ENGLISH… ONLY

ONE LANGUAGE?
2022
Which countries
have English as
their official
language?
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 British English vs. American
English
Great Britain and the USA are the two main exponents
of the English Language. However, they are not the
only ones. First, let’s talk about these two and their
differences and then we’ll get into the rest.

The main difference between British English and

American English is in pronunciation. Some words are
also different in each variety of English, and there
are also a few differences in the way they use
grammar.
PRONUNCIATION
BrE AmE
British English American English

The British tend to Americans usually

only pronounce the “r” pronounce every “r” in
when it's the first a word
letter of a word

CAR CAR
RIDE RIDE
FAR FAR
WATER WATER
PRONUNCIATION CHALLENGE!
Can you pronounce these words in BrE and AmE?

PARK

TEACHER

FATHER

NEW YORK

ROCK

START

BEAR
GRAMMAR SPELLING
*HAVE GOT vs. HAVE
American Eng British Eng
*GOT vs. GOTTEN
traveling travelling
*HAVE a shower / TAKE a shower
center centre
*SHALL vs. SHOULD

color colour

organize organise
VOCABULARY
Store
Holiday
Truck
Biscuit
Elevator
Lorry
Candy
Flat
Drugstore
Lift
Vacation
Sweet
Trash
Pharmacy
Cookie
Rubbish
Apartment
Shop
VOCABULARY CHALLENGE!
https://www.baamboozle.com/game/420

Pass the Word - Worksheet

WATCH THE FOLLOWING VIDEO
 Answer!
Was there a
breakdown in
communication?
Why?
 So…
Which “English” do
we learn at school?
British or American?
What do you think?
Watc
h and
Think
!
 English as a Lingua Franca

People often talk about English as a global

language or lingua franca. With more than 350
million people around the world speaking English
as a first language and more than 430 million
speaking it as a second language, there are
English speakers in most countries around the
world. Therefore, it is the only language that is
spoken and understood by the majority of the
population in almost every region of the world.
 So… what is important when
learning English?

intelligibility

the quality of being possible to understand and be understood

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Be ready to Act it out!