Урок для 8 класса по теме Средства информации и их роль в обществе

Разработка конспекта урока

учителя английского языка МБОУ СОШ №11

Машиной Ольги Валерьевны

8 класс английский язык

Учебник Happy English.ru под редакцией К.И.Кауфман,М.Ю.Кауфман

2014 год

План урока

Задачи урока:

1. Познакомить учащихся с великими изобрете­ниями в рамках речевой ситуации "Средства коммуникации и их роль в обществе" и обучать кратко высказываться о фактах и событиях, изложенных в текстах.

2. Развивать умение находить ответы на вопросы в воспринимаемом на слух тексте.

3. Обучать ознакомительному чтению, выбирая из текста главное и опуская второстепенное.

Оснащение урока.

Мультимедийные средства, рабочие тетради с текстами для ознакомительного чтения, магнитофон с записью, незнакомые слова на доске.

Ход урока.

1.Teacher: Good-afternoon, dear children! Nice to see you again! Our lesson today is called “ Means of communication through the centuries”. Today we are going to speak about some means of communicating. They are traditionally called the media. The mass media actually rule the world and play a very important part in our lives.

Warming-up:

Teacher: Now let’s speak about the main mass-media.

T: Do you like reading newspapers?

P: Yes, I do.

T: What newspapers do the members of your family prefer reading? F.eg. your mother?

P: My mother likes reading….

T: What do people read newspapers for?

P: They want to learn some news (TV programme, horoscopes, weather forecast, etc.)

Teacher: So students, when television arrived, many people predicted that radio would disappear. They were wrong. Since the arrival of television, radio audiences has increased, and radio now has more listeners than ever before. Radio has changed I think that radio has become the most important media for music.

T: What do you think, when do the people listen to the radio nowadays?

P: I think that many people now listen to the radio while they are working or relaxing.

T: What radio stations do you prefer to listen?

P: I prefer to listen to ….

2.Teacher: And now tell me what types of mass-media do you know?

P: I know TV, the Internet, newspapers and radio.

T: What types of mass-media do you use in your everyday life?

P: In my everyday life I usually use TV, the Internet, radio and newspapers.

Teacher: What things can you call a means of communication?

Pupils(возможные ответы) a computer, a telephone, a letter, a pen, a telegraph.

Teacher: Yes, you are absolutely right. But if a flower can be a means of communication you will learn at this lesson later. Now look at the pictures and answer the questions.

1 Which of these things саn уоu саll а means of communication?

2. How саn yоu use them to communicate?

3. Which of these means of communication do yоu take for granted?

4. Which of them are new or interesting for yоu?

Pupils(возможные ответы) 1.The computer, the alphabet, hands, the telegraph, the telephone.

P1. I can use a computer to talk through the internet,

to get an information,

to write a letter

P2.I can use an alphabet to write a letter.

P3.I can use a television to get an information,

P4.I can use hands to talk with gestures,

P5.I can use a telephone to talk,

P6.I can use a book to get an information

Teacher: I agree with you.The telegraph line is a communication system which transmits signals with the help of the Morse code. The picture also bears information. You can use fire to make a smoke signal and send important information. The flower helps to express your feelings and make a contact.

3. Now listen to the tape and check one of your answers. Answer the questions.(Ex.3,p73)

1. Саn flowers bе а means of communication?

2. What does the lilу mean?

3. What does the yellow carnation mean?

Идет прослушивание записи. После прослушивания ученики отвечают на вопросы, затем текст прослушивается вторично.

Did yоu know that а yellow lilу means “happiness” but а yellow carnation means “nо”? Yes, flowers can bе а means of communication too.

For centuries people have communicated flowers. They were often able to say things that people couldn't say to each other. This tradition goes back to ancient Egypt, China and Greece, but the language of flowers bесаmе really popular in Victorian times. Реорlе who were in lovе used flowers to send secret messages to each other.

4.Teacher: Now look at the screen and name the modern inventions. На экране современные изобретения: Факс, магнитофон, наушники, видеокамера, колонки, калькулятор, мобильный телефон, автоответчик, ноутбук, принтер. How can you use them ?

Pupils(Возможные ответы):P1. I can not do without my notebook.

P2.I enjoy my tape-recorder very much.

P3.I often use my calculator.

P4.I can’t live without my mobile phone.

5.Teacher: Now let’s do the quiz. Ex.7, on page 74.

1. Who invented paper?

а) the Chinese Ь) the Japanese с) the English

2. Who invented the alphabet?

а) the Jews b) the Greeks с) the Egyptians

3. Who invented ink?

а) the Egyptians and the Chinese Ь) the Chinese с) the Arabs

4. Who first sent private letters from one person to another?

а) the Greeks Ь) the Egyptians с) the Romans

5. Who invented the stamp?

а) the English b) the Russians с) the Americans

6. Who invented the telephone?

а) Telephone b) Ророv с) Alexander Graham Веll ,

7. Who invented the telegraph?

а) Alexander Graham Веll./b) Samuel Morse с) Mary Telegraph

8. Who invented the е-mаil?

а) the Americans b) the Russians с) the Germans

Teacher: If you want to know the correct answers to the quiz and what @ means, read the texts "Ink", "Alphabet", "Means of writing", "Рарег", "Реnnу Black", "Telegraph", "Telephone", "E-mail" in the workbook. Now open your workbooks on page 80, scan the text” E-mail “and find the answer to the question: What does @ mean?

The pupils scan the text ” E-mail “ and do the task that follow below.

_Underline the wrong statements.

1. А lot of people were trying to invent е-mаil.

2. An American, Ray Tomlinson, was working оn а programme called SNDMSG.

3. With the SNDMSG programme the people in his сomраnу were аblе to send messages to each other.

4. With the second programme (CYPNET) users were аbе to send files between linked

computers.

5. Ray Tomlinson put the two programmes together and users were аblе to send messages, not just files, to other computers.

6. E-mаil address is the same as your postal address.

7. The @ symbol means "at".

6.Teacher: Have you heard about the programme Power Point? Of course you have. With the help of this programme you can create a presentation. It is a very interesting work and you should learn to create your own presentations in English and we will be able to watch your own works at the lesson and discuss. Now I suggest a short presentation for your attention.

Учащиеся смотрят презентацию о потребности людей в общении и информации.

7.Teacher: Do you like this presentation? Далее следует небольшое обсуждение.

T.What do you think about the style of presentation?

P1.It is creative and attracts me a lot.

P2.I think it is very interesting.

P3.Nowadays every person must be able to make such informative things.

Teacher:I am totally agree with you.Time flies and now ,please,write down your hometask for the next lesson.

Home assignment: Express your opinion

Make up the presentation of your opinion, using the facts from the textbook.

8. Выставление оценок за урок.

Teacher: Thank you for your good work. Good bye, see you on Friday.

Pupils: Good bye, teacher.