Star hour “Language is power”

Theme of the lesson: Star hour “Language is power”
Aims:
- to teach students to express their own points of view and work in competition;
- to develop skills of reading, listening, speaking and unprepared speech;
- to enlarge country studying knowledge and educate the feeling of love towards our motherland.
- to learn the language of other country and to respect it.

Lesson type: an intellectual competition lesson.

P: Dear teacher and spectators! Welcome to our competition that calls “Language is power”.
The most popular language is English. It’s the language of progressive science and technology, trade and cultural relation, commerce and business. Learning a foreign language is not an easy thing. But nowadays every educated man is to learn any foreign language.

P: Let me introduce to you our players.

P: I wish you good luck! We want you to introduce themselves and you may tell us about yourselves, your hobbies and etc. (The participants themselves )

P: Our competition consists of 5 stages:
1. The first stage is “Baiga”
2. The second stage is “Polyglot”
3. The third stage is “Magic seven”
4. The forth stage is “Quick test”
5. The fifth stage is “Jorga”

P: And we have dear jury staff that will mark our players. Let me introduce them to you.

Players, are you ready for this competition? let’s begin.

The first round is “Baiga”
P: There are the questions. Pay attention, please. Who will be first?
1. What is the state language of Kazakhstan? (Kazakh)
2. D. Cameron is the British …… (Prime minister)
3. The oldest university in Great Britain is……? (Oxford)
4. Shaken Niyazbekov is the author of Kazakhstan’s national (flag
5. Where and when was William Shakespeare born? (In Stratford on Avon in 1564)
6. How many stars and stripes on the American flag? (50 stars and 13 stripes)
7. Who is the Queen of Great Britain? (Elizabeth II)
8. What is the oldest part of London? (the City)
9. A national symbol of New Zealand (kiwi)
10. Who lived in Sherwood Forest? (Robin Hood)

The second round, which calls “Polyglot”.
P: We will complete some proverbs, you must find the missed words and translate into Russian and Kazakh languages. Complete the proverb in three languages.

1. Actions speak louder than … (words, слова, сөздер).
2. First think, then … (speak, говорить, сөйлеу).
3. Bad news travels … (fast, быстро, жылдам).
4. All is well that ends … (well, хорошо, жақсы).
5. Live and … (learn, учись, оқы)
6. Business before … (pleasure, удовольствие, құштарлық).
7. There is no place like … (home, дом, үй).
8. Never put till tomorrow what you can do … (today, сегодня, бүгін).
9. East or west home is … (best, лучший, ең жақсы).
10. Rome was not built in a … (day, день, күн).