Two nations – one language

1. TWO NATIONS – ONE LANGUAGE

British and American
English

2. Lesson plan

LESSON PLAN
1.Problem to discuss:
-Which accent to be
spoken?(British or American)
2.BrE and NAmE. Differences in
-Vocabulary;
-Pronunciation;
3.Grammar
Consolidation.The Passive Voice.

3. Listening Comrprehension

Listen to an experienced
English tutor and get ready to
answer the question.
Which advices have been given
to you?

4. Vocabulary

• COMPARE!
Укр.
ліжко
будинок
Русс.
кровать
дом

5. Listen and discuss

Listen
to a part of conversation
between British and American
and get ready to answer
the questions
Who
is British/American?
Which
pair words can be confused
while studying English?

6. Vocabulary

• BrE
• autumn
-
NAmE
fall
• underground
-
subway
• shop
-
store
• chemist`s
-
drugstore

7. post mail

• car
automobile
• cab
taxi
• chips
French Fries
• biscuits
cookies

8. PRACTICE

1.Put only British/American words to the
envelope;
2.Make up and role play the dialogue
“British in the USA” The example has
been given to you:
PRACTICE

9. Ex.

• Excuse me))) How can I get to the post???
• -Sorry??? (What???)
• -…….I need to send a letter)
• -Ahh! Mail! Over there!
• -Thanks!
• -Welcome)

10. RELAX!

•BREAK!
•

11. 2.Pronunciation

• COMPARE!
Укр.
молоко
аптека
голод
Русс.
молоко
аптека
голод

12. Rules of Reading

a
/ɑ/
/æ/ NAmEn
BrEn
answer
answer
r
world
world
o
coffe
coffee

13. Practice

Give both variants of reading. British
should be the first
Car,
fork, world;
Dance, France,
ask;
Not, shop, box.
Practice

14. Reading Comprehension

• Text 1
• Certainly, there are some differences between British and
American English. There are a few differences in grammar.
For example, speakers of British English say " in hospital"
and "Have you a pen?" Americans say "in the hospital" and"
Do you have a pen?" Pronunciation is sometimes different.
Americans usually sound the "r" in words like "bird" and
"hurt". Some speakers of British English do not sound the
"r" in these words. There are differences between British
and American English in spelling and vocabulary. For
example, "colour" and " honour" are British, "color" and
"honor" are American".
These differences in grammar, pronunciation, spelling, and
vocabulary are not important, however. For the most part,
British and American English are the same language.

15. Task

What is the best headline?
“British and American English are similar”
“British and American English are quite
different”
“British and American English are the same
languages”
Task

16. Reading Comprehension

• Text2
• For many years America was a British colony. At that
time British and American English were almost exactly
the same. When America won the War of
Independence in 1776, it became a free country. In
1782, its citizens were proudly christened "
Americans", and then US leaders began to talk about
"the American language".
The USA was quickly growing richer and more
powerful. Millions of Europeans came to America to
start a new life there. There were settlers from Italy,
Germany, Spain, Ireland, France and other countries
and all of them brought new words and expressions to
the language. The USA became a "melting pot" of
cultures.

17. Task

Answer the question
Which
nationalities came to
the USA to start a new life?
Task

18. Consolidation

Grammar section. The Passive
Consolidation.
Translate the sentence which has been
given to you.
Consolidation