The Open Lesson on Theme: “The Role of Music in our Life”.

Aim: to practice the conversational skills speaking about the importance of music in our life; to train vocabulary connected with the theme of music; to perfect the skills of reading and getting the necessary information. Revising and practicing of adjectives.

I.Org.moment.

Тeacher: Good morning dear friends, good morning dear colleges. I am very glad to see you here. I would like you to guess what I am speaking about. It is the most exciting and fascinating thing in the world. We can’t imagine our life without it now. It is different: slow, fast, calm, noisy, rhythmic, aggressive, romantic and expressive. You can listen to it everywhere:: in the streets, in the shops, in the parks, in the cars, at the disco, on TV, over the radio, at home, in a concert hall, at the seaside and even in a forest.

What is this?

Pupils: It ismusic.

II. The theme of the lesson.

T: Yes, you are right, today we’ll speak about different kinds of music, the influence of music on people and about the role of music in our life.

And if we are going to speak about music let’s start our lesson with the song.

II.Phonetic drill: Britney Spears “Oops!.. I Did It Again”

III. Teacher: Answer my questions, please:

Do you like this song?

. Does this song make you sleep?

. What does this song make you do? (dance, sing along with it)

. Do you like listening to music? Why?

. What is your favorite music?

. What kind of music do you listen to when you are in a good mood (in a bad mood)?

. When do you switch off the radio or the tape — recorder?

. Do you listen to music while having a shower (eating)?

. What kind of music do you hate?

. Have you ever been in a real concert hall?

. Have you ever heard a concert of a celebrity in the hall?

. What kind of music do you listen more often to?

What sort of music does irritate you?

. Who is you favorite singer? (music band, composer)

. Do you agree that music is an international language? Why?

. Do you play any musical instrument?

. What is your favorite musical instrument?

. Who is a lover of folk music?

What do you think of modern music?

T:Everybody likes listening to music but can we say what music is? Specialists say that “music is not a combination of pleasant sounds only. It is an art which reflects life.”If it is an art it must have many styles.What styles of music do you know?

Pupils name the genres.

T:Yes, you are right. There are a great number of musical styles but we can’t cover all of them at our lesson. Let’s take only the most common of them. Look at the blackboard and read them, please:

Pop music

Classical music

Blues

Rap

Jazz

Rock (hard-rock) music

Folk music

Opera

Rock-and-roll

IV. Listening.

T: Can you easily identify different types of music? You should listen to a piece of music, guess what style it is and, if you can, tell the name of the composer, singer or music band.

(If the pupils guess the piece of music the picture is opened on the whiteboard.)

  1. Opera. Andrew Lloyd Webber. “The Phantom of the Opera”.
  1. Classical.Johann Sebastian Bach. Toccata and fugue in D minor.
  1. Folk music. Irish folk “River dance”.
  1. Blues. Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald “Summertime”.
  1. Jazz. Ray Charles: “Hit the Road Jack”.
  1. Pop-music. Sam Brown “Stop”.
  1. Hard-rock. Ramstein “Du hast”.
  1. Rock-and-roll. Beatles.
  1. Rap. Eminem “Not afraid”.

V. Reading.

Read about the attitude of some people towards modern music;

Find negative and positive things in their opinions;

What opinions do you agree or do not agree?

What do your parents think about modern music?

Samuel Williams,58

I am sorry now that I was never too concerned about the music my kids listened to in the-mid-60-s and 70s. It was destroying. Parents should be very careful about cassettes and CDs they buy for their children.

Willa Cohen, 64

Some of the music is immoral. Kids should be listening to music with messages like staying away from drugs of staying at school. There are some rap songs that are all right. Kids can dance to a beat but without all these sacrilegious things.

Gloria Basker, 47

On the whole, I don’t think it’s bad. I am not into heavy rock, but mostly the music is no worse than what I listened to when I was growing up. I don’t see any sense in warning labels on records or CDs because who reads labels anyway? Few people do.

Shawn Mulbery, 49

The music is probably way too violent. I can’t find any sense in the lyrics. If the music doesn’t destroy your mind, it will destroy your ears. I don’t’ think that banning music is the answer but parents have to be responsible for what their children listen too.

VI. Work in groups.

1)Working in groups of 4-5 pupils.

T: Teacher: Music makes us think of people and places we love. It can evoke long forgotten events and feelings we thought we forgot. Music can be beneficial and harmful.

Discuss the influence of music on people’s mood, state, everyday life, ets.

What feelings does music evoke in you?

What do you remember while listening to music?

You should use the words: appeals to (обращаяськ)…, transforms (изменяет, преображает), inspires(вдохновляет), entertains (развлекает), destroys (разрушает), enriches (обогащает), makes think of (заставляетдуматьо)…, make remember(напоминает), (evoke) pictures in the mind(вызываеткартиныв …).

The leader of each group will make up a conclusion of your discussion.

2) Working in two groups.

(Class is subdivided into two groups. The pupils stand opposite each other.)

T: One group is “for” music, the other - is “against”. You should persuade each other that you are right.Use as many words on topic as you can to give your reasons.

(Example: Group A: music helps people to better their mood.

Group B: People can give good mood without any music;

People should control their emotions.

VII. Conclusion.

T: What conclusion can we make at the end of the lesson? What is the role of music in our life? Why do we listen to music? (Ответы учеников)

I would like to finish the lesson with the quotation of the ancient philosopher Plato: “Music gave soul to the universe, wings to the mind, fly to the imagination, charm and gaiety to life”. So, we can say: “Listen to music and be happy!”

You have done a lot of work today. Thank you for your work. Your homework for the next lesson is to write a composition on the theme: “Music in my life”.

Your marks for the lesson are…

See you next time. Good-bye, dear girls and boys.

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