середа, 20 липня 2016 р.
пʼятниця, 15 липня 2016 р.
Project Work and Multimedia Technologies
Project Work and Multimedia Technologies
It is obvious that nowadays the biggest problem we face in teaching is to get students interested in learning. Project works prepared with the help of multimedia technologies can contribute significantly to solving this problem. They make the process of learning brighter and more involving.
Such project works increase students’ motivation, develop thinking skills, reveal various inclinations and talents of children, make them feel more independent. It’s a kind of student’s activity, which involves their experience, imagination, knowledge and great desire to share them with others. Students become the creators but not mere receivers of knowledge. In such a way students learn by doing things themselves. It’s important that project works attract students of different levels. The result of the project work encourages the participants and makes them feel more confident and experienced.
Furthermore, multimedia projects provide a variety of cross-subject connections.
Projects can be prepared over a short period of time or can be extended up to several weeks.
Multimedia projects can be divided into three categories:
- Information and Research projects (Power Point and video presentation);
- Survey projects (Power Point presentations including photos, charts, maps, graphs; different reports summarizing survey findings);
- Production projects (students’ video films, electronic newspapers, e-cards, etc.)
Project Samples with the Use of Multimedia
Using Pictures and Photos
Technology and materials: photo cameras, photographs, Power Point presentations, a lap-top, a projector and a multimedia board.
Unit objectives:
Students will: 1) describe the photo in English;
2) identify and describe the basic composition terms (framing, arrangement, placement, lighting, colour);
3) discuss photo images;
4) take photos, display them for the class and explain their intentions as photographers.
Activity1. Meet My Family
This is an individual project. For this activity ask your students to prepare Power Point presentations of their families. Tell them to be ready to describe appearances, characters, hobbies and favourite pastimes of the members of their families. Children can present the images of happy moments in their family life, like a birthday celebration, vacation, friend’s party, a new baby in the family etc. Talk to the students about photography in our lives. How many of them have ever taken a picture of family or friends? What are some other objects that they photographed (pets, landscape, historical sights etc.)?
At the end a teacher can prepare media presentation of the students’ childhood photos.
Each student is to describe the child in the picture and, together with the class, guess who is depicted in the picture.
Activity2. Story Time
For this activity you can use original photos or make photocopies of pictures from different sources or, if the computer lab is available, you can use Power Point. Split the class into groups of 4-5. Give each group a set of the same photographs (5-7). Each group should then put the photos in the order that, in their opinion, could tell a story. Pupils in groups develop the story and present it to their classmates.
Activity3. Virtual Excursions
Divide the class into teams of 2. Tell them to take photos of some interesting places of their native town, which they would like to recommend to see or visit the guests of the town. Then ask them to prepare Power Point presentation and some information about these places. Pupils should present their project works to the class. The class chooses the most interesting presentations.
Using Films
Technology and materials: cameras, video-cameras, a lap-top, a projector and a multimedia board.
Unit objectives:
Students will: 1) discuss their film preferences;2) identify and describe general cinema terms and professions in the media industry; 3) analyse the structure of a film poster; 4) create a movie or a movie poster; 5) explore the relationship between sound and image, the effects of basic camera shots.
Activity1. Analysis of the Opening or Clips
Each student should choose and prepare a video of their favourite movie in English. Then in turn they play the opening sequence of their film to the class (3-5 minutes). Other students listen to the music without seeing the images. They have to guess what this movie might be about, what genre it is. After this, turn off the sound on your computer and let the students watch the same sequence but without sound. Draw the students’ attention to the relationship between the sound and image in an audiovisual medium like film.
Students also should explain why they have chosen this or that film, and share their impressions on it. It’s very good to find additional information about the creators, actors, soundtrack and the plot of the movie.
Activity2. Film Makers
- Read a short story with your students. Then ask them to imagine that they are producers of a movie based on the story. They must choose the director, actors and locations for shooting the film. Let the students work in small groups and present their ideas both visually (by using magazine cutouts, booklets, postcards, Power Point presentations etc.) and orally (explaining why they chose this or that director/actor, location etc.).
- Choose some problems actual for teenagers and ask them to shoot a documentary revealing this topic. For this purpose students may use video-cameras and
- Windows Movie Maker, Windows Live programmes.
The Meaning of Television
Technology and materials: Power Point presentations, a lap-top, a projector and a multimedia board.
