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National Stereotypes Национальные стереотипы

Методические указания по лексике английского языка

Новосибирск 2006

УДК 802.0 К552

Кобелева Е.П. National Stereotypes: Метод. указ. по лексике английского языка. — Новосибирск: Изд-во СГУПСа, 2006. — 46 с.

Методические указания представляют собой сборник текстов по предусмотренной программой теме "National stereotypes" уровня Pre-Intermediate и включают в себя упражнения коммуникативного характера, способствующие более эффективному усвоению лексики.

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National Stereotypes Национальные стереотипы Методические указания по лексике английского языка

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ПРЕДИСЛОВИЕ

Настоящие методические указания предназначены для отработки лексики по предусмотренной программой теме «National stereotypes». Могут быть использованы в качестве дополнительного материала для обучения студентов факультета «Мировая Экономика и Право» СГУПСа, а также студентов других факультетов, подготовке аспирантов и слушателей курсов.

Указания, являющиеся вспомогательным материалом к учебнику по английскому языку Headway Intermediate (new). Liz & John Soars, Oxford University Press, состоят из 6 разделов. Методические указания отражают основные принципы интенсивного обучения иностранному языку и способствуют практическому овладению устными формами общения на английском языке.

Introduction

COUNTRIES, NATIONALITIES AND LANGUAGES

Who speaks what and where?

Country Nationality Language

Germany		German	German
France		French	French
Italy		Italian	Italian
Spain		Spanish	Spanish
Britain		British	English
Portugal		Portuguese	Portuguese
Japan		Japanese	Japanese
Korea		Korean	Korean
China		Chinese	Mandarin (also Cantonese)
Thailand		Thai	Thai
Australia		Australian	English
The United States of America	American			English
Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabian			Arabic
Brazil	Brazilian			Portuguese
Sweden	Swedish			Swedish
Egypt	Egyptian			Arabic
Holland	Dutch			Dutch
Mexico	Mexican			Spanish
Russia	Russian			Russian
Israel	Israeli			Hebrew
Greece	Greek			Greek
Turkey	Turkish			Turkish
Argentina	Argentinian			Spanish

The people

When you are talking about people in general from a particular country, there are some nationalities that you can make plural with an 's', but others can only be formed with the definite article (and no plural 's'):

Brazilians

Germans (the) Italians Russians Israelis

the British

the French

the Swiss

the Dutch

the Japanese

Note:

With both groups you can also use the word 'people': British people, German people, etc. When you talk about one person from these countries, you need to add woman/man/personto the group on the right: a Brazilianbut a Japanese person; a Germanbut a Swiss person, etc.

Exercises

1. Answer the questions.

   1. What are the three countries where English is the first language?

   2. What language is spoken in Brazil?

   3. What are people from Holland called?

   4. What are the three languages spoken in Switzerland?

   5. What language is spoken in Saudi Arabia?

   6. What nationality are people from Sweden?

   7. What language is spoken in Mexico?

   8. What are people from Egypt called?

   9. What is the first language in Israel? j) Where do people speak Mandarin?

2. Mark the main stress on the words in the box, and practice saying them.

Japan	Japanese	Brazilian	Egyptian	Arabic Italian
Austria	Australia	Chinese	Portuguese	Saudi Arabia

3. Complete these sentences with the names of the people from the country on the right.

Example:I've worked a lot with Germans.(Germany)

I've spent a lot of time with the French.(France)

1. We do a lot of business with . (Japan)

   2. ) are usually hard-working. (Israel)

      100. I have always found very friendly. (Brazil)

           4. People often say that are reserved. (Britain)

              5. ) are very organized. (Switzerland)

                 6. I met a lot of on my trip to Athens. (Greece)

                    4. Complete these sentences.

National Stereotypes Национальные стереотипы 1

ПРЕДИСЛОВИЕ 5

INTRODUCTION 5

COUNTRIES, NATIONALITIES AND LANGUAGES 5

SECTION 1 8

MAKING STEREOTYPES 8

SECTION 2 8

SOCIALIZING 8

SECTION 3 9

DRESSING UP 9

BRITISH MANNERS 13

SECTION 5 15

AMERICA, JAPAN, GERMANY, RUSSIA 15

Read the texts about America, Japan, Germany and Russia. Discuss with your partner if you agree or disagree with the author. 15

AMERICAN STEREOTYPES 15

JAPANESE STEREOTYPES 17

GERMAN STEREOTYPES 18

RUSSIAN STEREOTYPES 19

PERSONALITY TRAITS 21

industrious 21

SECTION 6 22

HOW TO DO BUSINESS WITH YOUR POTENTIAL PARTNERS 22

INDIA 35

AUSTRALIA 51

KEYS 54

Using 'the'

Most names of countries are used without 'the', but some countries and other names have 'the' before them, e.g. the USA, the United Kingdom / UK, the Commonwealth.

Some countries may be referred to with or without 'the' (the) Lebanon, (the) Gambia, (the) Ukraine, (the) Sudan.

Adjectives referring to countries and languages

With -ish: British Irish Flemish Danish Turkish Spanish

With -(i)an: Canadian Brazilian American Russian Australian

With -ese: Japanese Chinese Guyanese Burmese Maltese Taiwanese

With -i: Israeli Iraqi Kuwaiti Pakistani Yemeni Bangladeshi

With -ic: Icelandic Arabic

Some adjectives are worth learning separately, e.g. Swiss, Thai, Greek, Dutch, Cypriot.

Nationalities

Some nationalities have nouns for referring to people, e.g. a Finn, a Swede, a Turk, a Spaniard, a Dane, a Briton, an Arab. For most nationalities we can use the adjective as a noun, e.g. a German, an Italian, a Belgian, a Catalan, a Greek, an African. Some need woman/man/personadded to them (you can't say 'a Dutch'), so if in doubt, use them, e.g. a Dutch man, a French woman, an Irish person, an Icelandic man.

Peoples and races

People belong to ethnic groups and regional groups such asAfro-Caribbeans, Asians and Orientals andLatin Americans. What are you? (e.g.North African, Southern African, European, Malanesian)

They speak dialects as well as languages. Everyone has a mother tongue or first language; many have second and third languages. Some people are perfect in more than one language and are bilingual or multilingual.

name: Wanija Krishnamurthan second/third languages: English, Malay nationality: Malaysian type or dialect of English: Malaysian

mother tongue: Tamil (S. India) ethnic group: Asian (Tamil Indian)

Exercises