Конспект урока английского языка Why do people learn English? (9 класс)

Why do people learn English? – 9 класс

Цель урока: содействовать развитию у учащихся монологической речи

Основные задачи:

Практические:

1. Организовать деятельность учащихся по закреплению и применению лексических единиц по теме «Learning English».

2. Содействовать развитию у школьников монологической речи.

Развивающие: содействовать:

1. развитию языковой способности учащихся

2. развитию мышления и языковой догадки

3. развитию умения высказывать своё мнение

Воспитательные:

1. актуализировать личностный смысл учащихся к изучению темы

2. создать условия для развития у школьников рефлексивной культуры.

ХОД УРОКА.

Мотивационно – организационный этап. 3’

Let’s begin our lesson. And first of all I want you to guess a riddle and you will know the topic of our lesson today.

It is global. It is popular. It is a means of communication. Many people from different countries speak it. What is it? ENGLISH LANGUAGE. (at the blackboard)

But what is the main question of our lesson today? How do you think?

Why do people learn English?

So this lesson will help you to define the main reasons to learn English. To answer our question you will revise words and use them in your speech. You will give your point of view about the importance of the English language.

2.Содержательно- процессуальный этап 35’

1)Активизация лексики по теме English language. 7’

And now we’ll revise our lexica. Read the word in Russian and translate it into English.

Answer my questions, please:

What is the official language in our country?
What countries is English official or semi-official in?

Name the countries where English is a mother tongue.
What is your mother tongue?

Where is English used as an international language?

Why is English called a lingua franca?
What language was called a lingua franca before English?

What is your second language?

What is your first language?

Why is English called a widespread language?

Why is English called a modern language?

What foreign languages do you know?
What is English for you?

Now I see you know all these words.

!!! Let’s sum up! What is English?

(отвечают на вопрос, пользуясь составленной схемой)

2) Speaking 5’

How do you think – is it important to learn English?

(Ученики отвечают на вопрос)

Now name the main reasons for learning English. Why do people learn English?

(записывать на доске – People learn English to ______ )

Thank you.

3) Listening 5’

Now I want you to watch a video. The students will be discussing the reasons of learning English. Are their opinions the same or different from yours?

You may write some notes while watching.

(просмотр видеофрагмента)

Why do they learn English? Is it important or not?

(отвечают на вопросы)

- to explain different things

- to speak with other people

- to go abroad and to talk to other people

- to attend the university

- to find a work abroad

- to understand songs and films in English

- to make new friends

Are your opinions the same or different? (сравнить с записями на доске) VVVV

4) Работа с текстом.10’

Read the text. 5’

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People began to speak many centuries ago, and since then they have been speaking different languages. Every language reflects the soul, behaviour and temperament of each nationality. Peoples created their own alphabets and rules, but they always wanted to communicate with each other, to understand and to know more about each other.

Languages help people to understand each other better, they help them to solve different economic and political problems, which stand before them, and so people learn foreign languages. All languages are different. Some are very hard, some are easier, some are similar, but there are no identical languages in the whole world. There are more than 2,700 languages in the world. Many of them are «alive» because people use them, but there are some «dead» languages, for example Latin. Two thousand years ago, Latin was the world’s most important international language. Today this title belongs to English. It’s a global language of travel, business, pop culture, sport and science. Over one billion people speak English. That’s almost one fifth of the world’s population. For over 400 million it’s their first language. For the other 600 million it’s either a second language or a foreign language.

Today, in fact, over 250 million people are learning English. That’s more than the population of the USA. The average person in Britain has a vocabulary of between 10,000 and 15,000 words. In his plays William Shakespeare used a vocabulary of about 30,000 words. Shakespeare was born over 400 years ago. At that time, only six or seven million people spoke English.

Now English is spoken practically all over the world, it has become the world’s most important language in politics, science, trade and cultural relations. It is spoken as a mother tongue in Great Britain, the United States of America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Besides, a lot of people speak English in Japan, India, China, Africa and many other countries. English is one of the official languages of the United Nation Organisation. Half of the world’s scientific literature is in English. It is the language of computer technology.

To my mind English is worth studying. There is a proverb: «A new language is a new world». «Knowledge is a power», one great man said. Speaking a foreign language one can not only read the papers, magazines and original books by outstanding writers, but as well watch satellite TV programmes, travel easily to different parts of the world. Besides, understanding and speaking a foreign language became necessary while applying for a good and well-paid job. Now I know that it is a must for XXI century professional no matter what job to choose. The world is getting smaller and international connections tighter. A lot of foreign delegations keep coming to our country; hundreds of joint ventures have appeared in every city of our country recently. So without doubt you can’t do without learning this beautiful language.

tight – плотный, тесный

a joint venture – совместное предприятие

a field – сфера, область применения

Reflection card

Name ____________

Today at the lesson I have learned _________________________________.

Today at the lesson I have understood __________________________________.

I was active/ inactive.