Computer programmes as a mean of teaching

           a) Southern Cross

           b) Pisces

           c) Sagittarius

           d) Scorpios

     15. The name Australia is derived from the Latin “australis”, meaning...

           a) “Southern”

           b) “New”

           c) “Wild”

           d) “Pathless”

     The right answers:

     1-b; 2-a; 3-d; 4-c; 5-b; 6-a; 7-b; 8-c; 9-c; 10-c; 11-b; 12-b; 13-b; 14-a; 15-a.

     8) The students are to work with the map of Australia. They have to find where the next states and territories are located:

     - New South Wales;

     - Queensland;

     - South Australia

     - Tasmania

     - Victoria

     - Western Australia

     - Australian Capital

     - Northern Territory

     9) The teacher of English introduces the next table to the students: 

 

     And then students are to make an oral report about the geographical position of the country. Students speak about Australia, using the information from the table given above.

     10) The teacher of English sums up the lesson, inform the students about their marks, gives the homework. Computer Science teacher reminds, that informatics and the English language are closely connected. He emphasizes, that the English language can be easily mastered with the help of various interesting developing computer programs. 

      Topic of the second lesson is "Landscapes"

     The objectives of the lesson:

      * To work with lexical units and to activate topical vocabulary of the students;

      * To teach the rule of the application definite article "the" with geographical names; 

      * To develop speaking skills;

      * To develop reading skills.

      Stages of the lesson:

      * Organizational minute– 2 minutes.

      * Speech training – 10 minutes.

      * Work with lexical units – 10 minutes.

      * Work with grammar rules – 20 minutes.

      * Summing up the lesson – 3 minutes. 

      Course of the lesson: 

      I. Organizational minute:

      - Good morning, students. Today we'll work with the definite article «the» and speak about different countries. Now I want you to remember basic grammar rules concerning use of definite article (students give their suppositions).

      II. Main part of the lesson:

      1. Speech training:

      - You know, different countries have different landscapes. Tell me what landscapes do you know? (Slide of the presentation)

      What can you say about them?

      2. Work with lexical units:

          - Please, say what is typical of? (Slide of the presentation)

      - America

      - Great Britain

      - Kazakhstan

      - And now you are to make up the word combinations (slide of the presentation):

      Flat                    Lakes

      Deep                  Plains

      High                   Prairies

      Vast                   Mountains

      Huge                  Oceans

      Unique               Canyons

      3. Work with grammar rules:

      - The aim of the today's lesson is to learn the rule of the application of the definite article with geographical names (slide of the presentation). I'll try to explain you this rule (teacher explains everything with the help of different tables, schemes and examples).

      - Please, put the article where necessary (slide of the presentation):

      1) ... Volga is the longest river.

      2) ... Moscow is the capital of Russia.

      3) ... Australia is an island.

      4) We had a holiday in ... Black sea.

      5) ... United Kingdom consists of 4 parts.

      6) ... Baikal is a lake of fresh water.

      - And now, using the maps of the USA, the UK and Kazakhstan, try to find the proper names with the definite article (slide of the presentation).

      4. Summing up the lesson:

      - Please, try to remember all the words and rules we have studied today and answer the questions: 

      What landscapes do you know?

      What is typical of the USA?

      What is typical of Great Britain?

      Where definite article “the” is used? 

      Topic of the third lesson is "The Price of Fame".

      This model-lesson is conducted in the form of discussion with application of multimedia technologies.

      The objectives of the lesson:

      * To improve the skills of conversation;

      * To develop the ability to extract certain information from heard audio-file (listening skills);

      * To improve the ability of holding the discussion, to teach the culture of discussion;

      * To educate the ability of working in groups and independently;

      * To interest in learning English.

      Equipment: multimedia projector; screen, slides with celebrities' photos, audio-files with the songs of Marilyn Monroe, John Lennon, Andrei Mironov and extract from radio program (CD "New Opportunity Intermediate").  

      The course of the lesson:

      I. Organizational minute:

      - There's the bell. Please, stand up. Hello, my dear boys and girls. I´m glad to see you again. I hope you´re all right, aren´t you? (Yes, we are, thank you. And how are you?) I´m fine too, thanks. As you have already noticed, our today´s lesson is a bit extraordinary, first of all, because of the guests who are sitting behind you and watching our work. But I´m sure this fact won´t disturb you and you´ll be working hard.

      Now, make yourselves comfortable. Try to be active during the lesson and enjoy yourselves at the same time. 

      II. Main part of the lesson

      1. The beginning of the discussion:

      - It's time to start the meeting of our Discussion Club (slide of the presentation). Today we are going to look at fame, so the issue of our meeting is Price of Fame (slide of the presentation).

      Do you think the lesson is going to be interesting? (Yes, we do.) Why? (Possible answers: -Because I´m interested in the topic and I´d like to express my opinion on it. - And I want to listen to my classmates´ opinions, compare them with mine and maybe argue with them. – I hope to learn something new. Etc…)

      Glad to hear it.

      Sometimes we think that celebrities don´t have any problems, that they have everything they want and that's why can't be unhappy at all. I suppose that during our meeting you´ll get convinced it isn´t so.

      And now say: Would you, personally, like to be famous? (Students´ own answers)

      2. The report about the results of conducted survey concerning the issue:

      - Azamat had to do a survey among our school-leavers. Sasha, report on the results of your survey, please.

      (I asked 50 students of our school: “Would you like to be famous? Why (not)?”

      20 students (40%) are eager to be famous. A few words about the reasons. All of them are sure that celebrities get a lot of money which helps them avoid different problems and makes them happy. 5 students (10%) want to have their own fans who will follow them everywhere and admire them. 30 students (60%) find nothing interesting in fame, because celebrities often have no right to privacy and their lifestyle is stressful.)

      - Thank you, Azamat. According to the results of your survey, rather many students would like to be famous.

      3. "Try to guess the celebrity" game:

      - And now, let´s have a look at some real celebrities.

      1) - Listen to the song and try to guess the singer. (sounds the song of Marilyn Monroe) (Marilyn Monroe)

      - You´re right (slide of the presentation) Vanya has prepared a brief story about her life. (Brief information about the life of the star)

      - Thank you, Vanya.

      2) - One more song, please. Who´s the singer? (sounds the song of John Lennon) (John Lennon) (slide with the star's photo)

      - Lena, will you tell us about this star? (Brief information about the singer)

      - Thanks a lot.

      3) As for this celebrity, she wasn´t a singer, but she is well-known all over the world. Look at her photo. (slide of the presentation) Who´s she? (Princess Diana)

      - Askhat, tell us about her. (Brief information about Princess Diana)

      - Thank you very much.

      4) - We are very proud of Russian celebrities, too. So, listen to the song. Do you recognize this famous person? (Andrei Mironov) (Slide with the photo of Mironov)