План урока по английскому языку по теме «Уэльс» с использованием основных принципов коммуникативной методики обучения английскому языку (на основе курса Британского Совета ТКТЕ) по учебнику О. В. Афанасьевой, И. В. Михеевой (6 класс)

План урока по английскому языку в 6 классе по теме «Уэльс» с использованием основных принципов

коммуникативной методики обучения английскому языку (на основе курса Британского Совета ТКТЕ)

по учебнику О. В. Афанасьевой, И. В. Михеевой для школ с углублённым изучением английского языка

LESSON PLAN

Level: Intermediate

Lesson length: 45 min

Number of students: 10

Main aim:
By the end of the lesson students will be able to speak about Wales, its capital and main cities, its geographical features and national language.

Subsidiary Aim(s):

Students will be able to read a short text for gist, for specific information. Students will be able to speak fluently about Wales and its features.

Personal Aim(s):

to increase Student Talking Time, to give clear instructions

Information about the class:

There are 10 students in the group. They are 13 years old. They have been learning English for 6 years. I have been teaching them since the first form. They have had English 5 times a week since then. They have been working together for all this time. This group really likes working and they always get involved in every activity. They are always eager to learn.

Materials/aids:
The main course-book by O. V. Afanasyeva, I. V. Miheeva "English. The VI Form. The Student's Book for schools with advanced English", Moscow "Prosveshcheniye", 2014

The map of the UK, the map of Wales

Pictures of the Welsh symbols and flag, Cardiff, Swansea, Newport, Snowdon

Handouts with reading tasks

Assumptions (What do the students already know/don't know or how will they behave at a particular stage of the lesson?

The students already know and can work with a map and describe the geographical position of any country using the necessary sets of words such as: in the north/northwest; to the south/south east of; to be situated; to be washed by; to border on.

The students can confuse the names of the capitals of the four parts of the UK. The map can help them to remember the name theml.

Timetable fit: (How does your lesson link to / build on other lessons?)

The lesson links to the previous lessons of the course-book.

Anticipated Problems

Solutions

1. Students may be unfamiliar with the new vocabulary.

2. Students may be familiar with the new vocabulary.

3. Students may have certain difficulties with pronunciation of the new words.

4. Students may be reluctant to work in pairs.

1. Use the PPP approach.

2. Elicit the words fast or skip the stage of presentation.

3. Drill the words in various contexts, come back to the most difficult ones at the end of the class.

4. Change interaction patterns. Be sensitive with pairing.

Language Analysis

Skills analysis

Skill/ subskill

Tasks for skills development

Preparing learners for tasks

Anticipated problems

Speaking - fluency language

Learners talk about their experience connected with travelling, about the features of Wales.

Prepare pictures, the text to the topic of the lesson.

SS might not understand each other in the discussion.

Solution: Remind learners to ask their partners to repeat things they don't understand.

Reading for details

Set 5 detailed questions.

Create interest in the topic of the text. Vocabulary will be taught before reading.

SS might not want to find detailed answers to the given questions.

Solution: To remind SS that more information they find in the text to the given questions the easier they will complete future tasks during the lesson.

Reading for general understanding

Choose the best title for the text.

SS make a complete text putting their text pieces together.

SS might have difficulties with the main idea of the text.

Solution: To help SS to distinguish the main idea of the text.

Stage

Stage Aims

Procedure

Time

Inter. pat-n

1. Warmer

2. Lead-in

3. Skills. Speaking.

IV. Skills. Reading and speaking.

V. HW

To warm the SS up.

To activate SS's schemata for the topic of the lesson and revise

the target

language from

the previous

classes.

To provide SS with ideas and initiate a discussion on the topic of the lesson.

To help SS out with the key words necessary for understanding the text.

To practice reading for details.

To let SS check their answers and boost their confidence.

To create a need for speaking for fluency.

To check answers.

To practice gist reading and give SS a chance to look at the complete text to clarify any details/ideas.

To practice speaking for fluency.

To revise the information about Wales.

To practise reading/

writing/

listening/

speaking skills.

SS answer the following questions:

• Do you like travelling?

• Do you prefer to go to the same place or to new and unknown places?

• Do you like to learn more about the new places?

• Can I say that you find it rather interesting to explore a new place, to find out something connected with this or that place?

A question-based discussion

T asks SS to look at the map.

SS answer the following questions:

• How many parts does the UK consist of?

• What are they?

• What is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland washed by in the south/west and east?

