Aims: Improve the motivation of learning English, practice lexical structures, develop speaking skills.

Good afternoon, dear boys and girls.

We’ll have an interesting competition, where you’ll be able to show your knowledge of British and Kazakh sights, customs and traditions. Here are two teams. Let’s greet them and begin our game.

I. Task. Answer the questions as quick as possible :

1. Where is Baiterek ? / in Astana/.

2. When do British people celebrate Mother’s Day ? / on the fourth Sunday in Lent /.

3. When do they celebrate Father’s Day ?/ on the third Sunday in June/.

4. What holiday do they celebrate on the 25th of December? /Christmas/.

5. What holiday do they celebrate on the 23 of March in Kazakhstan ? /Nauryz/

6. What should the bride put on in her Wedding Day?/ something old , something new and something borrowed/.

7. When the girl is engaged , where does she wear a ring ? /on her left 3rd finger /.

8. What kind of holiday is when people decorate a fur-tree? ? New Year’s Day/

9. How do they celebrate Halloween? / see in the calendar of special occasions /

10. When is April Fool’s Day ?/ on the 1st of April/

I. Task: What holiday is it ? What can you add to the deion ?

“ It is one of the greatest holidays in England . People give each other presents and send postcards . Children find their presents in their stockings .The traditional dinner is turkey and pudding’’./ Christmas , the 25th of December /

III . Task Give the deion of any holiday . The other team will guess. / The first group ask the 2nd group and the second group ask the first group/.

IV. Task. Can you tell us about celebrating :

1 team- Nauryz

2 team- St.Valentine’s Day

/ Each team gives the deion of the holiday using as much information as they can/.

V. Task. Name the most special occasions in Britain and Kazakhstan .

/ Both teams name the holidays in turn and describe them in brief /. /See the calendar of special occasions /.

VI. Task. Let’s play games:

1. “ Make St. Valentine’s Cards”./ Pupils should make the best card as quickly as they can /.

2. “ Gather Pumpkins”./ There are ten pumpkins for both groups on the blackboard and on the walls of the classroom. When the pupils hear the word “ start” they should gather as many pumpkins , with figures from “5” till “20” , as they can . Then they count the points /.

VII. The results of the game . Awarding.