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«The Commonwealth of Australia»
Сабақтың тақырыбы: “The Commonwealth of Australia”
Мақсаттары:
Білімдік: students must be able to expand the geographic and encyclopedic knowledge about Australia.
Тәрбиелік: students must be able to form the skill to work in a team, to increase the motivation to study subjects, show practical importance of obtained knowledge; to bring up respect to the facts of the foreign language culture.
Дамытушылық: students must be ableto develop skills of monologue speech, listening comprehension.
Сабақтың түрі: Combined lesson
Құрал-жабдықтар,көрнекті құралдар: Supplementary material , cards, pictures, an interactive board, computers
Сабақ барысы:
I Org. moment
- Good day, my students. I’m very glad to see you! I hope you are all feeling well today! Sit down, please, and be ready for the lesson. Now, let’s start.
II Checking up the homework
What was your home task for today?
III Phonetic drill
Now let us practice our phonetics. Look at the slide. There are tongue-twisters. I read it first.
Sixselfishshellfish.
She sells sea-shells on the seashore.
IV Presentation of the new theme
T: Dear, students, today we have an unusual lesson. Our work will be interesting and useful. Please, be active and attentive. English is spoken in many countries of the world. Do you know in what countries English is official language? First of all it is Great Britain, and then you should remember about the United States of America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Today we shall speak about one of the English-Speaking Countries. Look at this picture and answer my questions:
- What country is it?
- Is this an island or continent?
- What oceans is this country washed by?
4.1 Vocabulary and pronunciation practice.
Today we need these proper names at our lesson. Let’s practice their pronouncing:
Australia
Commonwealth
The Pacific Ocean
Island
Tasmania
Canberra
Sydney
Melbourne
Adelaide
Perth
Brisbane
Self-governing
Governor-General
4.2 Reading. Let's read the text about of Australia and then complete the semantic map.
The Commonwealth of Australia
The Commonwealth of Australia is a federal state. It has got six states: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania and two internal territories. The official language is English.
Australia is situated in the south-west of the Pacific Ocean.
The area of this country is 7,687,000 square kilometers. Australia is the largest island in the world and it is the smallest continent. The Dutch were the first Europeans to visit Australia. In 1770 the English captain James Cook discovered the east coast of Australia.
Nearly 20 million people live in Australia. Australia's climate is dry and warm. Australia is situated in the southern hemisphere and that's why there is summer, when we have winter and there is winter, when we have summer. It is interesting to know that January is the hottest month in Australia.
Australia is separated from many countries. There are many original and interesting animals in Australia, for example, dingoes (wild dogs), koala bears and kangaroos.
The kangaroo and koala have got a pouch in which they carry their cubs. There are many birds in the country, too. One can see parrots and cockatoos. The emu is the most interesting bird in Australia. It is big and can't fly.
There are many rivers and lakes in the country.
Australia is an industrial country. It has coal, nickel, zinc, gold. Several factories and plants work in the country. Australia is one of the most important producers of metals and minerals. It exports wool products, meat, fruit and sugar.
The capital of the country is Canberra. The city became the capital in 1927. Federal Government works in Canberra in the government buildings. It is interesting to know that there are no industrial plants in Canberra.
The population of Canberra is about 300,000 people.
There are many sights in the city. They are the Building of the Australian Academy of Sciences, the Australian National University and others. There are two big industrial cities in Australia: Sydney and Melbourne.
Australia is a part of the British Empire. Formerly the head of the state was the Queen, but in fact Australia is an independent, self-governing state.
4.3 Complete the semantic map (Individual work)
1. Capital - Canberra 2. Full name - The Commonwealth of Australia 3. Largest city- Sydney 4. Official language - English 5. States and territories - 6 states, 2 territories 6. Government - Parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy 7. Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II 8. Population 20 million 9. Races Aborigines, Europeans 10. States New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia,Tasmania, Victoria 11. Territories Northern t., Australian Capital t. 12. Main cities Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Hobart, Brisbane, Darwin 13. Discovered by: by Captain Cook in 1770.
V Speaking
«What do you know about Australia?» T - Let’s play and do the quiz. 1. What is the official name of the country? (The Commonwealth of Australia.) 2. When was the Commonwealth of Australia formed? (In 1901.) 3. What kind of state is Australia? (Constitutional Monarchy.) 4. What is the capital of Australia? (Canberra.) 5. Who is the Head of State? (Queen Elizabeth II) 9. Which is the official language in Australia? (English.)
10. What animals can be seen on Australia’s coat-of-arms? (The Kangaroo and emu.) VI Grammar revision
Сынесімніңшырайлары
Ex 1 Put the adjectives in brackets in the correct form.
My brother has a _______ (tidy) room than me.
Australia is ________ (big) than England.
I’m _______ (good) now than yesterday.
He thinks Chinese is ________ (difficult) language in the world.
Valencia played _______ (bad) than Real Madrid yesterday.
Who is _________ (talkative) person in your family?
Ex 4.6.
1. Winter is (cold) season of the year. 2. Moscow is (large) than St. Petersburg. 3. Which is (long) day of the year? 4. The Alps are (high) mountains in Europe. 5. Even (long) day has an end. 6. It is one of (important) questions of our conference. 7. Your English is (good) now. 8. Who knows him (well) than you? 9. We have (little) interest in this work than you. 10. Health is (good) than wealth. 11. Не worked (well) of all. 12. Today he worked (slowly) than usually.
VII Reflection.
1. Бүгінгі сабақта білдім … 2. Маған қызық болды … 3. Маған қиын болды … 4. Енді істей аламын …