1. Predicting

Focus on the map.

T divides the class into pairs and asks SS to answer the following questions:

• What is the smallest part of the UK?

• Where is it situated?

• What other part of the UK does it border on in the west?

• What are the main symbols of this part of the country?

• What does its national flag look like?

Today we are going to be explorers of a new land for us. We are going to explore Wales.

2. Pre-teaching of the vocabulary

T informs SS that they are going to read a text about Wales and elicits the following key-words:

1. It is an ancient language spoken by the Celts who looked like Vikings and lived in Britain before the arrival of the Romans… The Celtic language

2. It is of the Celtic languages spoken by the Irish… Gaelic

3. If we hear somebody speaking very quickly, without any pauses and it takes him little time to begin speaking or writing, we call his speech or writing… Fluent

4. If we see people who disagree with each other, express their strong feelings and emotions in words and begin to quarrel, we can say that they… Argue

5. If somebody saves another person or other people from harm, danger or loss, we can say that somebody … Rescues

6. If a meeting is short in time, we call it… Brief

CCQs

1. Is it an ancient language spoken by the people who looked like Vikings? Yes.

2. Is it one of the ancient languages spoken by the people who lived in Ireland? Yes.

3. If I speak without making pause and quickly can you say I speak fluent English? Yes.

4. If people have different opinions of smth and it can lead to a serious quarrel, can we say that they argue? Yes.

5. Do people do it when somebody needs help? Yes.

6. Does it take a lot of time? No. Can be long and boring? No.

So the first word was… (write the six words on the blackboard)

3. Jigsaw reading

A) Reading for details

SS read cut-up pieces of the text, answer the questions that they can.

2. Peercheck

SS check their answers with their neighbours (who had the same text piece) in small groups.

C) Speaking/communication gap

SS share their answers in groups with the members who have different text pieces each.

D) Feedback

SS answer the questions in the open class.

4. Skimming

T asks SS to put their text pieces together to make a complete text (or distributes uncut copies of the text). Asks them to skim the text and choose the best headline in the same groups.

5. Post-reading discussion

T asks SS to imagine that one of your friends has got a letter from his/her Welsh friend inviting him/her to visit Wales. He/she is not sure that he/she would like to go. Prove that Wales is an interesting place to visit.

T asks SS to choose one of the five home tasks according to their likes and abilities.

1. Do Ex.20 p.59 in a written form.

SS have to find wrong information and correct it.

2. Watch a video and listen to the native speaker from Wales. Tell the class about the Welsh language.

3. Watch a video about the Welsh Mountain Rescue Service. Tell the class about their work.

4. Watch a video about the Welsh Mountain Rescue Service. Tell the class about the geographical features of Wales.

5. Imagine that you have got Ann's notes she made during the lecture by Mr Roger Davis. Tell the class about Welsh traditions and culture.

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Boardwork (the board will look like this)

The Celtic language

Gaelic

Fluent

Argue

Rescue

Brief

Attachments

(pictures, supplementary worksheets, handouts, coursebook pages, presentations etc)

The main course-book by O. V. Afanasyeva, I. V. Miheeva "English. The VI Form. The Student's Book for schools with advanced English", Moscow "Prosveshcheniye", 2014

Unit 14 "Wales". Ex.12, 13 p. 53-55. Ex. 18 p. 56-58. Ex. 20, 22, 24 p. 59

tourout.ru/file/0dm4xk1krb11/600x/3eos5193wcmp.jpg

go.hrw.com/atlas/span_map/wales.gif

vader.joemonster.org/upload/qck/10084009601c12bwallpaper2727789.jpg

globalblackswan.com/sites/default/files/uploads/welsh%20sign.png

openclipart.org/image/800px/svg_to_png/17787/tobias-Flag-of-Wales-United-Kingdom.png

cglearn.it/En_speaking/leek-daffodil-left.gif

images.gwales.com/images/fullsize/9781849340472

lehmanns.de/media/15012128

upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/Defnyddiwch_eich_Cymraeg_-_Use_your_Welsh_-_geograph.org.uk_-_488577.jpg

A video in which Adam speaks Welsh (a language spoken by 500a000 worldwide) speaks about speaking youtube.com/watch?v=AW3q-fRowrg

rafmra.com/homepageimages/homepagebadge.gif

The Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Service provides land rescue over the mountain areas of the United Kingdom.

Mountain Rescue's website mountain.rescue.org.uk/

The Battenburg markings used by mountain rescue

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