True and wrong believes about England and English School №40 Vigon Liya-Rosa

A stereotype is: "...a fixed, over generalised belief about a particular group or class of people.” (Cardwell, 1996).

A survey for my classmates and friends My investigation Sites in the Internet 1 A survey for my classmates and friends 2 What do you usually think about when you hear the word England?

men with walking canes, Big Ben, traditions and tea

My investigation 1 “Tea, gentlemen, humor, terrible weather and «God save the Queen!»” the most common answers.

My investigation 2 They are considered to be pedants, with no sense of cooperating – nation without interest to world events.

My investigation 3 “Men wearing bowler hats, a pin striped suit, a newspaper in the arm and carrying a long unopened umbrella.”

My investigation 4 “long shadows on county cricket grounds, warm beer, invincible green suburbs, dog lovers and old maids bicycling through the morning mist".”

My investigation 5 “punk-rock, Oliver Cromwell, red uniform, colonial wars.”

My investigation 6 “traditions, Gothic architecture, Universities, Benjamin Britten.”

Conclusion