Элемент игры на уроке

Эффективным для поддержания интереса учащихся к изучаемому языку является элемент игры на занятиях. Приведем пример викторины-игры «Знаете ли вы англоязычные страны ?», которую в 10 классе можно использовать как отличный лингвострановедческий материал:

Для подготовки участникам предлагается.

• 1) Think of the name of your team.
• 2) Think of the emblem.

Содержание викторины :

• 1. Do you know anything about English writers and poets? Speak about one.
• 2. Who is called by the British people «Our national bard», «The bard of Avon»? (Shakespeare)
• 3. Who is considered to be the national poet of Scotland? (R. Burns)
• 4. What was B. Britten? (a composer)
• 5. Where does Royal Shakespeare Company perform? (in Stradford-on-Avon)
• 6. Who is the national hero of Britain, the defender of the poor? (Robin Hood)
• 7. What is the London home of the Queen? (Buckingham Palace)
• 8. What was the first most terrible prison in Great Britain? (the Tower)
• 9. Who was the first woman Prime Minister of Great Britain? (M. Thatcher)
• 10. What events come to your mind when you look at the map of Great Britain and see the following place-names: Edinburgh, Alderborough, Langollen, Liverpool? (Queen Elizabeth II, the Beatles, Eisteddfod, Aldeborough Festival)
• 11. Where is the Poets' Corner? (in Westminster Abbey)
• 12. Give Russian equivalents of the English proverbs:

• 13. Do you know the history and culture of the countries the language of which you study?
• 1. Give the official name of the country.
• 2. Name the capitals of the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Canada (Washington, Canberra, Wellington, Ottawa)
• 3. What strait separates Great Britain from the continent? (the English Channel)
• 4. Who was the first President of America? (G. Washington)
• 5. Who was the 42nd President of the USA? (B. Clinton)
• 6. Who lives in 10, Downing street in London? (Prime Minister)
• 7. What English scientist did an apple fall on his head and helped him to discover a physics law? (I. Newton)
• 8. What was the real name of Mark Twain? (S. Clemens)
• 9. The British like to drink their tea with. ... What kind of tea do they call Russian tea? (tea with lemon)
• 10. Name the king of the rock’n’roll. (E. Presley)
• 14. Are there polyglots among you?
• 1. What’s the English for «Бытьилинебыть» (to be or not to be?)
• 2. Translate from Latin: «Veni, vidi, vici».
• 3. What’s the French for «Look for a woman»?
• 4. Translate from Latin: «Terra incognita».
• 5. What’s the English for «груднойребенок»?
• 6. Do you know how to greet a person in French? (Bonjour)
• 15. Do you know?
• 1. Give British equivalents of the following words:

2. What city does it belong to? It has three parts: the West End, the City and the East End:

a) New York.

b) London.

c) Moscow.

3. Which statements are wrong:

a) Great Britain consists of three parts: England, Scotland and Wales,.

b) Great Britain consists of four parts: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

c) The United Kingdom consists of all the members of the British Commonwealth.

4. Which statement is correct:

a) Canadians speak English,.

b) Canadians speak French.

c) Canadians are bilingual.

5. Which country is the nearest continental neighbour of Great Britain:

a) France.

b) Spain,.

c) Ireland.

• 16. Make as many words as you can out of the word «Thunderstorm».
• 17. Match the date with the month and name the British holidays: 26 25 31 14 31 May or April

Материал, используемый в данной викторине содержит большое количество страноведческого материала, из области культуры, географии и истории англоязычных стран, это позволяет закрепить знания по языку, полученные на уроках английского учащимися. Кроме того, такая форма работы очень хорошо стимулирует интерес учеников к изучению иностранного языка.