Урок английского языка поурочный план 11

Date:____________

Form:_________
Theme : Geographical position of  New Zealand

Aims of the lesson : 1) To enlarge students’ scope for the  information  of  New Zealand

2) To establish students’ habits and skills in speaking,
reading, writing and checking their understanding.
3) To increase their outlook, to bring up some facts  of  New Zealand

Type of the lesson: Learning of the new theme.
Visual aids: Interactive board, pictures, posters.
Connection with other subjects:  Geography
Procedure of the lesson.

I. Organization moment.
   II. Introduction.
Teacher of English: Hello, dear children. I hope you are OK and I’m glad to meet you at our lesson. Today we are having an un usual lesson: English and Geography together. That’s why you can see two teachers today.
 III. Warming-up.
You like Geography very much, do not you? You know many interesting facts about different continents, countries, rivers, mountains, cities. And I have a riddle for you.
It’s the smallest continent. One country occupies the whole continent. When we have summer they have winter. Children have the longest holidays there. What continent is this?
You are right. It is Australia. Today we shall speak about  New Zealand

IV. Outstripping task.

Teacher of English: Read the text and say why New Zealand is an extraordinary country.

   New Zealand is an island country in the Southwest Pacific Ocean. It lies about 1600 km southeast of Australia and about 10 500 km southwest of California. New Zealand belongs to a large island group called Polynesia. The country is situated on two main islands — the North Island and the South Island — and several dozen smaller islands. Most of the smaller islands are hundreds of kilometers from the main ones.

Wellington is the capital of New Zealand and Auckland is the largest city. English is the official language of New Zealand and is spoken throughout the country. Many native people speak their own language» Maori, in addition to English.

The country once belonged to the British empire. Today it is an independent member of the Commonwealth of Nations, an association of Britain and a number of its former colonies.

New Zealand is a constitutional monarchy. The British Monarch, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, is the monarch of New Zealand. She appoints a governor general to represent her, but the governor general has little power. The legislation, prime minister, and Cabinet run the national government.

Britain gave New Zealand a constitution in 1852, when it was a British colony. But through the years the New Zealand legislature has changed almost all its provisions. Today, the nation has no written constitution.

The first people who settled in New Zealand were a brown-skinned people called Maoris. They came from Polynesian islands located northeast of New Zealand. The country was discovered by Europeans in 1642, but they did not start to settle in the islands until the late 1700's. Today, most New Zealanders are descendants of the early European settlers. Maoris make up about 12 % of the country's population

New Zealand has one of the highest standard of living in the world. For many years, the economy of the country depended largely on agriculture. Today agriculture, manufacturing, and service industries are all important to the economy. New Zealand's economy depends on trade with many countries — Australia, Britain, Japan and the United States.

Vocabulary:
to lie — находиться
is situated — расположена
the North Island — Северный остров
the South Island — Южный остров
dozen — дюжина
capital — столица

Questions:

1. Where is New Zealand situated?
2. What city is the capital of New Zealand?
3. What languages do people in New Zealand speak?
4. What is the official language in New Zealand?
5. Who is New Zealand's head of state?
6. Who runs the national government?
7. Who were the first people to live in New Zealand?
8. What are the main industries of the country?

   Role –game “Press conference”.

Pupil is a famous traveler. He has just come back from New Zealand. He visited different parts of the country. All the rest are journalists. Ask questions about his discoveries. 
 
Ex 1.Continue my sentences:

- New Zealand lies in ... …. …
-New Zealand is located  , between … … ….
 - New Zealand is the hottest … … …
 
       VIII. Evaluation. give marks for each student.
       IX. Home task

Speak about the geographical position of New Zealand- 10 sentences

Our lesson is over, good bye !