Методические рекомендации цели создания пособия: облегчить подготовку и проведение учителем уроков внеклассных мероприятий, элективных курсов по страноведческой тематике (стр. 1 из 2)
Муниципальная средняя общеобразовательная школа №34
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(PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN GREAT BRITAIN)
( В помощь учителю)
Составитель: Шенцова Е.Ф.,
к.п.н., учитель английского языка
МСОШ № 34 г. Нижневартовска
г. Нижневартовск 2008г.
List:
BRITISH HOLYDAYS AND TRADITIONS. 5
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN GREAT BRITAIN.. 6
Good Friday and Easter Monday.. 10
МЕТОДИЧЕСКИЕ РЕКОМЕНДАЦИИ
Цели создания пособия:
· облегчить подготовку и проведение учителем уроков внеклассных мероприятий, элективных курсов по страноведческой тематике;
· обеспечить возможность включения в учебный процесс ИКТ;
· повысить мотивацию к учению, посредством использования дополнительного страноведческого материала и связанных с ним мультимедийных информационных объектов;
· расширить возможности учителя в выборе материала и реализации средств и методов обучения;
· предложить ориентиры в поиске необходимого материала, сократить время подготовки мероприятия (урока) помочь сделать урок информационно и эмоционально насыщенным;
· создать условия необходимые для реализации принципов личностно-ориентированного обучения и направленности на развитие ментальных черт личности учащегося;
· предоставить возможность для организации самостоятельной творческой и исследовательской деятельности учащихся;
· оказать помощь в реализации индивидуального творческого потенциала учащихся, инициативы в поиске и присвоении личностных смыслов и ценностей;
· способствовать расширению диапазона форм организации учебного процесса (от традиционно-урочной, до проектной и дистанционной);
· . внести посильный вклад в создание методической копилки.
Наличие широкого спектра тематического материала, который может быть преобразован в информационные объекты, дает учителю возможность представить учащимся изучаемое явление или процесс во всем многообразии его проявлений и свойств, а также более четко и точно определить их место и значение в системе окружающих нас реалий.
Данное пособие удобно для развития навыков работы с большим объемом информации, даёт возможность сочетать предметное содержание государственного стандарта общего образования и дополнительную информацию культуроведческого характера. Представленный в данном пособии материал может быть использован при работе с различными учебниками английского языка для средних школ, при изучении материала по страноведческой тематике, а также при подготовке внеклассных мероприятий, связанных с историей, культурой и традициями Великобритании. Пособие разработано на базе обширного страноведческого материала в соответствии с требованиями, предъявляемыми к образованию, развитию и воспитанию учащихся, на современном этапе и соответствует обязательному минимуму содержания среднего общего образования по предмету, рекомендованному Министерством образования Российской Федерации.
При создании данного пособия мы использовали следующие принципы:
1. Аутентичности текстов и информационных единиц;
2. Стимуляции осознанной самостоятельной коммуникативной деятельности;
3. Презентативности материала, обращенности к эстетической и эмоциональной сфере личности.
4. Разноплановости и разноуровневости (* повышенная сложность) заданий для контроля усвоения знаний, умений и навыков (тестов, таблиц, самостоятельных работ, кроссвордов с ответами).
5. Учёта личностных и психолого-педагогических характеристик учащихся;
6. Оптимизации дидактической составляющей учебно-воспитательного процесса;
7. Широкого применения тематической наглядности, позволяющей облегчить усвоение изучаемого материала;
8. Актуализации умений и навыков самостоятельной работы по поиску и анализу информации.
Оборудование необходимое для работы с данным пособием:
1. Раздаточный материал;
2. Плакаты, тематическая наглядность;
3. *Компьютер;
4. *Проектор, экран;
5. *Презентация, включающая картинки, тесты и др. И.О..
*- дополнительное оборудование
BRITISH HOLYDAYS AND TRADITIONS
I. Read the story Holidays
In fact there have always been holidays — in ancient Rome there were more than 150 a year — but a holiday used to mean simply a day when you didn't work. Now holidaymakers travel to all parts of the world. Perhaps you don't like so many tourists in your country, but you must agree that a phenomenon which sees a population of Greece treble in summer, and which sends office workers and shop assistants, teachers and students to different countries is a wonder of the world.
II. Which of these statements are true according" to the text?
1. A holiday used to mean a day when you didn't work.
2. In ancient Rome there were more than 150 thousand holiday-makers a year.
3. Perhaps Greeks don't like to see so many tourists in their country.
4. A phenomenon, which allows you to see the world, is a modern wonder.
I. Read the story Traditions
Every country has its traditions, they make a nation special. In England traditions play a very important part in the life of the people. Englishmen are proud of their traditions and have kept them up for hundreds of years. On Sundays theatres and shops are closed, people do not get letters and newspapers. Very few trams and buses run in the streets of London on Sundays.
In English homes the fire-place has always been the centre of interest in the room. For many months of the year people like to sit round the fire in the evening. Above the fire-place there is a shelf on which there are flowers, a clock and some family photographs.
Some of them are old-fashioned and few people remember them, others are part of people's life. The most part of traditions and traditional celebrations are connected with different historical events or have ancient roots. Traditions can be old or new but still they are observed. Some customs don't have deep roots but they are loved by the British.
