Britain: Language, Dialects and Culture ELL 2035

Warm Up i. Have you been to the United Kingdom? What do you kno w of England? ii. What do you know about British dialects? iii. Which is the easiest accent to understand? iv. What types of dialects are there in Korea? Can you speak like them? v. What’s the difference between England, Britain and the UK? vi. Why are there two words – cow/beef in English but in Korean just 소 and 소고기 ?

English Usage

What’s the difference between England, Britain and the UK

Stonehedge

Roman Britannica

Anglo-Saxon Invasion

Runes

Latin – the language of scholarship

Viking Invasions

Vikings

England under Danelaw

Norman Conquest (1066)

William the Conqueror

The Anglo-Norman Empire

Hundred Years War – French vs English

Shakespeare

Shakespearean English addiction break the ice critic frugal an itching palm generous lonely obscene catch a cold fashionable

Introduction to the UK i.England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland ii.London iii.49million, 5million, 3million, 1.5million iv.the Queen v.Buckingham Palace vi.Oxford and Cambridge vii.75% (2% are farmers) viii.Welsh

ix. British Flag

x. Highest grossing series 1.MCU - $8.1 billion 2.Harry Potter – $7.7 billion 3.James Bond – $6.1 billion 4.Middle Earth – $5.8 billion 5.Star Wars - $4.3 billion 6.Spider-Man - $3.9 billion 7.Fast and Furious $3.85 billion 8.Batman $3.8 billion 9.Transformers - $3.76 billion 10.Pirates of the Caribbean -$3.72 billion

Vocabulary 1.posh/snotty 2.shut it 3.a pub 4.a bog / boggy 5.bloody 6.received pronunciation 7.a tart 8.Cockney English 9.a tosser / a wanker a.the English used by working class Londoners b.a prostitute c.shut up d.standard British pronunciation, queen e.damn, f***king f.upper class, snobby, rich g.swamp/swampy h.a bar i.(British profanity) a person who masturbates

British Dialects

Received Pronunciation

London

East Anglia

West country

Wales

Birmingham

Liverpool

Yorkshire

Geordie

Edinburgh

Belfast

Comprehension Quiz Standard British Accent 1. What does Benedict Cumberbatch think of his face? a. weird b. attractive c. animal London Working man Accent 2. What animals are they talking about? a. rabbits and dogs b. dogs and bears c. cats and mice Birmingham Accent 3. What did Ozzy Osbourne get in trouble for? a. carrying alcohol b. wearing women close c. peeing on the Alamo Geordie Accent 4. What sport is Billy Elliot auditioning for? a. boxing b. ballet c. soccer Liverpool Accent 5. Jimmy Fallon wants to do what with Paul McCartney’s accent? a. have a spot of tea b. sing c. visit Sponge Bob West Country Accent 6. What movie is Samwise Gamgee in? a. the Hobbit b. the Lord of the Rings c. Empire Strikes Back

Comprehension Quiz Yorkshire Accent 7. What is Sean Bean’s (Boromir)character worried about? a. destroying the ring b. going to Morodor c. Global Warming Scottish Accent 8. Why do they think about being Scottish? a. proud b. ashamed c. better than English Northern Irish Accent 9. What’s the problem with being Irish in Los Angeles? a. burning because of pale skin b. being robbed c. getting drunk ??? Accent 10. The interviewer is interviewing Stephen Fry, a British comic from East Anglia, but where is the interviewer from? a. Ireland b. Scotland c. Liverpool ??? Accent 11. Where’s the old man with the glasses from? a. Scotland b. Birmingham c. London (Cockney)

American - British the subway – the tube / the underground an elevator – a lift program - programme apartment – flat flashlight - torch busy - engaged soccer - football truck – lorry dollars, cents - pound, pence lies, trash - rubbish

Discussion Questions i. Are you familiar with British English? Were the accents easy to understand? Which one was the hardest to easiest? ii. What is the hardest Korean accent to understand? What is the easiest? iii. Do you know about British slang vs American slang? (ex. bollocks vs bullshit) iv. If you had the chance to go to England, would you go? Why or why not? v. In your opinion how do Americans differ from British? vi. What’s the stereotypes you have about British people?