U19 Lesson 2 Varieties of English

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Lesson 2 Varieties of English

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“England and America are two countries separated by the same language.” – George Bernard Shaw

1. How many countries can you name where English is the native language? Do all these English speakers sound the same? Canada, the USA, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, Britain. No. The English language has different varieties.

2. Match the British English words with the American English ones in the list below. flat, film, post, rubbish, underground, holiday

1. mail 2. movie 3. subway 4. garbage 5. vacation 6. apartment

post film underground rubbish holiday flat

Listen to the dialogue and decide if these statements are true (T) or false (F).

1. Pam is American. T 2. Robert comes from Australia. F 3. The more different accents you hear the more confused you get. F 4. Richard has an Australian English accent. T 5. Pam and Robert say “classroom” the same F way.

Why do you think Liang Weimin thought all English speakers sounded like BBC World Service reports? Liang Weimin didn’t know people have different English accents depending on where they come from .

Listen to the sentences and decide whether they are spoken in an American accent (A) or a British accent (B). 1.Would you like a glass of water? B 2. She’s dancing in the classroom. A 3. Let me give you an example. A 4. I like to eat tomatoes. B

Listen to these sentences and decide whether they are spoken in an Australian accent or a British accent.1. Did you say you’re going sailing this weekend? Australian 2. I’m going on a date this Saturday! British

3. How much did you pay for the razor? British 4. The mail always comes on Tuesdays. Australian 5. What did you say when he was late? British 6. Sorry I’m late. I had to pay my bills. Australian

Listen to the conversation and decide which speaker is American, which is British and which is Australian. American Australian British Jan Pattie American Shane Australian British

Listen again and use these expressions to complete the Function File. Would it be possible, Could you, I’m sorry but, I was wondering if, Do you think I could, Will you be, I’d prefer not, I’m afraid, Is it all right if, If you’d like, Could you possibly, I wonder if

1. ___________ to fill in this form here, If you’d like please. 2. I know this is unusual, but after the long flight ____________ to go on with I’d prefer not the group. 3. _____________ I just go off on my own Is it all right if a bit later?

4. _________ she won’t be here till I’m afraid abo

ut ten o’clock. 5. __________ having lunch in the Will you be hotel, sir? 6. _________________ give me a map Could you possibly of the city, please?

7. ________________ you could give I was wondering if me information about visits to some of the buildings in Toronto, please? 8. __________________ have Do you think I could something about the modern buildings, please?