Урок английского языка "What makes a family?" (9 класс)

Урок « What Makes a Family?»

Цель:

Рассмотреть положение семьи в России и англоязычных странах.

Задачи:

1.    Развивать навыки говорения.

2.    Совершенствовать речевые и грамматические навыки и умения.

3.    Развивать умения аудирования с целью полного понимания текста и говорения на основе услышанного.

4.    Активизировать употребление лексики.

Оснащение урока:

1.    Раздаточный материал (карточки с лексикой по теме).

2.    Компьютер и проектор с экраном.

Ход урока:

-What is a “traditional” family nowadays? With more and more couples choosing not to be married, and with the number of divorces and second marriages increasing, the idea of the “traditional family” (two married parents, an average of two children, grandparents living nearby) is rapidly disappearing in some countries. Each of you lives in a family. What kind of family do you live in: a traditional, an extended or a single-parent family? What interesting facts can you tell me about your family? What does your family mean to you?

(Students` answers)

- I’d like you to get in touch with families from different countries today. But before doing it I’d like to check how well you know the vocabulary connected with our topic. Will you match the words to their definitions? You may do it in pairs.

(Students work with the card you can see below. Time 1-1.5 min.)

Vocabulary 1. ex-wife/ex-husband                   a) someone that is married to one of your                                                                             parents, but isn’t your parent 2. late wife/ late husband               b) someone who has the same mother, or the                                                          same     father, as you, but not both parents 3. second wife/second husband      c) someone that you were married to in the past                                                            who is now dead 4. stepmother/stepfather                 d) the child of someone that is married to one of                                                           your parents 5. stepsister/stepbrother                  e) someone that you were married to in the past                                                           but now divorced from 6. half-sister/half-brother                f) someone that you marry when you have                                                              already been married to someone else before

( A teacher asks questions and students answer)

-Some of your classmates will tell you about these families and your task will be to listen to them attentively and find advantages and disadvantages of the three (four) family situations in the texts. You may discuss with a partner.

(These texts should be given to students beforehand as a part of their homework. It’s better to choose students who are not very active.)

1. - I’m Callum, and I live with my parents in Cambridge, in the east of England. We moved here when I was five because of Dad’s job, but my mum comes from the north of England, and Dad comes from Scotland. I’ve got a grandma in Edinburgh and a granddad in Yorkshire. And I’ve got two cousins who live near London, because that’s where Dad’s sister and her husband live. We see my cousins about three times a year, and we go up to Scotland every New Year, but I can’t remember when I last saw my granddad in Yorkshire. He always sends me presents, though!

2. – My name’s Meera, and I live in Wolverhampton, near Birmingham, in England. I live with my parents, my brother and my sister. My grandmother lives next door. My mum was born here in Britain, but my grandmother moved here from India in the 1960s when my dad was a little boy. My dad has two sisters – Auntie Sunita and Auntie Rani. Auntie Sanita lives in the same street as us, and auntie Rani lives in Birmingham, which is only 15 miles away. They’re both married, and I’ve got five cousins. We see them almost every week. Someone is always visiting our house, or we go to Birmingham to see them. And two years ago we all went to India to see our family there.

3. - I’m Ben, from Portland, Oregon, and my family is a bit complicated! I’ve got a sister called Ella, but three years ago my parents got divorced and now both of them are re- married. We live with my mom, Julie, and my stepfather, Bob. Bob’s got daughter called Daisy, but she doesn’t live with us, she lives with her mom. My father’s name is Pete. He and his second wife have just had a baby boy, Charles, so I’ve got a new half-brother!

4. – My name’s Trudi, and I’ve got a sister called Beth. Our mum and dad are divorced, so we live with just our mum in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. Our dad has an apartment in the centre of town, and we spend every other weekend there. After school every day we go to our grandma’s house and have a meal there, because our mum doesn’t finish work until six o’clock. She collects us at half past six, except on Wednesday evenings when we go swimming with our dad.

(Students` answers)

- But what is American family like? Your ideas? Well, we’ll be able to find the answer to this question by listening to the radio program”Voice of America”. Listen to it and answer the questions you can see on the screen.

- Excellent! But now the task will be more difficult! Look at the blackboard! You can see some sentences which are not finished! Will you be so kind to complete them using ideas from the text you listened to some minutes ago.

(This task should be done orally. Each student completes one sentence. A teacher may ask to repeat a sentence several times.

When the task is finished, a teacher may ask one or two students to retell this text using the expressions on the blackboard.)

1. There are many………………………………………………………………..

(different kinds of families in the USA today)

2. There are fewer……………………………………………………………….

(traditional families today than in the past)

3. The traditional family includes……………………………………………….

(a man and woman who are married and their children)

4. One major influence on families is…………………………………………….

(the high number of marriages that end in divorce)

5. There is also a high rate of……………………………………………………..

(unmarried woman having babies)

6. Research has found that…………………………………………………………

(the marriage rate in the US is dropping)

7. More men and women are choosing to………………………………………….

(live together and have children but not get married)

- OK! And at the end of our lesson look at the screen once more. I want you to read the statistics about families in the USA and the UK. How do you think that the same statistics would be different in our country?

Families	In the USA	In the UK	In Russia
Marriages that end in divorce	50%	33%
Families with only one parent	25%	25%
Children who live in a single-parent home at some time	50%	33%
Children whose parents aren’t married	33%	40%
Single parents who are men	10%	10%

(Students` answers)

(Now a teacher should sum up and give marks to students)

- We love our families because there are a lot of family values in them. What values are presented in your family?

I’d like to give you your homework which is connected with this question.

·        In group of two decide which of the following statements you agree or disagree with.

·        Negotiate and change the statements you disagree with so that they represent all the options of your group

·        Be ready to report the results of your discussion to the class.

1.     We only need a family for comfort and protection.

2.     Sharing feelings comes after sharing meal.

3.     Privacy is impossible in an extended family.

4.     Too much caring is annoying.

5.     Mutual respect can substitute for love in a family.

6.     Trust is more important for a happy family than any other feature.

The End.