Развитие лексических навыков через английские пословицы на уроке

Objective

To familiarize Ss with English proverbs

To discover cultural values through learning proverbs

Materials

Worksheets with a list of incomplete proverbs

Worksheets with a list of proverbs

Level

Intermediate-Upper Intermediate

Time

10min

10min

10min

15 min

Anticipated problems

1.Ss may not know some proverbs

2.lack of ideas

3.pronounciation

Personal aims

Provide lower Ss with a list of possible answers

Give Ss enough time to complete the worksheets

Interaction patterns

individually or in pairs

in groups

T-Ss

In pairs

Procedure

Warm-up: elicit the proverbs your Ss already know, give your own examples

Ss try and guess the missing part of the phrases (or match the beginning and the ending of the proverb). Teacher monitors the classes to make sure the Ss are working.

Ssthink of their own ideas how to finish the proverbs. Ss share the ideas with the class.

Teacher asks Ss to give the meaning of the proverb/Ss try to explain

Teacher gives the examples of values(or gives the list of values)

4. Ssdiscuss in pairs and write the cultural value that they think the proverb teachers.

Each pair shares its ideas with the class.

Follow-up activity: T asks Ss to make list of proverbs from other cultures and think of their cultural value.