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license plate line mail motor home movie theater pants parking lot period pharmacist potato chips rent sausage sidewalk soccer sweater trash can truck trunk (car) vacation vest windshield (car) zip code number plate queue post caravan cinema trousers car park full stop chemist crisps hire banger pavement football jumper bin lorry boot holiday waistcoat windscreen postal code T: Open your books at page 4. Let’s do the vocabulary exercises. You may work in pairs. Three minutes later exchange your answers with your neighbour pair. After that we will check the answers with the whole class.
After checking the answers, go on with the vocabulary exercises in the WORKBOOK. Step V Vocabulary (WORKBOOK)
T: OK, let’s come to the vocabulary exercises in the WORKBOOK. Work in groups to do Exercise 5. First match the British English words with the American English words.
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Then each member makes a sentence using any of the given words, the other members are required to judge which English he or she is speaking.
After dealing with Exercise 5 in this way, ask 5 pairs of students to speak out the sentences in Exercise 6, one in British English and the other in American English. Suppose 5 students are from the US, while the other 5 from the UK. The rest of the class will guess which country he or she comes from after hearing his or her sentence.
As for Exercises 7 & 8, students will be asked to do the exercises individually. Five minutes later check the answers with the whole class. Show the answers on the PowerPoint. Make sure every student knows the correct answers so that they can use these words correctly. Step VI Practice
Ask the students to read the two emails on page 1 and decide which writer is American.
T: Ok, let’s come to the emails on page 1. Read the emails and say what the writers have in common.
S: They are both exchange students. They both write to their mothers and ask their mothers to write back.
T: Good. Then what do they think of the local accent? Do they have the same feeling? S: Callum says that the accent isn’t going to be a problem while Samantha thinks that the local accent is very different from hers.
T: What have you found about their using of words and expressions? S: They use words with same meanings but different spellings. T: Can you come to the Bb and list them out? A sample list:
callum programme, theatre, realise T: Any other difference?
S: They use different vocabulary to express the same meaning. For example, “hi
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there” and “hi”; “write to me” and “write me”; “use email address” and “email”. T: Now decide which writer is American? S: I think Samantha is American. Sum up the differences.
T: OK, everyone! So far in this class we’ve done some vocabulary exercises and checked two emails. From these we have learned some differences between British English and American English.Let’s sum up what the differences are. Ss: They are different in vocabulary and spelling.
T: Quite good! Americans sometimes omit prepositions (Write me when you have a moment). Though they have some differences, they are still a common language. Some people focus on the differences, while some on the common things. Now let’s come to Exercise1, some quotations on English.
After doing Exercise 2 on page 1, continue with Exercise 1. Let students work in groups and discuss the questions together. They are encouraged to think actively and speak out their own opinions. Sample answers:
1. The topic of the quotations is British English and American English. 2. a is the most optimistic. 3. b is the most pessimistic.
4. b is funny. It is a little bit exaggerated. 5. d is a good news for students of English.
6. I guess quotations a and c are from British people. Step VII Homework
1. Go over the vocabulary in Module 1.
2. Try to memorize the given words which are different in American English and British English.
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