План-конспект урока английского языка по теме "Республика Беларусь. Политический портрет страны"

The Republic of Belarus.
The Political Portrait of the Country

Цель: знакомство учащихся c политическим устройством Республики Беларусь, а также государственными символами.

Задачи:

• образовательные: совершенствование произносительных навыков, совершенствование навыков восприятия речи на слух, совершенствование навыков монологической речи, обогащение лексического запаса учащихся, расширение общего и филологического кругозора учащихся;

• развивающие: развитие языковой догадки, развитие способности анализировать и систематизировать предлагаемый материал, содействие формированию самостоятельной познавательной деятельности, развитие информационной и социокультурной компетенции;

• воспитательные: формирование культуры общения, воспитание уважения к собеседнику, формирование умения работать в коллективе, содействие формированию толерантности в отношении к культуре своего и других народов.

Оснащение урока: мультимедийная презентация, жетоны-«смайлики» для проведения рефлексии, карточки с фрагментами текста.

Ход урока

The Republic of Belarus. The Political Portrait of the Country

The State Flag of the Republic of Belarus

The State Flag of the Republic of Belarus is a rectangular canvas made of two horizontal coloured stripes. The upper one is red and makes up two thirds of the width while the lower one is green and as large as one third of the flag width. A vertical red-on-white Belarusian national pattern as large as one ninth of the flag length is located near the flagpole.

The State Emblem of the Republic of Belarus

The State Emblem of the Republic of Belarus is made up of a green outline of the Republic of Belarus lit by the golden rays of the sun rising over the globe. A five-pointed red star is located at the top of the outline. The emblem is encircled by a wreath of golden wheat heads intertwined with clover flowers on the right and flax flowers on the left. The wheat heads are embraced by a red-and-green ribbon with a golden inscription “Republic of Belarus”.

The Republic of Belarus celebrates the state holiday of the Belarus State Flag and State Emblem Day on the second Sunday of May every year.

The State Anthem of the Republic of Belarus

The music for the State Anthem of the Republic of Belarus has been written by Nestor Sokolovsky, the lyrics — by Mikhail Klimkovich and Vladimir Korizna.

The State Anthem of the modern Belarus retains the musical basis of the anthem of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic. The music by Nestor Sokolovsky has been popular and respected by generations of Belarusians, this is why it was decided to keep it when the anthem of the independent Belarus was created. After that a contest for the anthem lyrics was announced.

The words of the State Anthem reflect development of the Republic of Belarus as a sovereign and peace-loving country. They emphasise patriotism and diligence of the nation, brotherly relations between all nationalities that live in the country.

The State Power in the Republic of Belarus

The Legislative Power

The Parliament of Belarus is known as the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus. It acts as the representative and legislative body of the Republic of Belarus.

The Belarus Parliament consists of 2 chambers:

the House of Representatives

the Council of the Republic

The House of Representatives

Belarus’ House of Representatives consists of 110 deputies, all elected by the people of Belarus. Deputies must be citizens of Belarus and at least 21 years old. They may also be a member of the Belarus government, but cannot serve simultaneously on the Council of the Republic.

The Council of the Republic

Belarus’ Council of the Republic is a regional representative body with 64 members. Local Councils elect a total of 56 members: 8 in each region and 8 in Minsk. The Belarusian President selects the final 8 members.

In order to qualify as a deputy, candidates must be:

at least 30 years old

resident in the relevant region of Belarus for at least 5 years

The main role of the Council of the Republic is to approve or decline draft legislation that has been approved by the House of Representatives.

The Executive Power

The Belarusian Government – or Council of Ministers – is made up of the Prime Minister of Belarus, his deputies and ministers. The Government is accountable to the President of the Republic of Belarus and answerable to the Parliament. The Prime Minister is proposed by the President and approved by Parliament. Government powers are determined by the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus.

The President of Belarus is the country’s head of state, the guarantor of the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus, the rights and liberties of man and citizen. His authority is established and defined by the Belarus Constitution and by the Presidential Act of the Republic of Belarus.The current president of Belarus is Alexander Lukashenko. He was elected to the post in 1994 and is now serving his fourth term.

The Judicial Power in the country is represented by the Constitutional Court of Belarus and regional courts.

The Constitutional Court of Belarus

The main purpose of the Belarus Constitutional Court is to ensure that new legislation and statutes are drawn up in accordance with the Constitution. The Constitutional Court is made up of 12 high-level legal experts. They must be: under 70 years old, qualified to degree level.

Six of the judges are appointed by the President of Belarus, and the remaining 6 are elected by the Council of the Republic. The Chair of the Court is directly appointed by the President of Belarus and approved by the Council.

The Republic of Belarus. The Political Portrait of the Country

Plan of the Discussion

• The National Flag of the Republic of Belarus
• The National Emblem of the Republic of Belarus
• The National Anthem of the Republic of Belarus
• The Constitution of the Republic of Belarus
• The State Power in the Republic of Belarus
• Administrative division of the Republic of Belarus

The National Flag of the Republic of Belarus

The National Emblem of the Republic of Belarus

The National Anthem of the Republic of Belarus

The Constitution of the Republic of Belarus

The State Power in the Republic of Belarus

• The Executive Power:

• The President; The Council of Ministers.
• The President;
• The Council of Ministers.
• The Legislative Power: The House of Representatives; The Council of the Republic.
• The House of Representatives;
• The Council of the Republic.
• The Judicial Power: The Constitutional Court of the Republic; Regional Courts.
• The Constitutional Court of the Republic;
• Regional Courts.

Administrative division of the Republic of Belarus