Unit objectives:
Students will: 1) identify and discuss different types of television programmes;
2) compare and contrast different television genres; 3) analyse representations of different groups of people on television; 4) identify/recognize stereotypes on television; 5) summarise plots, predict future events; 6) write script proposals.
Activity1. What’s Your Favourite?
Ask your students to form groups of 5 and discuss within the groups their favourite television programmes. Each group then prepare Power Point presentations of 1-3 most popular programmes. The students must say why they like these programmes, and what they do not like about them. In order to get a more detailed response than “I like it because it is interesting”, encourage pupils to think in terms of time of the broadcast (convenient, inconvenient etc.); characters (realistic/unrealistic, funny, etc.); situations; action (fights, chases etc.); special effects etc.
Activity2. Talk Show
Divide the class into 4-5 teams. Tell them to choose some popular singer whom they would like to meet and ask some questions. They should prepare some information about the star, Power Point presentations, a person who will play the role of the star and a presentation of some of the star’s song. Then role-play the talk show.
With the Help of the Internet
Technology and materials: the Internet resources, the program Public Publisher, Power Point presentations, a lap-top, a projector and a multimedia board.
Unit objectives:
Students will: 1) use the Internet; 2) identify and discuss different types of websites;
3) develop creative skills; 4)write newspaper articles, e-cards, advertisements.
Activity1. E-cards
Connect this activity with a coming holiday, e.g. Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, St. Valentines’ Day etc. As pre-task, give pupils a home assignment to do an Internet search and learn about the origin of the holiday, the customs of its celebration. In the classroom, ask the pupils if they celebrate this holiday. Then ask them to go to the website that provides free electronic greeting cards such as www.yahoo.com, www.hallmark.com, www.bluemountain.com etc., look at several cards in this category, write out the greeting expression in their notebook. Next, the pupils are to choose one card, write their own greeting and e-mail it to the classmate. If the pupils do not have e-mail accounts, you can help them to open one with www.yahoo.com or another free website.
Activity2. Travel Agents
Ask pupils to make teams of 3. Assign one city or country for every team, e.g. team 1 – London , team 2 – Ottawa
Activity3. Advertisements
Pupils work in groups of 2. They search some information about the world’s national parks and with the help of the programme Public Publisher create their own advertising brochure about this or that place. Then pupils should present their information both visually (by using, booklets, postcards, Power Point presentations etc.) and orally.
Activity4. Thematic Newspapers
Pupils may work in groups or individually. Their task is to create a thematic newspaper with the help of the program Public Publisher. They create their own design and find necessary information on the Internet sights. Finally pupils should present their creative works.
References:
1. Buckingham, D. Media Education: Literary, Learning and Contemporary Culture. – Cambridge , UK
2. Lozytskaya T. The Benefits of Using New Technologies: “English” #9, 2010 – 4-7pp. 3.
3. Novikova A. Teaching Media in the English Language Classroom. Activities for Media Education. – Taganrog
субота, 9 липня 2016 р.
Brain Ring “ENGLISH IN OUR LIFE”
Brain
Ring
“ENGLISH IN
OUR LIFE”
для учнів 7-х класів
Мета заходу: 1. Узагальнити знання учнів про значення англійської мови
у світі, важливість її
вивчення;
2. Розширити знання учнів про визначні місця
Лондона та
англійські прислів’я;
3. Формувати естетичні смаки в учнів;
4. Вчити дітей працювати колективно в команді.
Обладнання: тематичні газети, зображення визначних місць Лондона,
обладнання для проведення
брейн рингу, комп’ютер,
мелодії
пісень „If YOU ARE HAPPY”,
“Hockey Pockey”, “Come and
Meet My
Family”, пісочний годинник,
нагороди.
Teacher: Dear children, you
know that English is very popular in the world now.
Because, it is the
language of international communication and friendship
The English
language helps people to work together. It also helps us learn
more about English-speaking
countries, their culture and traditions. It
helps children use
the computer, make new friends and learn a lot of
interesting things.
Today we have a
smart game – Brain ring “English In Our Life”.
Let’s meet our 4 team-participants and their presentations.
Song “We Are So Glad…”
Team 1 / “Red Rose” /
-
Today we have a game and we are happy to greet all the
players and all the guests. My team consists of 6 members. They are…
-
My name is … I’m joyful. My name is… I’m a lazybone….
