typical image of Father Christmas?

2. Where can you find gift-wrapped shopping centers?

3. Why are the shopping centers decorated?

4. What is the name of the small plant with white berries that is put above doors in the UK at Christmas?

5. What will happen if you stand under it?

6. What are the initials of the three wise men?

7. What gifts did they bring to the baby Jesus?

8. What special thing do the people of Spain do at Christmas?

9. Why do they do it?

10. What is the name of the Holy Book?

11. Where do some people eat little for a period of time (especially for religious reason)?

Vocabulary to the text

• retain - сохранять; удерживать

• gift-wrapped - красиво упакованный

• mistletoe - омела

• stable – хлев, конюшня

• wise man - мудрец

• frankincense - ладан

• myrrh - мирра ( ароматическая смола )

• worship - поклоняться

• Eastern Orthodox Church – Восточная Православная церковь

• Bible – Библия

• fast - поститься, воздерживаться от скоромной пищи

Text Christmas Around the World

The typical image of Father Christmas in his black boots, red suit and white beard is recognized in almost every country in the world nowadays. Christmas is still celebrated in different ways in different countries and many still retain their own individual customs both new and old.

In Singapore you could be surprised to see some of the huge shopping centers wrapped up as Christmas presents. They are decorated from top to bottom like big cakes or Christmas trees. This is because every year the government gives a prize for the best decorated building in the country.

In the UK you may find yourself standing beneath a small green plant with white berries on. Be careful because someone may try to kiss you. Kissing under the mistletoe is a British tradition that goes back much further than Christmas to when this day was celebrated as a religious day.

In the Austrian countryside there are the letters C, M and B written on the doors of the farmer’s stables. These are the initials of the three wise men, Caspar, Melchoir, and Balthazar, came to worship the new born Jesus. They gave the Child presents - gold, frankincense and myrrh. This is because the farmers believe that putting these letters on the door will protect their animals from sickness in the year to come.

In Spain the people jump across a bonfire at Christmas. Where some people still believe that if they jump over the flames of the fire they will be protected from illness for the year to come.

The Russian and Belarusian Christmas is celebrated on the 7th of January, when the Orthodox churches, following the Orthodox calendar, have their own celebrations. The holiday is connected with wonderful birth of Jesus Christ as it is described in the Bible. Most Russians are in church on Christmas Eve. It is customary to fast until "the first star". Christmas Eve dinner is meatless but festive. The most important ingredient is a special porridge called kutya. It is made of wheat or other grains which symbolize hope. Нoney and poppy seeds ensure happiness, success, and untroubled rest.

People in many countries of the world still follow the ancient traditions that make Christmas such a wonderful event.