Geography of Kazakhstan (8 класс)

Theme : Geography of Kazakhstan

Aims : students will be able to bring up love to a native Land ,speak about geography and answer the following questions

Type : getting new information

Visual aids: Supplementary material , cards, pictures, an interactive board, computers

Methods : critical thinking, interactive method, answer the question.

Interaction: geography  

The procedure of the lesson:

I.       Organization moment

A.    Greeting moment

B.     Say the names of the month

II.                Check.up the homework

-          What was your hometask for today?

-          Repeat

III.              Presentation

Today lesson Geography of Kazakhstan. Today at our lesson we shall speak about Kazakhstan.

We shall speak about economy of our country.

We shall speak about culture of Kazakhstan.

      We shall speak about capital of Kazakhstan.

1.  And now we shall learn some new words.

Situate                               орналасу                    

Population                         халық

Area                                   көлем

Plain                                   жазық, тегіс

Border                                 шекараласу

Well-developed                   өте дамыған

Heavy                                   ауыр

Sovereign                              тәуелсіз

2. And now let's listen to the text with new words

Kazakhstan

   The Republic of Kazakhstan is situated in the Central Asia. The area of Kazakhstan is 2753000 square kilometres. Its population is about 16 million. The population lives mostly in towns and cities and large villages. The largest cities are Almaty, Karaganda, Shimkent, Pavlodar and Astana. Astana is the capital of the Republic. Astana is situated in the central part of the country.

Kazakh is the official language of the country, but it is not the only lan­guage which people speak in the country. Russian and other languages are spoken here too.

Kazakhstan borders China, Russia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kirgizia. There is a long border coast line on the Caspian Sea in the Southwest.

   There are a few rivers and lakes in Kazakhstan. The four rivers are the main resources of water in the country. They are Irtish, in the east, Syr-Darya in the southwest, Illi in the southeast and Ural in the northwest of the country. The largest lakes are Balhash, Zaisan, Ala-Kol and Tengis. The flora and fauna of the country are different. They depend on the climate of the area. They are richer in the south and poorer in the north.

   The climate of the country is strongly continental. It is cold in winter and hot in summer. Rain usually falls in spring and autumn. Snow falls in all areas but not at the same time.  In spring green grass and flowers of different colours cover flat lands and hills.

   Kazakhstan has well-developed heavy industry in many cities and towns, As the result of the development of heavy industry the country suffers seri­ous environmental problems. Agriculture takes a very important sector in the national economy. The people of the country grow wheat, millet, corn and cotton.

As a sovereign state Kazakhstan has its own national flag and anthem and national traditions and holidays. The national flag of the country consists of a light blue field at the centre of which there is yellow sun framed by the wings of a flying eagle, also in yellow, with a vertical stripe of national ornamenta­tions near the hoist.

3.And next works read the text and translate some sentences 

IV. Practice

 Children, please answer the following questions

1.  Where is the Republic of Kazakhstan situated?

2.   What is the size of the area of Kazakhstan?

3.   What can you say about the population of the Republic?

4.   What is the capital of the Republic?

5.   Where is it situated?

6.   What is the official language of the country?

2. Look at the map of Kazakhstan and say what states Kazakhstan borders.

1.And now let's find the correct answers

1. What is the size of area of Kazakhstan

a) 2800000       b) 2753000   c) 2754000

2.The state language is----------------?

a) Russian                b) England                  c) Kazakh

3.  The climate of the country is_________?

a) hot           b) continental                     c) warm

4.  Kazakhstan___________Russia and other countries

a) is bordering        b) is being bordered             c) borders

5. Its natural resources are_________

a) oil and national gas

b) chemicals

c) wood and meat

Working with the text.

Task 1. Fill in prepositions.

The geographical center ___ the European-Asian subcontinent is ___ Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan is situated ___the center ___the Euroasian continent.

People ___different nationalities live ___Kazakhstan.

 Fill in the definite or indefinite article.

___largest rivers of Kazakhstan are Irtych, Ural, Syrdaria, Chu, Tobol, and Nura.

There are 11 thousand of  ___rivers and streams.

Today everybody knows ___USA and countries of  Western Europe display ___keen interest towards ___ Republic of Kazakhstan.

V.    Homework

Your homework will be read by heart about Geography of Kazakhstan