STORY OF ENGLISH

EDUCATION IN GB

1. Full time education in the UK is compulsory between the ages of __________ and __________.
2. ________ of children receive free education, ________ attend private schools.
3. Except for __________ state schools in Britain follow a national curriculum.

      Find the answers to the questions while watching the video:

1. What is the average number of students in class at primary/secondary schools?
2. What do children study at primary/secondary schools?
3.  What type of school is called a boarding school?
4.   What are the three core subjects?
5.  When do students take national exams in these subjects? 
6.   What is the difference between GCSE exams (General Certificate of Secondary Education) and “A” levels exams?
7.   How many students go on to higher education? 
8.  Some students enter a university and some do vocational training. What do you think it is?
9.  What is tuition?

LONE PARENTS

  You are going to watch 2 videos. 

1. Watch the first and answer the questions.

a.       What is gingerbread?

b.      What kind of a video is this?

c.       What’s the purpose of it?

 

1.       Watch the second one and then answer the following questions.

a.       Why do people get in contact with Gingerbread?

b.      Who does it help? Why?

c.       Who are the people you have seen in the video? Where are they? What are they doing?

2.       Both commercials aim at __________________________________________.

MY FAVOURITE FILM EVER

AND SOUNDTRACK

LANGUAGE AND BEHAVIOUR

ASK 1

1. How often do you swear?
2. Do you feel good when you swear?
3. Are there any swear words you'd never use? Why?
4. In what situations do you try to avoid swearing?
5. Are you ever offended, annoyed or upset when other people swear? In what situations?

TASK 2. What would you say in the following situations? Would you swear?

• You take some milk out of the fridge, but drop it on the floor. 
• You take some wine out of the fridge, but drop it on the floor. 
• You are carrying two pints of beer in a bar. Somebody bumps into you and you spill the beer down your trousers
• You miss the buss to work by a few seconds. 
• Somebody drives in the back of your brand new car. 
• TP S.A sent you a phone bill. The bill is double the normal amount.

LANGUAGE AND BEHAVIOUR

Origin of Swearing: Do you want to know the origin of the c*** word?

LANGUAGE AND BEHAVIOUR

BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH MINDMAP

AMERICAN AND BRITISH ENGLISH

Click on Am&BR English.

When you finish , select your ten favourite words and send them to me by mail. You need to write the American Spelling, the British Spelling and the translation.

More info:
Britishenglishvsamericanenglish 090226134252 Phpapp02[1]

all words

A funny one to explain differences:

YES YOU CAN! Good luck on your finals

Willpower

Summer Holidays

Any special destination for holidays? Let me know here

Expressing routine

What do you usually do at the weekend? clich here and let me know

I'm interested in your opinion

Go to wallwisher and leave a note for me please. :)

Question revision game

I want you to think of as many questions as you can to guess where, when, who ... the pictures were taken and what is the relationship among them.You will ask them in class and you classmates will say if they are grammatically correct or not. If not, you will have to rewrite them ! The winner will get a treat

eireann Go brach! Happy Saint Patrick's

a Shamrock or clover?

Let's learn a bit about the only Saint who wasn't born a christian. Enjoy! Needless to say that I'll ask you some questions