четверг, 21 марта 2019 г.

The course description

This course has a scientific and cognitive orientation and is a version of the program for organizing extracurricular activities of schoolkids in grades 10-11, who already possess the skills and abilities of oral and written English-speaking speech, reading and translation in the volume determined by the secondary school program.

Why British Culture?


  • To help kids get a better idea about the country of the studied language 
  • To increase the motivation of learning both the language and the way of life of the country
  • To deepen the knowledge not only of the history, but of geography, social and political life of the country as well as of it's culture and art

Week 28/34. Cultural webquest

Cultural Web Quest Time!




Week 26/27. Theatres of Great Britain

Task 1

Let's discuss!


How can you describe a theatre?
What is a theatre made for?
Are the theatres popular in Russia?
Do you like going to the theatres?

                                     What is the last performance you visited? Did you like it? What was it about?

Task 2

Read and translate the text (James Driscoll “Britain for learners of English”, с. 202-203)

Task 3

Look at the picture. Who is it?


Task 4


Guess, what theatre we are going to watch the video about!

Task 5

Watch the video about one of the most famous British Theatres - The Globe




Task 6

Divide into 5 groups and prepare a digital story about one of the following theatres and present it to the class. Use the supporting vocabulary. Read the process of creating a digital story below.


                                                    The Royal Opera House


                                                               National Theatre




The Barbican Centre




                                                                   Mayflower Theatre




Wales Millennium Centre





Supporting vocabulary


General Vocabulary — Общая лексика
dramatic art/theatricsтеатральное искусство
opera houseоперный театр
operetta/comic operaоперетта
the Puppet theatre/ puppet-showтеатр кукол
the stage and screenтеатр и кино
shadow theatreтеатр теней
Acting — Действия
live action, actingигра актера
acting skillsактерское мастерство
a part, a roleроль
a bitpartэпизодическая роль
a title roleглавная роль
to appear/enter on the stageпоявляться на сцене
to overact/to overplayпереигрывать
linesслова роли
a fragmentотрывок роли
cueреплики в зал
drama practice/a full rehearsalрепетиция/генеральная репетиция
grease/ make-upгрим
Parts of the theatre — части театра
ticket office/pay boxтеатральная касса
theatre program/theatre playbillтеатральная программа
theatre auditoriumтеатральный зал
the stallsпартер
foyerвестибюль
balconyбалкон
aisleпроход между рядами
rowряд
seatместо
gallery/the godsгалерка
upper circleбалкон
circleярус
dress circleбельэтаж
boxложа
stageсцена
stage sceneryдекорации
propsреквизит
to go back stageпройти за кулисы
curtain/tableauзанавес
to raseподнимать занавес
to drop/drawопускать занавес
near the end of the actпод занавес
orchestra pitоркестровая яма
limes/lightsрампа
footlightsнижний рамповый софит
wingsбоковые декорации
dry iceсухой лед
opera glasses/lorgnetteтеатральный бинокль
make-up room/artist’s roomгримерная
wardrobe departmentкостюмерная
Theatre Professions — театральные профессии
a playwriterдраматург
a stage director/ stage managerпомощник режиссера
a troupeтеатральная труппа
an actor/playerактер
a lead actor/key actorведущий актер
an understudyдублер
co-starпартнер по спектаклю
utility manактер на маленьких ролях
a comedian/comic actorкомический актер
a tragedian/tragic actorтрагический актер
a strolling actor/hooferстранствующий актер
a stagehandрабочий сцены
a prompter/souffleurсуфлер
Performance — Представление
theatrical showтеатральное представление/спектакль
to put on stageставить спектакль
box-office winnerпьеса имела успех
flopпровал пьесы
full houseаншлаг
a play was a sell-outпьеса прошла с аншлагом
a play is a take-off on smthпьеса поставлена по мотивам
an audienceзрители
curtain callвызов актера на сцену
a nativity playпьеса о Рождестве
productionтеатральная постановка
performanceпредставление
dump show/pantomimeпантомима
playlet/sketchнебольшая пьеса
farceфарс
satirical playсатирическая пьеса
comedy of mannersкомедия нравов
first-nightпремьера
first actпервый акт
intervalантракт
second actвторой акт
sceneдействие
dress rehearsalпримерка костюма
applauseаплодисменты; овации
encoreвызов на бис



The course description

This course has a scientific and cognitive orientation and is a version of the program for organizing extracurricular activities of school...