Урок развития творческого мышления на примере стихотворения о разнице British English/American English

Предмет: Английский язык

Класс: 7

Тип урока: закрепление новых знаний

УМК: Spotlight

The difference between British English and American English

Group1

1. Match each BrE word on the left with its AmE equivalent from the right

Group 2

Match each BrE word on the left with its AmE equivalent from the right

1. Share words that are done by two groups and write them down in their copybooks

2. Reading a rhyme by a British author JaboUK

3. Explanation of some phrases that can be difficult for students to understand

• 'over the pond'= across the ocean (the Atlantic Ocean)/between the UK and the USA

• to abscond= ironically скрыться от правосудия

• askew = криво

• more of a hoot = funny

• queer = bizarre = странный, странно

• to misconstrue = misunderstand

• charges would likely be pressed = будет некомфортно

• offence = правонарушение, оскорбление

1. Fill in the gaps with the correct AmE word from Ex.1

In this exercise you have to put the right word in the gaps. Follow these tips to get top marks.

• Read the text carefully before and after the gap to help you choose the right word.

• The words are often in a box. Careful! Sometimes there are more words than gaps.

• If the words aren’t in a box, be careful with your spelling.

• Start with the words you know and tick them off so you know which ones you've used.

• If you don’t know an answer, write a word. You may be right!

• If you write a word in the wrong gap, then another word in the exercise may be wrong too.

• Check your answers carefully when you finish. Read the whole text to see what it sounds like.

British English versus American English By JaboUK

To all of you 'over the pond'
(of whom I am really so fond)
with words let's have fun
and when I am done
I hope I won't have to abscond. 

Some phrases don't show our intent
and mean things that we'd never dreamt
if you ……
you're waking me up
and not what you thought that I meant. 

Your spelling is different too
for what has that 'u' done to you?
it's colour and favour
not …… and ……
it all seems to me quite askew.

Words often sound strange to my ear
an ……'s a flat over here,
our draughts are your ……

our jumpers your …….s
and to call trainers ……. is queer.

And how about terms for the car
for here things can differ by far,
your ……. is our boot
and - more of a hoot -
our bonnet's your …… - quite bizarre.

The list is quite varied and long,
to call biscuits ……. seems wrong
and you use a ……..

that's not British talk
a pavement is what we walk on.

You wait in a ……., but I queue,
our torch is a …….. to you
your ……..'s our tap
our petrol's your ……,
it's so easy to misconstrue.

You go out in …… and a …….
to us that's not properly dressed
we'd feel very bare
as that's underwear
and charges would likely be pressed. 

You know my home's on the first floor
so you come to knock on my door
but we'll never meet
we won't hug and greet
as you will be on our ……….

So now that I'm finished and done
I hope that offence there was none
it's not a critique
my tongue's in my cheek
I hope you'll agree it was fun. 

1. Now let’s read a poem out loud. Don’t forget pronunciation rules of two accents!

2. How do you find a poem? Choose one adjective

   funny

   useful

   difficult

   informative

   interesting

3. Can you create your own poem?