Contemporary British language & culture

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1. Contemporary British language & culture
2. Your cultural world Spend five minutes thinking
3. Culture and the classroomDiscuss these questions in
4. So . . . what IS British
5. Culture as product
6. Culture as process
7. Some key points about culture Culture is
8. Some key points about Britain There’s more
9. Classroom implications The days of facts and
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Your cultural world Spend five minutes thinking about the topics below.A film that made a big impression on you The music that means the most youThe last great book you read The last

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Contemporary British language & culture

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Слайд 2Your cultural world
Spend five minutes thinking about the topics

below.

A film that made a big impression on you
The music

that means the most you
The last great book you read
The last exhibition you went to
Do you watch or do any sport?
If you had to choose: plays or musicals?
Which languages do you feel comfortable in?
A country or place you feel real affection for
Which cultural icons from your country do you most / least like. Why?

Now work with another student and explain as much as you can about your own cultural world.

Your cultural world Spend five minutes thinking about the topics below.A film that made a big impression

Слайд 3Culture and the classroom
Discuss these questions in groups.
What does ‘culture’

mean to you?
And what does ‘British culture’ mean to you?
Do

you think language and culture are linked? If so, how?
Do you think teaching English as a foreign language automatically involves teaching ‘British’ culture?
Do you think your students expect to learn about British culture while studying English?
Do you focus on culture in your classroom? When? In what way?

Culture and the classroomDiscuss these questions in groups.What does ‘culture’ mean to you?And what does ‘British culture’

Слайд 4So . . . what IS British culture?
How much

do you know about the things below?
How do you

think each might be connected to British culture?

God Save the Queen fish and chips
curry lager
the Costa del Sol in Spain ballet
hip-hop football
bowler hats Shakespeare
Islam punk
cricket Harrods
car boot sales St. George's Day
Easter Jamaica

Listen to three people discuss their own feelings about British culture. Which of the things above do they mention – and what they say about them?

So . . . what IS British culture? How much do you know about the things below?

Слайд 5Culture as product

Слайд 6Culture as process

Слайд 7Some key points about culture

Culture is not static. It’s

changing all the time.

Culture is all-embracing.

Unified national cultures

are a myth.

As English is the global lingua franca, this is
even more complicated.

Some key points about culture Culture is not static. It’s changing all the time. Culture is all-embracing.

Слайд 8Some key points about Britain

There’s more to the British

Isles than England
England is home to 50 million

people.
The other three countries have 9 million!
Only 7% go to public school!
57% claim to be working class!
Britain is built on migration: Romans, Saxons,
Vikings, the French and so on!
Polish, Punjabi, Urdu and Bengali are most
spoken foreign languages.
4% of the population is Muslim
21% have no stated religious affiliation
Over 150,000 Brits emigrate each year

Some key points about Britain There’s more to the British Isles than England England is home

Слайд 9Classroom implications

The days of facts and figures about the

UK –
the British tourist board approach –

are over.
Teaching students about British culture needs
to cover change, diversity, debates and
disputes, etc.
Culture in the classroom has to be language-
focused and help students talk about culture
in general more competently
It has to be a two-way process.
It has to allow space for the personal.