Методическая разработка урока по страноведению
в 10 классе
по теме:
«Страны Соединенного Королевства. Уэльс»
Тамбов 2009
МОУ лицей № 29
Тема урока: «Страны Соединенного Королевства. Уэльс»
Цель урока: введение нового материала по теме «Страны Соединенного
Королевства. Уэльс» с использованием аудио и видео материала через
решение практических задач.
Воспитательные и развивающие цели:
 развитие памяти, мышления, внимания, умения слушать и понимать
иностранную речь;
 активизация рече-мыслительной деятельности;
 формирование интереса к стране изучаемого языка
Практические задачи:
 ознакомить учащихся с фактическим материалом о стране
Соединенного Королевства – Уэльсе;
 учить учащихся аудированию нового материала с последующим
конролем понимания и обсуждением;
 учить решению вопроса в паре и индивидуально;
 учить решению задач на подстановку, соответствие, вопросов и
ответов, определение верной и неверной информации;
 практиковать учащихся отвечать на вопросы к прослушанному тексту
План урока
1 Определение темы серии уроков после просмотра видеосюжета (Страны
Соединенного Королевства); обозначение темы текущего урока (Уэльс).
2 Повторение (разминка - фронтальный опрос): географическое положение
Уэльса, рельеф, флаг, символы, святой покровитель (повторение ранее
изученного материала).
3 Знакомство с фактическим материалом о Уэльсе (площадь, население,
плотность населения и т.д.)
4 Просмотр видеосюжета: знакомство с городами Уэльса, их
достопримечательностями, местами интересными для посещения,
выполнение задания на соответствие
5 Аудирование текста состоящего из 4-х частей
1) Валлийский язык (выполнение задания на заполнение пропущенных
слов)
2) Земля песен (ответить на вопросы к тексту)
3) Земля замков и принцев (определение верной, неверной и
неупомянутой информации)
4) Отдых в Уэльсе (ответить на вопрос)
6 Обобщение пройденного материала.
7 Подведение итогов, выставление оценок, домашнее задание.
The Course of the Lesson
1 Watching the film, determination of the theme of the series of lessons (Countries of the UK)
The theme of the current lesson is ‘Wales’. The aim of the lesson is to learn some new
information and facts about Wales watching a video extract about towns and places of interest
of Wales and listening doing some tasks.
2 Warm up. Answering the questions. Students remember the geographical position, relief,
climate, the capital, emblems, patron saint, etc. of Wales.
3 Students use the “Fact File” and add information about Wales.
Fact File
Wales
Capital: Cardiff
Area: 20.8 thousand sq. km
Population: 2.89 million people
Density: 130 people per sq. km
Climate: mild with heavy rainfall
Highest mountain: Snowdon, 1.085m
Most important river: the Severn
Most important industries: steel, coal-mining
People: the Welsh
Language: Welsh
Emblem: the daffodil and the leek
Patron saint: St. David
4 Students watch the film about places of interest of Wales.
Video
auction [
passion [
] - аукцион
] - страсть, страстное увлечение
Match the places and attractions:
1 Wales
A a dramatic mountainous area that is a
centre of outdoor holidays of the more
energetic kind
2 Cardiff
3 Machynlleth [
]
4 Portmeirion [
]
B a complete Italian hill town built by an
eccentric Welshman who had a passion for
Italian architecture
5 Snowdonia
6 Betws-y-Coed [
C the highest mountain in Wales
]
D a charming town built from local stone
7 Snowdon
E a land of beautiful mountain scenery and
music
F excellent for canoeing, walking and
climbing
G the capital of Wales
H a market town where you can buy from
local food to clothes and materials
I there are fast flowing streams of Snowdonia
with waterfalls nearby
J you can get there by small steam railway
which is one hundred years old now and one
of the tourist attractions
K has a weekly auction of farm animals
Checking up.
