2024-04-15 The English speaking world

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 4

The English Speaking World

Commonwealth of Nations

In the upcoming lessons, you are going to learn about the Commonwealth of Nations...

What's that?

The Commonwealth of Nations is an association of mainly former territories of the British Empire.

How many states are part of it?

1. 34
2. 46
3. 56
4. 78

Which countries are part of the Commonwealth?
Name as many as you can!

Why not only talk about the UK?

English is a world language. 

England discovered and dominated many parts of the world.

Let's have a look...

accents

dialects

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01:38

What accent was that?

1. South African
2. Welsh
3. Australian
4. Canadian

02:05

What accent was that?

1. British
2. Scottish
3. Welsh
4. Canadian

03:30

What accent was that?

1. Australian
2. American
3. Canadian
4. New Zealand

00:43

What accent was that?

1. Scottish
2. Welsh
3. South African
4. Irish

Dialect differences

In this next clip you'll find out about the differences in vocabulary. The people are from:

- the US

- the UK

- Australia

Pay close attention!

Assignment

• Find at least 2 English words that mean the same thing, but that are different in dialect
  (think of: friet / patat)
• Add the countries to the words!

                 You have 2 minutes to find them!

andere voorbeelden: elevator - lift, taxi - cab, etc.

Verwijs ook terug naar de andere voorbeelden uit het filmpje

2 words that are different, but mean the same thing
(add the country!)

When an Australian talks about
'a barbie', what does he refer to?

1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 

A 'loonie' means 1 dollar.
In which country?

1. America
2. Australia
3. Canada
4. New Zealand

Who is this man?

Officieel Queen Elizabeth II

King Charles is Head of State of

 15 countries (Commonwealth Realms)

Huidige landen waar hij staatshoofd is:

•  Antigua and Barbuda
•  Australia
•  Bahamas
•  Barbados
•  Canada
•  Grenada
•  Jamaica
•  New Zealand
•  Papua New Guinea
•  Saint Kitts and Nevis
•  Saint Lucia
•  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
•  Solomon Islands
•  Tuvalu

Een Commonwealth realm is een Engelse term voor een onafhankelijk land binnen het Gemenebest van Naties (Engels: Commonwealth of Nations) met de Britse monarch als staatshoofd. Er zijn sinds 1992, inclusief het Verenigd Koninkrijk zelf, nog zestien Commonwealth realms.

Sports

Sports play an important part in the lives of many.

Each country has its own national sport.

Guess what the national sport of each country could be.

What is Canada's national sport?

What is England's national sport?

What is Australia's national sport?

What is New Zealand's national sport?

Commonwealth Games

You probably know about the Olympics.

Have you also heard of the Commonwealth Games?

True or False:
The USA can compete in the Commonwealth Games

True

False

It's false - the USA are not a part of the Commonwealth, therefor they're not able to compete.

No matter the weather

The English speaking world covers all continents.

Each area has a different weather forecast. 

Pay attention to the date and the weather. 

Can you guess where the report is from?

June 1st

Remaining dry with spells of sunshine through to early next week, although cloud amounts tending to increase. Warm inland, but easterly winds keeping it cooler in many coastal areas. Maximum temperature 22 °C.

June 1st

1. London, UK
2. Los Angeles, USA
3. Johannesburg, South Africa
4. Perth, Sydney

December 29th

Max temperature: 31°C

Partly cloudy.

December 29th

1. New York City, USA
2. Edinburgh, Scotland
3. Vancouver, Canada
4. Brisbane, Australia

August 30th

Temperatures up to 27°C. Mostly cloudy.

Hurricane Dorian continues to strengthen on Friday night, with maximum sustained winds of up to 140 mph.

The forecast calls for additional strengthening of up to 150 mph tomorrow. Category 5 winds are from 157 mph and higher. 

August 30th

1. Auckland, New Zealand
2. Miami, Florida
3. Dublin, Ireland
4. Toronto, Canada

Let's talk about the poster assignment...