Is English Tea Really English?

Objectives:

- to develop pupils’ reading and speaking skills;

- to activate communicative abilities, memory, critical thinking;

- topractice topic vocabulary;

- to motivate learners to free speaking;

- to widen pupils’ knowledge about English traditions.

Equipment: multimedia blackboard, texts for reading, flash cards, a set of dish for tea, boxes of tea, the map of the world, photos and pictures.

Procedure:

1. Warming – up.

T.: Do you like tea? Do you like fresh hot tea with lemon? Or with a wonderful smell of mint? Or with raspberry jam? Everywhere in the world tea is so popular! We drink tea in the morning, in the evening, at work, at home, in a café, while watching TV, when meet with relatives, when going somewhere in a train; we drink black, green, herbal tea – cheap and exclusive, we drink it when we are well and when we are ill. Tea has become a part of our modern life and our menu. About 1400 cups of tea we drink during a year.

So, “tea” will be the key word for today`s lesson.

2. Vocabulary

Do you know how many word – combinations we use every day with this word?

a) adjective + noun “tea” b) adjective “tea” + noun

sweet cup, spoon, pot, set

strong party, tradition

hot shop

herbal club

English break

Indian table

5 o’clock way

fresh trade

Let’s make some sentences of your own.

E.g.: Strong hot tea – what can be better after winter skating?

Our tea spoons are made of silver.

Have you bought a cake for tea?

Chinese tea shop suggests a wide choice of herbal tea. Etc.

Date: 2015-02-28; view: 1606