4. Заключна частина уроку.

Домашнє завдання: To prepare a report «Languages of the World».

Підсумки уроку. Вчитель підбиває підсумки і оцінює роботу учнів.

Урок 86

Тема: American Studies. Who’s Yankee? English versus Americans. British and American Synonyms.

Мета: ─ формувати лексичні та мовленнєві навички учнів з даної теми;

─ вдосконалювати навички читання, аудіювання та усного мовлення;

─ розвивати комунікативні здібності учнів, елементи аналітичного та критичного мислення;

─ виховувати вміння давати суб’єктивну та об’єктивну оцінку.

Хід роботи

1. Організація класу.

2. Підготовка до іншомовного мовлення.

Фонетична мовленнєва зарядка.

3. Основна частина уроку.

a) The word «Yankee» has several meanings. To people in other countries a Yankee is a person from the USA. In the southern US the word Yankee means a Northerner and to most Northerners it means a New Englander. To New Englanders a Yankee may mean someone from Maine.

No one knows for sure where the word came from. One theory is that it is back formation from Dutch «Jan Kees» (John Cheese), a nickname applied by the Dutch of colonial New York to English settlers in Connecticut. Another theory is that it comes from the Scottish word «yankie» (a sharp and clever woman). Others suggest that it is an Indian pronunciation of the word English or of anglais, the French word for English.

b) Write down the missing British or American words:

American English British English

1) bill (money) …………………..

2) ……………. chimney

3) monkey wrench ………………….

4) …………….. handbag

5) flashlight …………………

6) yard …………………

7) ……………. vest

8) ……………. telegram

9) street musician …………………

10) ……………. lamppost

11) sucker …………………

12) ……………. holiday

Answers: 1) banknote 2) smokestack 3) spanner 4) purse 5) torch 6) garden 7) undershirt

8) wire 9) busker 10) streetlight 11) lollipop 12) vacation

c) “The Englishman and The American” (by A. Trollope)

«The American, though he dresses like an Englishman, and eats roast beef with a silver fork – or sometimes with a steel knife – as does an Englishman, is not like an Englishman in his mind, in his aspirations, in his tastes,or in his politics. In his mind he is quicker, more universally intelligent, more ambitious of general knowledge, less indulgent of stupidity and ignorance in others, harder, sharper, brighter with the surface brightness of steel, than is an Englishman; but he is more brittle, less enduring, less malleable, and I think less capable of impressions. The mind of the Englishman has more imagination, but that of the American more incision. The American is a great observer, but he observes things material rather than things social or picturesque. He is a constant and ready speculator, but all speculations, even which come of philosophy, are with him more or less material …