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Module 1

British and American English 1.Vocabulary and Listening To learn the problems that exchange students have by listening to some material and role-play. 2. Think about problems exchange students have. Number them in order of importance. a. understanding the language

b. getting on with people c. food d. different school subject and timetable

e. local customs f. climate Check your ideas with your partner.

3.Complete the passage with the words in the box. Hello, and welcome to today’s edition of In the air. As you know, every week on this programme we discuss an aspect of the way we (1) ___ now, and today’s topic is the language we (2) _____ ---English.

So that’s something which affects us all. The question is, what’s going to(3) ______ to the way we speak English in the future? Are we all going to speak like Americans? Or will British English continue to (4) ____?

Later on we’re going to (5) ___ you to phone in and (6) ____ your views on the subject, but

first we’re going to (7) _____ to two young people, one American, and one British, who have spent time on an educational exchange in the other’s country. We (8) _____ they will have some interesting ideas on the subject.

4. Listen to the interviews and answer the questions. \ INT: I’d like to speak to our American guest first. Hi, Samantha, welcome to the _____, and welcome to England! SAM: Thanks! INT: ______ are you from? SAM: I’m from Albany, in New York State.

INT: _____ did you arrive in the UK? SAM: Two months ago, in September, at the _________ of the school term. 5. Listen to Part 2&3 and fill in the blanks. INT: How did you get to hear about the exchange?

SAM: I saw an ____________ in my school magazine ____ in the States. INT: Where are you ________ school now? SAM: In Leeds, in Yorkshire.

INT: And how are you _______ __? SAM: I’m getting on just fine, now that I understand the local ______.

INT: So, it was difficult at first? accent SAM: Yes, because I didn’t ___ what people were saying for ___ _____ ___ days.

I think that was the biggest problem I had when I _______. INT: But then you ____ ____ ___ it? SAM: Yes - and now it seems quite _______. In fact, in some ways the accent here, in the north of England, ________ me of American English.

INT: How do you mean?

SAM: Well, like they say bath _______ __ bath, or Do you want to dance instead of dance, like they do in other parts of Britain.

INT: What’s been the most _______ thing about the exchange ___ ___?

SAM: _________ the people, especially the other students in my class. They’re really friendly. INT: Is there ________ ____ you like about living in Britain? SAM: Lots of things, like the music scene in Leeds, ____ ________. I like Leeds because there’s more going on here than back home in the States. The school has a _______ music laboratory, which is really interesting.

INT: I’ve got a question to ask you, Samantha, about the ______ of English. Do you think in the future everyone will speak American English? SAM: No, why should they? Since English is spoken all over the world, I guess it’s only _______ that there are lots of ________.

INT: So do you think you’ll go home ________ with a north of England accent?

SAM: Oh no, I didn’t mean that!

INT: Well now I’d like to _____ __ our other guest, another exchange student, that’s ________________ Callum Nightingale. Callum, you recently returned from the US. How

long were you there?

CAL: Ten months _________.

INT: And where were you?

CAL: I was in a ______ agricultural region, in a _____ small town in Mississippi.

INT: That’s quite a long way _____, isn’t it?

CAL: Yes, it is.

INT: What was the most difficult problem you had?

CAL: I _______ it was the _______; it was hot and humid for a lot of the time.

INT: How did you ___ __ ____ American English?

CAL: Well, I didn’t really have any problems with the accent. It was easy to understand, they speak ______ _______.

INT: But did they understand you?

CAL: That’s a good _____. I think they did. As I was the only British person in the school they _____ __ ____ of me. The girls all said my accent was ____.

INT: What was the best moment of your stay?

CAL: I think it was the ______, that’s the school dance at the end of the year.

INT: I want to ask you a couple of questions about American English. Did you find that a lot of words are ________? CAL: Yes, especially __ ______ - they have grades, we have years, then the names of subjects are __ __ different, like “civics”, which basically means ____ and __________. And some sports are different - football means American football, not ______ - I actually played in the soccer team.

Then the American word for maths is _____, without the “s” - that seems like a very small detail. But the first time I heard it, it sounded ______ ... but you get used to it. When I came home my mum said I had ______ ____ an American accent, but it’s _____ ___ now I think.

INT: Callum, do you think that in the future everybody will speak an American ______ of English?

23 CAL: Maybe yes. I think the British will speak American English because they ____ it every day now, on ____, in _____ and so on.

INT: And are you ______ about that?

CAL: I don’t know. I _______ I don’t mind, really. Everything changes ______ ___ ____.

6. Listen again and answer the questions. Which part of the country is Samantha staying in?

The north of England (Leeds in Yorkshire).

2. How long did it take her to understand what people were saying?

Two months. 3. What did she notice about the pronunciation of words like dance and bath?

They’re the same as in American English. 4. What is the last question the interviewer asked Samantha?

Do you think you’ll go home speaking with a north of England accent?

5. How long did Callum spend in the US?

Ten months. 6. What didn’t he like about the place he stayed in?

The climate (hot and humid).

7. What did he say about the way people spoke?

It was easy to understand; they spoke rather slowly.

8. What did girls like about Callum?

His English accent (it was cute). Complete the sentences with the correct phrases. 1. How are you getting on? is a question about ___.

A. Samantha’s health

B. what Samantha is doing Everyday English

2. I didn’t get what people were saying means ____.

A. I didn’t understand it

B. I didn’t like it

3. When Samantha got used to the accent she ____.

A. began to understand it

B. used it when she spoke English 4. So far means _____.

A. for a long time

B. until now 5. That’s a good point means ____.

A. what you say is interesting

B. I agree with you 6. The girls in Callum’s school made a fuss of him by __.

A. laughing at him

B. showing a lot of interest in him

7. A cute accent is ____.

A. horrible

B. attractive 8. A couple of means ____.

A. two

B. two or three 9. If Callum picked up the local accent he ____.

A. started to use it

B. wasn’t able to use it

10. If Callum’s American accent has worn off, it has ___.

A. disappeared

B. become very noticeable