Специфика предмета иностранного языка обусловливает активное и уместное применение компьютера на уроках

Разделы: Иностранные языки


Materials used: Klementyeva’s course book, Power Point presentation, CD-disk “Professor Higgins”

Handouts for students: charts for completing information.

Topic of the lesson: Food and fun. (Different kinds of cuisine, healthy and unhealthy food)

New language: Fiesta, beetroot, grated, herbs, appetizer, graphics.

Language to be revised: celebration, recipe, nutritional information, poster, menu item, cuisine, healthy food, junk food, a nutritious lunch, words on topic “Food”.

Aims of the lesson: By the end of the lesson the students will be able

  • to discuss different cuisine using Skype programme
  • to search the Internet to find recipes, graphics, nutritional information for creating their own menu items
  • to create their own projects using a large pool of ideas from Web Quest

Lesson procedure

Stage

(№ of activity)

Activity

Description of the activity/steps of the lesson

Teacher’s instructions

Aim of the activity Patterns of Interaction Time

1.

Greetings

T: G’day dear students, today we are going to have a talk and Web quest about food and drinks, discuss different types of cuisine, search the information in the Internet to find recipes, graphics, nutritional information for creating your own menu items, create your own projects using a large pool of ideas from Web Quest

  • To welcome students in class
  • To get acquainted with the main aims of the lesson

Whole class

2 -3 min

2.

Warming up

Phonetic drills (listen and repeat)

(using CD –disk with computer programme “Professor Higgins”)

T: Find the poem “Bacon and eggs ” by

Sir A.P. Herbert on the screen

T: listen and repeat the poem.

Recite the poem by heart

  • To tune Ss in the English lesson
  • To practice in pronunciation
  • Practicing the vocabulary related to topic “Food”

Whole class

Solo work

7-10 min

3.

Surprise questions

(using Skype programme)

Procedure: The native speaker asks questions using Skype programme)

T: What are the most typical dishes in Russia?

What do you normally have for breakfast?

If you met a foreigner who came to your country for the first time what dishes would you recommend?

Do you know dishes that are typically British? What are they?

What food and drink is good for you?

  • To intrigue
  • To warm up
  • To lead –in to activities related to topic “food”
  • To revise grammar structure of the relevant types of Wh-questions

Whole class

10 min

4.

Missing vowels

T: I ‘ve got a strange disease. I forgot all vowels and I couldn’t remember the proverbs about the food. Can you help me?

You’ve got the proverbs in your screen. Try to guess what they are.

H.ng.r .s th. b.st s..c.

.pp.t.t. c.m.s w.th ..t.ng

T.st.s d.ff.r

T : What other proverbs about food do you know?

  • To enjoy the students
  • To practice vocabulary
  • To practice spelling the words on topic ”Food”

Solo work

Whole class

5-7 mins

5.

Presentation

T : Each group is going to give a talk about different types of cuisine (home prepared task)

  • Developing intellectual skills
  • Verbal self –expression
  • (developing speaking fluently and confidently in longer turns)

Group work

10- 12 min

6.

Web Quest

T:

1) Individually or in pairs or in groups you will examine each of the sites on the list of resources and write down some notes of your opinions (information).

You’ll need to examine each site fairly quickly. Don’t spend more than 5-7 minutes on any one site.

 2) When everyone in the group has seen all the sites , it’s time to get together to answer the questions

Team report

3) You will come to the agreement how present your team’s nomination for the best

Hola! Hello!

You are invited to a Fiesta means party in Spain. Who doesn’t like a party? So let’s see “what’s cookin’” and get ready for a celebration.

Task (group 1)

Fiesta, Food and Fun

You have been invited to a Mexican fiesta. You need to find a Mexican recipe and prepare t for the party.

You will search the internet to find a recipes, graphics, and nutritional information for your menu item.

You will create a diorama, poster, or the menu sheet.

Submit a copy of the websites you visited while working on your project

Process:

1.Choose one recipe that you would like to prepare.

2.You will need to make a list of ingredients. This will serve two purposes. First, on your list(or poster), you will need to include the ingredients and the food groups to which they belong.

You may find it helpful to look at the following web sites: http://www.asfsa.org/childnutrition/education/cincodemayofood.asp

http://www.childrenwithdiabetes.com/d_08_800.htm

3. Make the instructions for your recipe.

4.You may find that you are using some of your math skills during the preparation of your recipe. Please tell us the math skills that you used when measuring and cooking your Mexican dish. What would you need to do in order to double your recipe? Try looking at this web site; http://appetizer.allrecipes.com/az/syNchDip.asp

5.Once your dish is complete, it is time to consider how you will present it at the party.

Visit the following site for ideas:

http://www.public.iastate.edu/~rjsalvad/scmfaq/faqindex.html

Task (group 2,3)

  1. Eating habits

Try looking at this web site;http://www.learnenglish.de/Level1/Culture/FoodCulture.htm

  • Firstly, write down three things that are typically said about British eating habits.
  • Why did the British diet become deteriorated at one point in history?
  • Do British people tend to have the typical English breakfast?
  • Now have a look at Helen’s recipes and choose a dish that you do not know about and that tempts your taste buds.
  • You may find it helpful to look at the following web site: http://www.hwatson.force9.co.uk/default.html

Language

Here are some useful expressions you could use to prepare your report:

  • Personally, I always thought that Brits….
  • I was surprised to find out that...
  • I enjoyed reading about….
  • You should know that…
  • In fact, not everybody in the UK….
  • It was really interesting to discover that…
  • If we compare Spaniards with British people, we are…
  • I advise you to…

Presentation

  • To practice using the web well by working with Web Quest format
  • To get information about inquiry oriented lessons
  • Verbal self –expression

(developing speaking fluently and confidently in longer turns)

  • Developing intellectual skills
  • Verbal self –expression

(developing speaking fluently and confidently in longer turns)

Group work

Solo work

30 min

7.

SELF-EVALUATION

Developing self-evaluation skills

Solo work

5 min

8

Conclusion

T: Learning about different cuisine and food is important for all people. When we know about the food we can help protect a lot of diseases. I hope you enjoyed working on this Web Quest. I also hope you learned about some new and interesting proposals of the menu. If you would like to learn more about food, or just do some fun food crosswords and activities, check out the websites listed below.

Calorie levels for kids

http://www.utextension.utk.edu/fnh/4-H/calories.htm

Interactive Food Guide Pyramid

http://www.utextension.utk.edu/fnh/4-H/interactpyr.htm

Food Pyramid

http://www.nutritioncamp.com/

Fast Food Restaurant Links

http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/4485/frames.htm

Fast Food Nutrition Game

http://www.quia.com/tq/246272.html

 

 

1-2 mins

9.

Home task

T: Explore different websites and make a report about healthy food

Your assignment is to choose what food you should eat: healthy or junk food?

  • To practice using the Internet
  • To get information about

healthy food