-
The emblem of our team is a flower with tender smell.
It has thorns on its stem. And it is not only our emblem, but also the emblem
of England
Team 2 / “Big Ben” /
-
Hi, we are the pupils of the … form. Our team consists
of 6 players.
They are…
-
My name is… I’m happy. ….
-
Our emblem is a tower. It is one of the towers of the
Houses of Parliament. It is a tower with a clock. The clock has 4 faces and a
very
big loud bell. The man in charge of the
building of the Houses of
Parliament was Sir Benjamin Hall. This man
was very tall, and
workers and his friends called him …. So, they called the bell and the
Clock Tower … too.
Team 3 / “Happiness” /
-
All of us are the pupils of the 7th form
and we are friends. We wish you to win this game, to be stronger than we are.
These are the members
of our team …
-
My name is…. I like to help people. ….
-
This song will help you to guess the emblem of our
team.
Song
“If You Are Happy..”
Team 4 / “Thames ”
/
-
Good afternoon! We are glad to see you. Meet the
members of our team.
-
I’m …. I’m cheerful.
-
Our emblem is a very beautiful river. But you cannot
see it in Ukraine Tins River
was renamed but the name of the river is
the same.
Teacher: We have 4 teams and I want to introduce our
honourable jury that
will judge today’s
competition. These are…..
And for you,
dear pupils, I wish good luck and success. Be very
attentive and
don’t be afraid, everything will be all right.
We’ve come to
Round 1 of the competition. It is very easy and very
difficult at the
same time, because you must complete the proverbs.
During the round
we’ll have 4 games. So, each team will have the
opportunity to
meat one another. Let’s recollect the rules of our smart
game. After the
question is asked, you have one minute for discussion.
The team which
will switch on the lamp first will have the right to
answer. If your
answer is not correct, another team has the opportunity
to answer.
Round
1
Game
1 1. East or West
…… / home is best. /
2. Good health is …. / above wealth. /
3. So many countries …. / so
many customs. /
4. A Friend in need …. / is a friend indeed. /
Game
2 1. Everything is good …. /
in its season. /
2. An apple a day …. /
keeps the doctor away. /
3. It’s never too late …. /
to learn. /
4. The smallest friend can be
…. / the strongest help. /
Game
3 1. Tastes …. /
differ. /
2. Early to bed, early to
rise ….
/ makes a person healthy and wise. /
3. All is well …. /
that ends well. /
4. Better late …. /
than never. /
Game
4 1. There is no bad
weather …. / there are bad clothes. /
2. Early bird …. /
catches the worm. /
3. There is no place …. /
like home. /
4. First think …. /
then speak. /
Teacher: As I’ve mantioned, English is very popular
nowadays. Many people
study it. And you
began to learn English when you were junior pupils.
Today I invited
the pupils of the second form to show how they know
English.
Song “Come and Meet My Family”
Teacher: Let’s come to Round
2. We are going to talk about the English
language and its
role in the world.
Round
2
Game 1 1. Name 5 reasons
why we should learn English.
2. Is it true that
an Italion pilot in an Italian airplane speaks to an Italian
airport in
English?
/ Yes, it’s true. /
3. What year was
announced the European year of languages?
/ 2000 /
4. How many
world’s newspapers are in English ?
/ a half of 10,000 /
Game 2 1. Is it true that
English is the first most widely used language in the
world? / No, it isn’t.
It is the second after Chinese. /
2. What are the
differences between British and American English?
/ They are in
spelling, pronunciation and vocabulary /
3. What per cent
of the world’s letters are in English?
/ 75 % /
4. What is the
American equivalent to the British word “autumn”?
/ Fall /
Game 3 1. Why is English a
multicultural language?
/ It has taken words from other countries /
2. Is it true that
there are 370 native speakers of English?
/ No, it isn’t. There
are 372 mln. /
3. What per cent
of the world’s computer information is in English?
/ 80% /
4. What is the American equivalent to the
British word “shop”?
/ Store /
Game 4 1. How has
international communication influenced English?
/ International communication
has created specialised English,
such as
Internet English or text message English. /
2. How many
world’s telephones ring in English-speaking countries?
/
half /
3. Is it true that
80% of world’s population use English in their lives?
/ No, it isn’t. 20% /
4. What is the
American equivalent of the British word “post”?
