Unit 6

Phonetic training To communicate, language, speaker, fluently, dictionary, to explain, to revise, carefully, correspondence, grammatically, to understand, effectively, business, attentively, to concentrate.

Key VERBNOUNADVERB TO COMMUNICATECORRESPONDENCECAREFULLY TO UNDERSTANDSPEAKERATTENTIVELY TO REVISEDICTIONNARYEFFECTIVELY TO CONCENTRATEBUSINESSFLUENTLY TO EXPLAINELANGUAGEGRAMMATICALLY

Do you know? English American English British English USA Canada British Isles West Indies Africa India- Far Australia Pakistan East

The difference between American and British English Pronunciation: Ex. Can’t, class, example Spelling: Ex. GB colour – US color; GB theatre – US theater GB dialogue – US dialog; GB programme – US program Grammar: Collective nouns: GB US Ex. the audience is\ are waiting the audience is waiting Questions with have: GB US Ex. has he got?..\ does he have? Does he have? Tenses: GB US Present Perfect, esp. with just, yet… Pres.Perf.\Past Simple Ex. I’ve just seen him here I just saw him Future: I \ we shall I \ we will

Question Tags: GB US You’re with us, aren’t you? You’re with us, right?\ OK? Modals: GB US They needn’t \ don’t need They don’t need Prepositions: GB US write to smb. write smb. meet smb. meet with smb. at the weekend on the weekend Numerals: GB US 115: a\one hundred and fifteen a\one hundred fifteen Vocabulary: GB US angry mad autumn fall biscuit cookie film movie flat appartment ill sick shop store sweets candy

Some people say English is not a world language but American is. Listen to 2 people talking about it. Give your reasons: Which side are you on? Is British English the only correct version of English? Is American English really widely popular at the moment?

What will the role of the English language in the future? I strongly agree that… I agree that… I disagree that… I strongly disagree that… English will be the dominant language in world media and communications. Before the 22 nd century another language besides English will become the world’s main language English will remain the world language for international communication. The role of English in personal development will be very important. American English will be the world’s standard variety of English. British English will be the dominant variety of English in the world. Many languages will die out during the next century. The most popular foreign language in the future will be Chinese.

Learning English Why? To study at a University To communicate with people of the world To do business To understand films and songs in English Useful when you travel The best way to learn is… To work hard To do exercises carefully To listen attentively To use a dictionary To concentrate Not to be lazy Not to miss classes

Your homework GS p. 251 Comparative and Superlative Adjectives and Adverbs AB ex. 4, 5