Психолого-педагогический взгляд на проблему исследования

  You can see an example of doing the task in your textbook.

 “The UK is a country, isn’t it?”

“Yes. You are right. St. Petersburg is a city, isn’t it?” [1]

4. Acquaintance with the countries chosen (presentations) (10 мин)

Teacher: Now you will see the presentations about the countries chosen. Be attentive as after the slide show is over you are supposed to answer some questions.

Appendix 2. The presentations of the countries

Questions to the presentation

1 What is the capital of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern

Ireland?  
2 What is the capital of the United States of America?  
3 What is the capital the Russian Federation?  
4 What is the population of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?  
5 What nations make up the Russian Federation? Why do we call the Russian Federation a multinational country? Can we call the USA and the UK multinational countries?  
6 What are the largest cities in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?  
7 How many parts is each country divided into? What are they?

8 What country is the largest in size?  
9 What countries do the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America and the Russian Federation border?  
10 What country has the highest mountain, longest river, the largest lake, the deepest lake?  
11 How do the population and area of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America and the Russian Federation reflect  the size of the countries?  
12 Which country is the biggest in size and population? How do the population and the size of the country affect each other? How have you come to this conclusion? [1]

 

5. Speaking about the countries (10 мин.)

Teacher: Now in groups of three choose one of the countries and speak about its capital, major cities, highest mountains, longest rivers and largest lakes. [1] Use the information in the presentations and in Appendix 1, page 189. Present the description of the country you have chosen.

6. Listening comprehension (the flags of the countries) (10 мин)

Teacher: Listen to the text for the information on the flags of Russia, the UK and the USA. After listening be ready to talk about the flag of the country you have chosen. Use the following questions as a guide.

Appendix 3

• What is the flag called? Why?
• What are the colours of the flag? What do they stand for?
• What changes has the flag gone through over the years?
• What proper names have you seen in the columns?
• How do the proper names, design and colours reflect the history of the country? [1]

7. Totals (3 мин.)

Teacher: Thank you very much for your work. Today we’ve learned what the expression a global village means and spoken about its three “parts”: Russia, the UK and the USA. I hope the tasks helped you to broaden your outlook, develop your speaking and listening skills and improve your ability in using multimedia technologies. I hope you’ll continue your acquaintance with the “parts” of our global village to get a better understanding of the people we share our planet with. And your home task is to prepare a presentation of your own about any country of our global village. The lesson is over now. You may be free.