/ Mail /
Song “Hockey Pockey”
Teacher: And now Round 3. Our next task will deal with
the topic “London
Guess the famous
places of interest in London
Round
3
Game 1 1. A place which
was a fortress, a prison, the King’s Zoo and now it
is a museum. / The Tower of London
2. The largest
park in London
/ Hyde Park /
3. What is the
name of the most famous English writer?
/ William Shakespeare /
4. What is the
official royal residence in London
/ Buckingham
Palace
Game 2 1. The place where
many English queens and kings were crowned and
buried. / Westminster
2. The name of the
most famous bridge in London
/
Tower Bridge
3. One of the
central squares in London
streets. / Piccadilly Circus /
4. Do you know the legend of the
ravens which live in the tower of
Game 3 1. A large clock, a
bell – the symbol of London
2. One of the
greatest English cathedrals which was built by Sir
Christofer
Wren. / St. Paul
3.Name the most
favourite holiday of the English people.
/
Christmas /
4. The seat of
the British Parliament. / The Houses of
Parliament /
Game 4 1. One of the
central squares in London
centre. / Trafalgar Square
2. What park contains
the famous London Zoo? / Regent’s Park /
3. Where can we
see the ceremony of changing of the guard?
/
At Buckingham Palace
4. How do
Englishmen call their famous red buses?
/ Double-deckers /
Teacher: Thank you for the
game. It is over . Now our jury will tell us the score
and we’ll greet
the winner.
середа, 6 липня 2016 р.
Літній англомовний табір Young & Talented Day
Літній англомовний табір
Young & Talented Day
Мета заходу:
1. Підвищити рівень мовної, мовленнєвої та соціокультурної компетенції учнів;
2. Допомагати школярам удосконалювати усне мовлення та непомітно долати мовний бар’єр;
3. Мотивувати учнів удосконалювати рівень володіння англійською мовою;
4. Навчати дітей працювати в командах;
5. Розкрити таланти учнів;
6. Зацікавити дітей;
7. Поєднати навчання із активним відпочинком.
Обладнання: завдання для гри-квесту, презентація для “Music Room”, телевізор, проектор, ноутбук, смайлики та жетончики-скріпічні ключі, маркери, кольоровий папір, клей, солодкі призи.
Хід заходу
І. Introduction
1. Grouping (Формування учнівських груп).
Teacher: Dear children! We are glad to meet you at our Language Summer camp on its seventh day of work – Young & Talented Day! You’ll work with the teachers of school number four. Today we’ll have a smart game – quest “Talents Hunting”. Our aim is to share our experience in developing lingua-social-cultural competence, to widen your outlook, to encourage you to speak and discover your talents.
Golda Meir once said, “Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you’ll be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievements.”
We’ll play a game for you,
We hope, dear children, you’ll enjoy it too.
Enjoy our game; enjoy our quest.
Remember: we never say, “We can’t”,
We always say, “We try”.
We can climb to the hilltop,
And never at the bottom stop.
But at first you’ll be joined into four groups. We’ll do it with the help of a game. Do a puzzle and make up a picture of some London's sight.
2. The Code of Conduct (Встановлення правил поведінки під час роботи в групах)
Teacher: For our fruitful work we need some rules of behaviour. So, let’s work out our “Code of Conduct”:
· be polite
· be optimistic
· be active
· be creative
· be motivated
· English only
· the rule of the right hand
· never give up
3. Teams’ Presentations (Презентація команд)
- name
- motto
- leader
- poster
- adjective
II. Main Part
1. Game-Quest “Talents Hunting”
Teacher: In the centre of our town there are five stations: “Guess the Riddles”, “Meridian
а) “Guess the Riddles” Station
1. It’s a man. He makes a show in the circus. Children love him a lot. He is funny and friendly. (A clown)
2. There are a lot of them in the classrooms and outside. You can find them in special shops and the school yard. People like to give them to other people as a present. (Flowers)
3. It’s an animal. It’s wild. It doesn’t have glasses but you can see them on its face.
(A panda)
5. It can be a boy or a girl. It can’t talk or walk. It sleeps and cries a lot. (A baby)
6. It’s a thing. It can be blue, yellow, red and so on. (A balloon)
7. Take an English book. Find page 33 , line 8 , word 4 . (Password – room)
b) “Meridan” Station
Geography Quiz
1. What is the name of the biggest ocean on Earth? /The Pacific Ocean /
2. What is the biggest state in the USA
3. What is the capital of Australia
4. True or false? The Danube is the longest river in the world. /False/
5. How is the northern part of Scotland Highland
6. What is the longest river on the British Isles ? /The Severn /
(Password – welcome)
c) “Young Poets” Station
Teacher: Welcome to “Young Poets” station. It’s not surprising that we have it near the monument to our national poet Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko.
