Курсовая работа: Обучение чтению как средство развития личности и формирования её базовой культуры

d) best newspaper reporters;

e) reading public;

«Charles Dickens»

(1812-1870)

Charles Dickens was a famous English writer. He was born on the 7th of February, 1812. He was born in a poor family.

When Charles was a small boy his family settled at one of the poorest suburbs of London. When Charles Dickens was ten years old his father was put in prison, because he had debts, the boy had to work. He began to work in a blacking factory. Later he described this period of his life in his novel "David Copperfield". When Charles was 12 years old he began to go to school again. At the age of 15 Charles Dickens began to work in a London lawyer's office. He did not like this work.

When he was 25 years old he became one of the famous and best newspaper reporters in London. He liked his work. He knew the life of London and he wrote about it in his articles. "The Pickwick Papers" was his first great work. He published them in April, 1836. "Oliver Twist" was published 2 years later. This novel was a great success among the reading public.

Charles Dickens travelled a lot. He visited America in 1842. He wrote "American Notes" after visiting that country. In the last years of his life Dickens began to meet with the readers and gave public reading from his own works. These meetings were very successful. He could not finish his last novel "Edwin Drood", He died suddenly. It was in the summer in 1870.

Words

poor — бедный

lawyer — юрист, адвокат

blacking — вакса

debt — долг

Reading activities :

· Read the text and divide it into parts. Give each a title.

· Find the key words in the sentences.

Post – reading activities :

· Put the sentences into order.

Фрагмент урока № 7.

Учебник Биболетова М.З. «Enjoy English», 7 класс.

Тема: «Do you like to go to the theatre?»

Цель: формирование навыков изучающего чтения.

Pre – reading activities.

· Найдите существительное (прилагательное, глагол) в каждой группе слов.

Theatre is a place where you can see a play staged. It is also one of entertainments.

A theatre consists of two parts: the stage and the hall. They are separated by a curtain and the orchestra. Actors and actresses perform on the stage and public occupies the hall, the pit, the dress-circles, the boxes and the gallery. If we made up our mind to go to the theatre we should go to the box-office to buy tickets. Seats can be reserved beforehand. The last performance I saw was the "Nut Cracker" by

Tchaikovsky. How great it was! The main parts were performed by Vadim Pisarev and Inna Dorofeeva. Everyone knows that they are very talented dancers. But I also was impressed by a very young ballet-dancer who was performing the part of

Masha girl. I think she deserves respect of the audience because she did her best and looked great for her young age. I had a great time that night. But we are to admit that theatre is not popular now as it used to be. There are many people who prefer to seat comfortably before the TV and enjoy themselves without leaving

their homes.