Тема:Население и промышленность Канады

Цель:  Ознакомление со страной изучаемого языка, делая акцент на население и промышленности Канады.

Задачи: расширение социокультурных и лингвострановедческих знаний о Канаде; формирование речевых навыков, обеспечивающих познавательно-коммуникативные потребности учащихся; развитие лингвострановедческой компетенции учащихся;развитие умений анализировать и сравнивать сведения и факты родной и иноязычной культуры; развитие устойчивого интереса к изучению английского языка; способствовать воспитанию у детей понимания и уважения к другой культуре; способствовать обогащению внутреннего мира учащихся.

                                              Ход урока

•         Organization moment.

- Good morning, dear friends! I’m glad to see you. Welcome to English lesson! How are you today? Sit down, please. Now let’s begin our lesson.

II. Speech drills. Motivation.The lesson aim.

- I’d like to pay your attention on the screen and answer my question: What country would you like to travel today? But I’d like to visit Canada and we have a real opportunity to visit Canada today, because today we continue to speak about Canada. What do you know about Canada?

III. Presentation of the new material. Speaking. Reading.

- And now I’d like to tell you some more interesting facts about Canada.

-Canada is the second largest country in the world. Only Russia has a greater land area. Canada is situated on the north of Northern America, washed by the Atlantic Ocean in the east, the Pacific Ocean in the west. Itis a federationof 10 provincesand 3 territories.

Every province and every territory has its own national symbol. Ottawa is the national capital and an emerging centre of high-technology research. The capital was called Ottawa after the tribe of Odaawaa. Its population is about 880,000 people. The population of Canada is about 29 million people. The aboriginal people or First Nations had lived there for thousands of years before the Europeans came. People of different nationalities live in Canada. There are 2 official languages: English and French.

-And what about natural resources? Lets read about  industry of Canada

Canada is rich in metal ores, oil and gas, and the metal, machine-building, motor car and ship-building industries are highly developed. The hydro-electric industry is highly developed, its main centres are in the provinces of Quebec and Ontario.There is a very large hydro-electric station at the Niagara Falls. Canada`s main agricultural products are wheat, meat, some kinds of fruit, especially apples, and diary products. The provinces of Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia, with their great forests, produce wood for paper- making and buildings.

IV. Practice. Speaking

-Answer my questions, please

1.  Where is Canada situated?

2. How many provinces is Canada divided?

3. What is the capital of Canada?

4. What is the population of Canada?

5. What is the official language?

6. Which industries are highly developed?

V. Writing

-Open your copy-books, write down the date and complete the diagram about Canada

Canada

                                                                                                                    

                      Geographical        Capital                                  Language

                      position                             Industry

                                                                                            Population

VI.  Home work: exercise in your copy-books: put the right words in the  sentences.

•         Canada is an independent______ state.

•          It is one of the most_____ countries.

•         Canada consists of ten______ and two territories.

•         It is situated on the North American_____.

•          In size Canada is ____in the world after Russia.

•         _______of Canada is Ottawa, which is situated on the bank of the Ottawa River.

•         Canada is  ______ in forest, minerals and fur-bearing animals.

•         It is rich in the following natural_____: non-ferrous metals, uranium, oil, natural gas, coal.

•         Canadian industries ______cars, airliners, locomotives, sea vessels, snow-removal machines, and agricultural equipment.

•         Official _____of Canada are English and French.

The words: The capital ,developed , continent provinces ,federative, produce, resources, languages,the second, very rich.

VII. Ending the lesson. Marks.