4 Assessing Students' Comparative Skills

I Look at the chart and decide whether the student

• shows all the areas to be compared;

• is right completing the lists of similarities and differences;

• has chosen the clear way of presentation;

• arranges the lists in the appropriate order;

• uses the correct language forms.

Socio-cultural portrait of the uk & usa

SIMILAR FEATURE	DIFFERENT FEATURE	EXAMPLE
Language	Accent	Br. English/ Am.English
Value system (basically)	Money	Pound/ Dollar
Ancestors	Holidays	Queen’s Birthday/Thanksgiving
Private sector	Customs and traditions	To take a bath/ to take a shower
Way to spend their free time	Style of communication	More formal, reserved/ more direct
Attitude to nature	Church	English/ protestant and Roman Catholic
Family relationship	Manners	No touch/ hugging
Friendliness	Attitude to foreigners and their command of English	Cool/admiration
Multiculturalism	Style of dress	Formal/casual

British values and assumptions. Monarchy the island people

Task 1. BEFORE WATCHING. In pairs (small groups) find out who knows the answers to the questions from (1) to (27) and write down the person's name in the section 'Name'.

Task 2, WHILE WATCHING (1). Watch the videofilm and fill in the correct information comparing with your (your partners') guesses.

FIND SOMEONE WHO KNOWS

INFORMATION FROM THE VIDEO

Where W.Shakespeare was born ___ What the extreme temperatures are in summer _______________ What the extreme temperatures are in winter ________________ What part of the population live in cities or towns ______________ The population of Greater London ___ What part of population are Black or Indian or Chinese (mln/%)___________ What the most famous traditional English food is____________ How many people in Britain go to church regularly _____________ What percentage of the British population own their house (%) _________ When Elizabeth II was crowned ____________ Who has the power to rule in Britain ___________________ When (approximate time) British Constitution was written ___ Whom the Power in the British Parliament belongs to ________ When Oxford and Cambridge boat race takes place____________ When the Normans invaded Britain__________ What the reminders of Scottish independence are _________ When Ireland entered the United Kingdom ______________ How big the British Empire around the Globe used to be ______________ What the last British colony was _______________________ The name of the ship which first carried the English to the New World _________________ How many people in the world speak English these days ___ Who discovered penicillin ______ What "NHS" in Britain means ____________________ What percentage of pupils go to state schools (.%) ___________ Till what age children in Britain go to a primary school ____ How many universities there are in Britain_______________ How many member states there are in European Union ______