I. Which of these statements are true according" to the text?
1. Some of traditions are old-fashioned but all people remember them.
2. Traditions and traditional celebrations have ancient roots.
3. Only old traditions are observed.
4. Customs have deep roots but they are not loved by the British.
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN GREAT BRITAIN
III. Read the story.
BANK HOLIDAYS AND special festivals in Great Britain.
There are fewer public holidays in Great Britain than in other European countries. This holidays which are establish by the Parliament. They are days on which banks close as well as most of the offices and shops are closed and business is suspended.
Seven times a year the offices and banks in England are closed or a Monday and no one works in them on these days. These public holidays are known as Bank Holidays. No business houses and factories are open on these days.
Bank holidays in England are New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, May Day (first Monday in May), Spring Holiday (last Monday in May), Summer Holiday (fourth Monday in August), Christmas Day, and Boxing Day (December 26).
On Bank Holidays Londoners like to go out of the city into thi open air. They go to the seaside or to one of the big parks. Man] families take a basket and put their lunch or tea in it. The; will sit on the grass under a tree, have their meal in the open air Good weather is very important. A wet Bank Holiday gives little pleasure.
Londoners often visit the Zoo where they can see many interesting animals from different countries. But many of them go with their families to Hampstead Heath. This is a large piece of open land near London where there is a fair on some of the Bank Holidays. Then are a lot of interesting things for children and young people at these fairs—merry-go-rounds, swings and many little shops which sell pa per hats with the words "Kiss Me Quick", coloured balloons, cake and sweets.
An important moment at the fair is the coming of the Pearly King and Queens. These are men and women who have sewed pearl button all over their dresses and suits. And their hats also have many pear buttons over them. Those people who have the most beautiful costumes are named Pearly King and Queen for one year.
Besides public holidays, there are some special festivals in Great Britain. One of them takes place on the 5th of November. On that day, in 1605, Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament and kill King James I. He didn't succeed. The King's men found the bomb, took Guy Fawkes to the Tower and cut off his head.
Since that day the British celebrate the 5th of November. They burn a dummy, made of straw and old clothes, in a bonfire and let off fireworks. This dummy is called a "guy" (like Guy Fawkes).
charities — благотворительные нужды; carol — рождественский гимн, песня религиозного содержания, славящая рождение Христа; chimney — труба; turkey — индейка; festival — праздник; to blow up — взорвать; to succeed — достигнуть цели; dummy — чучело; bonfire — костер; to let off firework — устраивать фейерверк
IV. Answer the questions:
· How many Bank Holidays are there in England?
· What is a "bank holiday"?
· What is the most popular holiday in Britain?
· When is Guy Fawkes Night celebrated?
· What do you know about Guy Fawkes?
· Where do the English people like to go on Bank Holidays?
· What is Hampstead Heath and why do Londoners go there?
· Who are the Pearly Kings and Queens?
· What costumes do the characters wear?
· Who was Maid Marian?
· When do the dancers end their dance?
V. Which of these statements are true according" to the text?
1. There are more public holidays in Great Britain than in other European countries.
2. Public holidays are called bank holidays, because the banks, as the offices and shops are closed.
3. The most favourite holiday is New Year's Day.
4. The fun finishes the night before, on the 24th of December.
5. On the 26th of December, they celebrate Boxing Day.
6. New Year's Day is as popular in Britain as Christmas.
7. Hogmanay is New Years Eve is the biggest festival of the year in Scotland.
8. There are some special festivals in Great Britain.
9. One of the public holidays takes place on the 5th of November.
10. The British call the 5th of November the Guy Fawkes Day or Night of Fireworks.
VI. *Tell your pen-friend how do you celebrate the New Year in your country?
VII. Portfolio: Write a paragraph about the New Year in your country. Include:
• Name of festival • date • reason • activities • food • any other special traditions involved
Sure, you know more or less about British traditions and celebrations, but there are some things that you haven't heard about.
The New Year
VIII. Read the story.
In England the New Year is not so popular as in our country, ilmost nobody celebrates New Year's Day in the South of England, people go to bed at the same time as usual on New Year's Eve. But in some parts in the North and in Scotland it is a great holiday. Hogmanay, New Years Eve is the biggest festival of the year.
Because of in Britain the New Year is not as widely celebrated as Christmas, some people ignore it completely and go to bed at usual time. Others, however, do celebrate it in one way or another. The most common type of celebration is a New Year party.
How do English people celebrate the New Year? Well, usually there is a New Year party, either a family party r one held by some young people. This usually begins at eight 'clock in the evening and ends in the early hours of the morning. Another popular way of celebrating the New Year is to go to New Year's dance. Many hotels and dance halls hold a dance on New Year's Eve. The hall is decorated, there is much music and everybody is very happy. The most famous celebration is in the centre of London where people gather and sing.
The 1st of January, New Year's Day, is now a holiday, people о not go to work. They send New Year postcards and some people ive presents to each other.
New Year's Day is the time for making New Year resolutions, decide to do or stop doing something in the new year. For example, lary Smith's New Year resolution, as she writes in her letter to a iend, is not to talk at the lessons any more.
There is a funny tradition connected with the New Year: the First Foot. This is the first visitor to enter a house on New Year's morning. He is a person of great importance. The First Foot must be a man because it is believed that if a woman first sets foot in the house, bad luck will follow throughout the year. He may be a chance caller or a person who comes on purpose (с целью) to let the New Year into the house and bring good luck to the family. Traditionally, the first visitor of the year must carry food, drink and coal into the house. Coal helps to make a fire in midwinter and there shall never be lack of food and drink during the coming year.