1. By the way what British and American poets do you know? (William Shakespeare, P B Shelley, Lord Byron, John Keats, Robert Burns, William Wordsworth, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Emily Dickinson, Robert Louis Stevenson…)
2. Now you will play the role of young poets and write a rhyme:
Hot – a lot,
Sun – fun,
Walk – talk,
Swim – dream.
3. To get your password you have to guess the name of the poet.
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips' red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare. (William Shakespeare Sonnet 130)
(Password – to)
d) “We Like to Move It, Move It” Station
T: Listen to some pieces of music and think of the best movements to the music, then demonstrate them. (Password – music)
e) “Music Room” Station
Teacher: Frankly speaking, I can’t imagine my life without music. You may hear it practically everywhere: at home, at school, in the streets, on public transport, in restaurants or cafes, and in supermarkets. You may hear music from CD players, mobile phones and tablet PCs. You may listen to music during concerts, television shows and movies…
Music is everywhere….
In the birds in the air.
In the hum of the honeybee.
In the song of the breeze
As it shivers the trees.
In the river that murmurs
Over the stones.
In the snowstorm that moans…
In the surge of the sea
lapping the shore.
In the roar of the storm
rattling the door.
In the drum of the rain
on the windowpane.
Music is here.
Filling your ear.
Now let’s come to our next contests.
1. Contest 1 “Match the singers to their photos”.
Т: Please, look at the photos of some singers or the bands and match their names to the photos. (Bизначіть співака за фото)
1.a) The Beatles
b) Scorpions
c) Okean Elzy
2. a) The Beatles
b) ABBA
c) Scorpions
3. a) Lady Gaga
b) Madonna
c) Adele
4. a) Okean Elzy
b) Scorpions
c) The Beatles
5. a) Lady Gaga
b) Madonna
c) Adele
6. a) Elton John
b) Eminem
c) Michael Jackson
2. Contest 2 “Match the singers to the songs”.
Т: Now match the singers to the songs. ( Доберіть співака та його пісню)
1. Whitney Houston
a) Hello
b) I Will Always Love You
c) Shape of My Hart
2. Sting
a) Hello
b) I Will Always Love You
c) Shape of My Hart
3. Adele
a) Someone Like You
b) Whenever, Wherever…
c) Hurt
4. Christina Aguilera
a) Whenever, Wherever…
b) Hurt
c) Someone Like You
3. Contest 3 “Guess the singer”.
Т: Let’s come to our last contest “Guess the Singer”. Listen, please, to some pieces of music and guess the singer or music band; it would be great if you name the exact name of the song. (Визначіть співака та пісню за мелодією)
Key: Singer 1 Madonna (Hollywood
Singer 2 The Beatles (Yesterday)
Singer 3 Shakira (Whenever, Wherever…)
Singer 4 ABBA (Money, Money…)
Singer 5 Bob Marley (One Love)
Singer 6 Bon Jovi (It’s My Life) (Singing together)
T: Now let's count your smileys and other tokens and find out which team is the winner.
III. Summarizing
“Fortune Teller”
Маршрути всіх команд закінчуються на станції “Music Room”, де вони отримують додаткове завдання: створити проект “Flower Fortune Teller”.
T: Write on each petal a sentence about what will happen to your groupmates in the future. You can write serious or funny things. You can use the Future Simple Tense or the phrase “to be going to”. And create your
Teacher: I would like to finish our contest with the words of Henry Ford:
“Coming together is a beginning,
Keeping together is a progress,
Working together is success.”
So, I wish good luck and success to everybody.
Resources:
1. Газета "English language & culture" #9, May2016, p 7-18
2. Карп'юк О.Д. Англійська мова. 8 клас - Тернопіль: Лібра Терра. 2012.
3. Несвіт А.М. Англійська мова. 9 клас - К: Генеза. 2009.
4. Ітернет ресурси.
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