5 What language do the Welsh speak? Welsh and English are both official languages, nearly all
Welsh speakers are bilingual, although most would think of English as their second language.
The Welsh language is very difficult to learn. It has very musical intonation and difficult
sounds. Students listen to the tape.
Listening
I The Welsh language
Fill in the gaps with the missing words:
Welsh is a ________ language. Other ________ languages have mainly ________ , but
Welsh has been in daily use for centuries. ________ of the population spoke Welsh during the
first quarter of the 19th century. Various factors reduced the number of Welsh ________: many
________ __ ________ workers moved to South Wales during the 19th century; people moved
to the ________ where less Welsh was spoken; children were punished if they spoke Welsh at
school.
In recent years, however, there has been a revival of ________ in Welsh. It is now spoken
as a first language by more than ________ of the population. Welsh is studied at ________.
There are television and radio ________ with Welsh-language programmes.
To understand how different Welsh is from English, compare the lines from the Welsh
national anthem (гимн) with their English translation.
Welsh
Gwlad! Gwlad! Pleidiol wyf I’m gwlad;
Tra mor yn fur I’r bur hoff bau,
O bydded I’r hen iaith barhau.
English
Homeland! I am devoted to my country;
So long as the sea is a wall to this beautiful land,
May the ancient language remain.
Checking up.
On the blackboard there are some examples of the Welsh words.
Llanfairpwellgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogoch – the longest place-name in
Wales;
Llangollen [
] – the name of the town;
1 – un
2 – dau
3 – tri
4 – pedwar
5 – pump
6 – chwech
7 – saith
8 – with
9 – naw
10 – deg
6 Students listen to the second part of the text and answer the questions.
II A land of song
Giraldus Cambrensis
male-voice choir – мужской хор
Eisteddfod [
]
Answer the questions:
1 What have the Welsh been famous for centuries for?
2 What is found throughout Wales?
3 What International music festival is held every year?
4 How many countries take part in the festival?
Students answer the questions.
7 Wales is famous for its medieval castles. The number of castles there is more than anywhere
else in the world. Students listen to the third part of the text and mark the sentences true (T),
false (F) or not mentioned (NM).
III A land of castles and princes
raid – набег, внезапное нападение
heir [ ] - наследник
Mark the sentences true (T), false (F) or not mentioned (NM):
1
2
3
4
5
Wales has always been a part of Great Britain.
Wales really begins with the Anglo-Saxon victories in the 6th and 7th centuries which
isolated the Welsh from the rest of Britons.
Between the 9th and the 11th centuries, Wales was divided into small states.
Until the 11th centuries the Vikings made frequent raids on the coast.
In the 15th century, Llewelyn ap lorwerth [
] united the country
and his son was crowned the first Prince of Wales.
6
7
8
Later that century, the English king Henry VIII, conquered Wales.
He gave the title of Prince of Wales to his son, Edward II.
The youngest son of the English king or queen has always been given the title ‘The
Prince of Wales” and this is why Wales is called “Principality”.
9 Wales is a land of castles. They were built by the Romans and the English to dominate
the Welsh.
10 The number of castles there is more than anywhere else in the world.
Checking up.
There are photos of the most famous castles in Wales on the walls. They are:
Caernorfon Castle – in North Wales in the town of Caernorfon . This is where Prince Charles,
the heir to the British throne, became Prince of Wales in 1969. Is was built by Edward I. It is a
symbol of the Welsh resistance.
Harlech Castle – in the town of Harlech. It was built by Edward I in 1283 – 1290.
Conwy Castle - in the town of Conwy. It was built by Edward I in 1283 – 1289.
Kidwelly Castle – in the town of Kidwelly. It was built in about 1100.
Cardiff Castle was built in the 11th century.
Chepston Castle
Powis Castle
8 Students listen to the last part of the text about how people can spend holidays in Wales and
answer the question.
IV Holidays in Wales
pony-trekking
Answer the question:
Many people go to Wales on holidays. What are the most famous activities there
mentioned in the text?
