Урока английского языка в 9 классе на тему "Народная мудрость"

Задачи урока: тренировать уча­щихся в монологической и диалогичес­кой речи; обогатить их словарный за­пас; обсудить нравственную ценность пословиц; расширить кругозор школь­ников; учить их следовать мудрым по­словицам в жизни.

Ход урока:

Вступительное слово учителя: “Dear friends! Our lesson is devoted to English proverbs. Proverbs are the wisdom of the people whether they are English, French or Russian. You know that most of the prov­erbs in different languages are quite simi­lar: they express the same ideas. Proverbs teach us about life, they explain how to choose friends, what is right and wrong in people's behaviour and so on. I believe you know a lot of proverbs but I'd like to re­fresh some of them in your memory. Lis­ten to the record and repeat the proverbs in a low voice”.

Ученики слушали пословицы в ­записи и одновременно читали их на доске:

“All is well that ends well.”

“Better late than never.”

“Everything is good in its season.”

“First think, then speak.”

“Live and learn.”

“Where there's a will, there’s a way.”

И др.

По просьбе учителя, школьники рас­крывали смысл некоторых пословиц. Вот как ученица объяснила пословицу “Where there's a will, there’s a way”: “I’ll tell you a story about a Frenchman who was travelling in England. He couldn’t speak English well. Once he came to a small coun­try inn and tried to order some eggs for breakfast. But he didn’t remember the word for ‘egg’. Suddenly he saw a cock through the window. The Frenchman asked what the cock’s wife was called. The waiter told him she was called a hen. Then the Frenchman asked what the hen’s children were called. The waiter told him they were called chick­ens. The Frenchman asked what the chick­ens were called before they were born. The waiter said that they were called eggs. The Frenchman was happy and asked the wait­er to bring him two eggs and a cup of tea. The idea of this story is that if you want something very much, you’ll always find a way out.”

Затем учащиеся выполнили следующее задание учителя: “I’d like you to listen to a short story. You should find the proverb which makes the best ending to it.”

The Fox Without a Tail

Once a young fox with beautiful red fur was walking along the path in the forest where a trap was hidden. The fox did not see the trap and touched it with her tail. The trap closed and held her by the tail. The fox was in great pain, but she was very glad that she could run away.

When the other foxes saw her without a tail, she askted all the foxes to come to her house. When they were all there, she said to them, “Dear friends, I have asked you to come here because I want to tell you something very important. Tails are not in fashion now, you know. It is better to walk without a tail. I advise you to cut your tails off.”

An old fox who was also very sly said, “I think you parted with your tail because you had to. But we are going to keep our beautiful tails.”

В конце рассказа были перечислены следующие пословицы:

“Business before pleasure.”

“Tastes differ.”

“It never rains but it pours.”

“Never say die.”

Наиболее подходящей концовкой рас­сказа ребята сочли пословицу “Tastes differ”.

Следующим этапом урока была рабо­та с пословицами в парах постоянного и сменного состава. Каждый ученик получил карточку с пословицей и ин­струкционный лист «Как работать с по­словицами» (инструкционный лист при­водился на русском языке).

Образец карточки

Инструкционный лист

«Как работать с пословицами»

А. Выполните задания 1 - 3 по карточ­ке.

Б. Помогите товарищу выучить Вашу пословицу.

В. Выслушайте его пословицу, выучи­те ее.

Г. Выполните задание 4 на Вашей кар­точке и на карточке партнера.

Д. Ваша пара распадается. Ищите дру­гого партнера.

Е. Работайте с новым партнером та­ким же образом, начиная с задания 3.

Следуя инструкционному листу, школьники составили такой диалог:

P1: Have you brought me the book I asked for?

P2: I’m sorry, I’ve left it at home again.

P1: How’s that? Yesterday you promised to bring it at last.

Р2: Don’t be angry with me! I’ll bring it tomorrow.

P1: Do you think I believe you? “All talk but no actions.”

На других карточках были предложе­ны следующие пословицы:

“Tastes differ.”

“Не who makes no mistakes, makes noth­ing.”

“Never say die!”

“Live not to eat, but eat to live.”

“Two heads are better than one.”

“So many men, so many minds.” И др.

С помощью ключевых слов и выраже­ний, данных на обороте карточки, уча­щиеся составляли диалоги с пословица­ми. Так, например, к пословице “Tastes differ” были предложены следующие сло­ва и выражения:

to like

the material is...

the colour is...

the style

I like ... better.

too many buttons

do as you like

if I were you ...

В результате получился следующий диалог между двумя девочками («в ма­газине одежды»):

Р1: How do you like this red dress?

P2: Well, Ann, you see, the material is good and the colour is nice, but I don’t like the style. I like that green one better.

P1: Oh, it has too many buttons.

P2: Well, do as you like, but if I were you I’d buy the green one.

P1: “Tastes differ”, you know.

Последняя часть урока была посвяще­на групповой работе. Учащиеся образо­вали три группы по 4 – 5 человек в каж­дой и получили следующие задания:

группа 1 — “'Make up a story using the proverb ‘East or West, home is best’ (you may remember a story about a cat or a dog that was taken away from home, but returned some time later dirty, tired and hungry).”

группа 2 — “ Imagine that one of you is Mr. Smith and the rest are his wife and children. This is your first visit to London. The children are pelting their father with questions, but he answers, ‘I don’t know’, ‘Who knows!’, ‘I wish I knew’, etc. Finally Mrs. Smith asks the children to leave Dad alone because he is tired to which Mr. Smith says ... (use a suitable proverb).”

группа 3 — “ A young man wants to study English. He goes to an English teacher and asks her if English is very difficult. The teacher tells him that it is not, that only the first eight lessons are difficult. Then the man says that he wants to begin with the ninth lesson (make up a dialogue and use a suitable proverb/proverbs).”

Учащиеся первой группы выступили со следующим рассказом: “In summer Mrs. Brown usually sent her daughters to their grandmother who lived on a farm a hun­dred miles from London. She had a cat and she decided that it had to go to the country too. The girls put the cat into a basket and left London by the morning train. Two days later Mrs. Brown got a letter from her moth­er which said that the girls were on the farm, but the cat had run away the same evening. A month later a tired, dirty cat ran into Mrs. Brown’s kitchen. It went up to Mrs. Brown. It was her cat. They tried to under­stand how the cat could cover a hundred miles and find its way around London. So ‘East or West, home is best’.”

Вторая группа выступила с полилогом, действующими лицами которого были D(addy), M(ummy), ch(ildren):

Ch1: Daddy, what square is this?

D: I don’t know.

Ch2: Daddy, are we far from Westminster Abbey?

D: Who knows!

Ch3: What a beautiful garden this is! Do you know what it is called?

D: I wish I knew.

Ch1: What’s the name of this street?

D: Nobody knows!

Ch2: Is this the centre of London?

D: I’ve no idea.

Ch3: What museum is this?

D: I haven’t a clue.

M: Well, children, leave your poor Dad­dy alone! He is so tired of your endless questions.

D: Let them ask. After all, they must get knowledge. “The more you live, the more you see. The more you see, the more you know.”

И наконец, третья группа составила диалог между студентом (S) и препода­вательницей английского языка (Т):

S: I’d like to know if English is difficult.

T: No, it isn’t. You know, only the first eight lessons are difficult.

S: Oh, it’s great! Let’s begin with the ninth!

T: What’s that? “First think, then speak.” You can’t begin with the ninth lesson be­cause the first eight are of great importance. “A good beginning makes a good ending.”