Открытый урок по английскому языку Business success stories of all time

1.     Продолжить работу над развитием у обучающихся языковой догадки; навыков и умений самовыражения на английском языке, 

2.     Практиковать учащихся в умении делать краткие сообщения о знаменитых людях;

3.     Формирование представлений о известных людях, достигших определенного успеха в жизни

Основные образовательные объекты: доска, компьютер, проектор

1.     Организационный момент.Приветствие. Постановка целей. Введение в тему(5 минуты)

2.     Проверка домашнего задания (8 минут)

 

3.     Основная часть. Представление презентаций студентов, подготовленных самостоятельно. (29 минут)

·          обучение говорению;

·          обучение лексической стороне речи;

·         анализ представленной информации;

·         выполнение творческих заданий;

4. Заключительная часть. Подведение итогов (3 минуты) 

Приветствие. Постановка целей. Введение в тему.

Teacher. Good morning, girls! How are you?

Pupils. Good morning, teacher! Fine, thanks, and you?

Teacher. Me, too, thank you. Sit down! Let"s start our English lesson now. Today at the lesson we’ll speak about success. You know that Success can be achieved in different spheres of our life (слайд 2).

But the topic of our discussion is " Business success stories of all time " (слайд № 1). At the lesson we will find out who a successful person in business is. We are going to have an unusual lesson today. All in good time.

Look at the blackboard, please. There is a Chinese proverb.

Let"s read it. "There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same."

What is meant here under the words "the top of the mountain" and "the view?" As you know the Chinese are considered to be hard­working, persistent and hardy.

Student 1. There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same.

Student 2. I think as for the top it is "an aim" and the view means "the result".

Student 3. I agree with S2, but judging by the topic of our lesson the top may be also "success" because I believe success is some aim in gaming something. People can choose different things and means to get it and as a result they have what they want to.

Teacher. Right you are.

 

Now let’s review what famous people said about the key to success.

 

Discuss the position of the authors. Which is the important saying about success in your opinion? Support your point of view with reasons.

As for me, I like the saying: Character is more important than intelligence for success. Tell me please, what personal qualities are required to achieve success in life? On our screen there is a list of traits of character. Choose 5 important and 5 unimportant personal qualities which can contribute to success in business for your point of view. You have 3 minutes to fulfill this task.

Your time is up. It’ time to listen to your ideas. At first come the most important features. Who would like to start?  

Student 1. Strong-willed, persistent, ambitious, confident, enthu­siastic.

Student 2. Hard-working, persistent, ambitious, quick-minded, determined.

Student 3. Sociable, tolerant, energetic, hard-working, independ­ent.

Teacher. While checking the task I"ll ask S4 to sum up all the ideas and make a general conclusion in the form of the table at your computer what the most popular answers are (слайд № 3).

Student 4. ...

Teacher. P4, thank you for the summary table. You see the ideas are different but ... (persistent, ambitious and hard-working) is(are) beyond any doubt.

And what about unimportant ones?

Student 1. Shy, selfish, doubtful, nervous, rank.

Student 2. Doubtful, sensitive, absent-minded, honest, indifferent.

Student 3. Narrow-minded, shy, absent-minded, indifferent.

Student 4. ...

Teacher. You are right. You haven’t chosen these traits of character as the most important qualities. It means that they are of little significance. Some of them are even harmful. 

OK. I see.  I know that you have prepared some information and made your presentations about some famous successful people in business. Let’s speak about them, their biography, and their secrets of success. Be attentive; be ready to answer the questions. Let’s start!

(Студенты представляют свои презентации об известных успешных людях. Делают выводы по каждому персоналию. Пытаются открыть секрет успеха каждого из них. Обсуждают, какие из известных афоризмов подходят представленным успешным людям. – 18 мин.

Студентам задаются следующие вопросы после просмотра каждой из презентаций:

1.     Where did … achieve his/her success?

2.     What was his/her way to  success?

3.     What do you think what personal qualities helped his/her to succeed in life?

Student 1. She/ He achieved her/his success in the profession of a ….

Student 2. Money was unlikely to help her/him become successful as she/he comes from a dirt-poor family. Perhaps it was a great motivator for her.

Student 3. I think it was her/his youth, beauty, probably talent and her/his hope for a better life that contribute to her/his success.

Student 4.I believe it was impossible to achieve anything without hard work. Working hard is the only way to succeed in life. It"s rather difficult.

Student 5. I"m sure she/he was just lucky.

Student 6. To my mind …"s personal qualities also played a certain role in making her/his career.

Student 7. She/He is determined, persistent, and even stubborn.

Student 8. She/He looks straightforward, ambitious and optimistic. She/He seems not to be afraid of difficulties.

Teacher. Yes. You have right answers. All of these people were strong-willed, enthusiastic, hard­working, confident and may be lucky.

I like the saying by Lisa Carey, a 15-year-old girl from America, " No­body is going to hand you success on a plate. If you want to succeed, you"ll have to make it on your own: your own energy, your own head, and your own ambitions. If at first you don"t succeed, try, try and try again."

There are the same ways to gain the aim. As you have noticed we"ve come back to the Chinese proverb again: "There are many paths to the top of the mountain but the view is always the same". How clever the Chinese are!

Teacher. What do you think is necessary to be successful? What are these ways to the top of the mountain? (Слайд №   .)

 Student1. Health.

Student 2. Someone"s support.

Student 3. Money.

Student  4. Good luck.

Student  5. Personal qualities such as persistence, ambition, industry.

Student  6. Talent.

Student 7. Education.

Student 8. Risk.

Student 9. Hard work.

Student 10. Experience.

Student 11. Hope.

Student 12. Personal appearance.

Teacher. So many people, so many opinions. Each person pre­fers his/her way to achieve a goal. But there is no doubt that none of them is short, as there are no short cuts to success. As the English proverb says, "Real success comes in small portions every day."

Teacher. Each of you has your own plans for the future and your own paths, of course. I"m sure this discussion won"t be in vain and it"ll be of great benefit to you to find yourselves in the future. I"d like to believe that you will achieve your success not only in busi­ness but also in other spheres of our life.

In your life there may be several tops which you will have to reach. During our lesson there have been a lot of proverbs and sayings. As you know they have been collected for ages and they are the mine of information of the nations in the world. Which saying or proverb would you choose as a motto for your life? (Слайд №  .)

Student 1. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

Student 2. Working hard is the only way to succeed in life.

Student 3. If at first you don’t succeed, try, try and try again!

 

Teacher. To finish our discussion I"ve chosen the proverb “Nothing is impossible to a willing heart” («Былабыохота, авозможностьвсегданайдется. Терпениеитрудвсеперетрут»  (слайд №   ). Please keep it in your mind. Thank you very much for your work.

So, marks for the lesson are: …

Now, the lesson is over, you may be free, good-bye.