Discover American English
Цели:
Образовательная: Познакомить учащихся с разновидностями английского языка; объяснить грамматические, лексические, фонетические и орфографические различия.
Развивающая: Развить навыки и умения устной речи, аудирования, чтения и письма.
Воспитательная: Расширить кругозор, привить интерес к американской и британской культуре, поддержать интерес к учению.
Stages:
I. Introduction.
II. Warm-up activities.
Questions about students native language:
1. Are there big differences in the way people speak your language?
2. Are there some words that are only used in certain places?
3. What differences in pronunciation are there?
Questions about English language:
1. Why English is becoming so important?
2. Can you tell the difference between British English and American English?
III. Listening. The English language.
Ex. 1. Choose the answer you think is correct.
1. How many people speak English in the world?
a. Half the worlds population
b. A quarter of the worlds population
c. One third of the worlds population
2. How many words are there in the English language
a. 80000 b. 18000 c. 800000
3. How many languages have more words than English?
a. none b. one c. two
Now listen to someone talking about English and find out if you were right.
IV. American English.
Now give some examples of differences between American English and British English. The differences can be in vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation and spelling.
Examples:
British English
American English
1
Autumn
Fall
2
Petrol
Gas
3
Flat
Apartment
4
Biscuit
Cookie
5
Holiday
Va
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