Checking up.
9 Summing up of the lesson (students sum up what they have learnt in the lesson), marks.
Home task: speak about Wales.
Раздаточный материал
Fact File
Wales
Capital: Cardiff
Area: 20.8 thousand sq. km
Population: 2.89 million people
Density: 130 people per sq. km
Climate: mild with heavy rainfall
Highest mountain: Snowdon, 1.085m
Most important river: the Severn
Most important industries: steel, coal-mining
People: the Welsh
Language: Welsh
Emblem: the daffodil and the leek
Patron saint: St. David
Video
auction [
passion [
] - аукцион
] - страсть, страстное увлечение
Match the places and attractions:
1 Wales
A a dramatic mountainous area that is a
centre of outdoor holidays of the more
energetic kind
2 Cardiff
3 Machynlleth [
]
4 Portmeirion [
]
B a complete Italian hill town built by an
eccentric Welshman who had a passion for
Italian architecture
5 Snowdonia
6 Betws-y-Coed [
7 Snowdon
C the highest mountain in Wales
]
D a charming town built from local stone
E a land of beautiful mountain scenery and
music
F excellent for canoeing, walking and
climbing
G the capital of Wales
H a market town where you can buy from
local food to clothes and materials
I there are fast flowing streams of Snowdonia
with waterfalls nearby
J you can get there by small steam railway
which is one hundred years old now and one
of the tourist attractions
K has a weekly auction of farm animals
Listening
I The Welsh language
Fill in the gaps with the missing words:
Welsh is a ________ language. Other ________ languages have mainly ________ , but
Welsh has been in daily use for centuries. ________ of the population spoke Welsh during the
first quarter of the 19th century. Various factors reduced the number of Welsh ________: many
________ __ ________ workers moved to South Wales during the 19th century; people moved
to the ________ where less Welsh was spoken; children were punished if they spoke Welsh at
school.
In recent years, however, there has been a revival of ________ in Welsh. It is now spoken
as a first language by more than ________ of the population. Welsh is studied at ________.
There are television and radio ________ with Welsh-language programmes.
To understand how different Welsh is from English, compare the lines from the Welsh
national anthem (гимн) with their English translation.
Welsh
Gwlad! Gwlad! Pleidiol wyf I’m gwlad;
Tra mor yn fur I’r bur hoff bau,
O bydded I’r hen iaith barhau.
English
Homeland! I am devoted to my country;
So long as the sea is a wall to this beautiful land,
May the ancient language remain.
II A land of song
Giraldus Cambrensis
male-voice choir – мужской хор
Eisteddfod [
]
Answer the questions:
1 What have the Welsh been famous for centuries for?
2 What is found throughout Wales?
3 What International music festival is held every year?
4 How many countries take part in the festival?
III A land of castles and princes
raid – набег, внезапное нападение
heir [ ] - наследник
Mark the sentences true (T), false (F) or not mentioned (NM):
1
2
Wales has always been a part of Great Britain.
Wales really begins with the Anglo-Saxon victories in the 6th and 7th centuries which
isolated the Welsh from the rest of Britons.
3 Between the 9th and the 11th centuries, Wales was divided into small states.
4 Until the 11th centuries the Vikings made frequent raids on the coast.
5 In the 15th century, Llewelyn ap lorwerth [
] united the country
and his son was crowned the first Prince of Wales.
6 Later that century, the English king Henry VIII, conquered Wales.
7 He gave the title of Prince of Wales to his son, Edward II.
8 The youngest son of the English king or queen has always been given the title ‘The
Prince of Wales” and this is why Wales is called “Principality”.
9 Wales is a land of castles. They were built by the Romans and the English to dominate
the Welsh.
10 The number of castles there is more than anywhere else in the world.
IV Holidays in Wales
pony-trekking
Answer the question:
Many people go to Wales on holidays. What are the most famous activities there
mentioned in the text?