Your Majesty

Цель и задачи урока:

- расширение лингвострановедческих знаний по теме «Ваше Величество», активизация умственно – речевой деятельности учеников, развитие умений использовать самостоятельно приобретенные знания, лексической компетенции, совершенствование речевых умений и навыков, развивать навыки работы с текстом, умение выделять основную информацию из прослушанного и прочитанного

- повышать интерес к изучению английского языка, воспитывать культуру языкового общения, уважительного отношения друг к другу, умение внимательно слушать собеседника, находить, слышать и исправлять ошибки

Методические пособия:

- УМК «Английский язык» для 10 класса под редакцией О.В. Афанасьевой

- материалы Интернет

- картинки, карточки

Оборудование:

- мультимедийное оборудование, компьютеры

Ход урока:

На экране гимн Британии

Teacher: Today we are going to speak about royal family. You had prepared some information beforehand, read some facts on the Internet. Now you will show your knowledge . Let`s start the lesson with the news that shocked the Royal family and the whole Britain.

Look at the screen and read the news!

Чтение и перевод новости о заявлении Принца Гарри и Меган Маркл сложить с себя королевские полномочия и отказаться от финансирования (слайд)

Teacher: Now let`s read «Statement from her Majesty the Queen». Then we will discuss this news (слайд).

Ученики высказывают свое мнение по этой новости .

Teacher: Let`s find out who is Prince Harry. We will read the text about Queen and her Royal family. Open your books at page 93 and read the text №5.

Ученики читают текст и узнают членов королевской семьи, и кто может вступить на престол после Елизаветы II.

Teacher: Boys and girls, this is the Queen`s address. You can write to her at this address and congratulate her on some holiday. You can record it for yourself (слайд).

And here is the answer to a letter from Queen to a citizen of Russia (слайд).

Now you should answer my questions.

1.Who is the Head of the UK of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?

2. When did she ascend to the throne? (She was ascended to the throne in 1952 and was crowned in 1953)

3. Where was Princess Elizabeth educated? (She was educated at home with Princess Margaret, her younger sister. She studied constitutional history, law, art, music , learned to ride).

4. What do you know about the Queen’s husband? (His full name is His Royal Highness Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh, They got married in 1947 in Westminster Abbey).

5. How many children have the Royal Couple? (They have 4 children: Prince Charles, Prince Anne, Prince Andrew, Prince Edward)

6. Who is the Queen’s heir to the throne? (Prince Charles)

The following task: you should choose what the Queen likes and what the Queen dislikes.

Horse racing, Scottish country dancing, jigsaw puzzles, bright red dresses, deerstalking, tennis ( including Wimbledon), milk pudding, the cold, Charles Dickens, dictating letters.

Champagne, long – stemmed deep – pink carnations, quiet evenings at home, Sandringham, the Beatles film (Yellow Submarine), cigar smoke, sailing, listening to after – dinner speeches, ivy, snails.

The Queen likes:

Horse racing

Scottish country dancing

Jigsaw puzzles

Bright red dresses

Deerstalking

Long– stemmed deep – pink carnations

Quiet evenings at home

Sandringham

The Beatles film (Yellow Submarine)

The Queen`s dislikes:

Tennis ( including Wimbledon)

Milk pudding

The cold

Charles Dickens

Dictating letters

Cigar smoke

Sailing

Listening to after – dinner speeches

Ivy

Snails

The next tasks are tests

1 Match the equivalents:

1.монархия

2. королева

3. Британия

4. обязанности

5. традиционный

6. церемониальный

7. внук

8. парламентарный

9. английский

10. старшая

a elder

b duties

c Queen

d Britain

e Ceremonial

f Traditional

g Grandchild

h Parliamentary

i English

j Monarchy

2 Find the equivalents:

1 prospect

2 acceding to the throne

3 betrothal

4 to abdicate

5 in her father’s favour

6 heir presumptive

7 her education was supervised by her mother

8 provost

9 perforce

10 confer

a помолвка, обручение

b престолонаследница

c ректор

d волей – неволей

e перспективы, виды

f отказ от трона

g ее образование направлялось ее матерью

h удостоить чести

i проректор

j перспектива

3 Choose the right form of the verbs:

Early in 1947, Princess Elizabeth---------- went/ was going with the king and queen to South Africa. After her return, there------ is/was an announcement of her betrothal to her distant cousin Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten of the Royal Navy, formerly Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark. The marriage----- take/took place in Westminster Abbey on Nov, 20, 1947. On the eve of the wedding her father, the king, ----- conferres /conferred upon the bridegroom the titles of Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, and Baron Greenwich. They ----take/took residence at Clarence House in London. Their first child, Prince Charles, ---- is born/was born on Nov, 14, 1948, at Buckingham Palace.

In the summer of 1951, the health of King GeorgeVI-----was entered/entered into a serious decline, and Princess Elizabeth----was represented/represented him at the Trooping the Colour and on various other state occasions. On October 7, she and her husband set out on a highly successful tour of Canada and Washington, D.C. After Christmas in England, she and the duke set out in January 1952 for a tour of Australia and New Zealand, but en route, at Sagana, Kenya, news-----were reached/reached them of the king’s death on Feb, 6 1952. Elizabeth, now queen, at once flew back to England. The first three months of her reign, the period of full mourning for her father, ----- passed/were passed in comparative seclusion.

But in the summer, after she---- was moved/had moved from Clarence House to Buckingham Palace, she understood the routine duties of the sovereign and carried out her first state opening of Parliament on Nov, 4, 1952. Her coronation-----hold/was held at Westminster Abbey on June 2, 1953.

Teacher: Well! Now you see the family tree and the photos of the members of the royal family.

You should put the photos on the right place (слайд).

This is the result (слайд).

 Подведение итогов

Teacher: How do you think what conclusion we have come to? We had an interesting lesson. Thank you very much. Thank you.