American English vs British English

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American English
British English

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

Slide 2 - Link

What do you use?
British English
American English

Slide 3 - Poll

Discuss homework
List of BrE and AmE words

Slide 4 - Tekstslide

Objective
Learn some of the differences between American and British English

Differences in:
- vocabulary
- spelling
- pronunciation

Slide 5 - Tekstslide

Welke verschillen ken jij al?
Schrijf zowel de Britse als de Amerikaanse variant op.

Slide 6 - Woordweb

Slide 7 - Video

American English
British English
Soccer
Football
Holiday
Vacation
Movie
Film
Lorry
Truck
Motorway
Highway
Boot
Trunk
Apartment
Flat
Sweater
Jumper

Slide 8 - Sleepvraag

Sneakers
A
American English
B
British English

Slide 9 - Quizvraag

Sweets
A
American English
B
British English

Slide 10 - Quizvraag

Color
A
American English
B
British English

Slide 11 - Quizvraag

Trousers
A
American English
B
British English

Slide 12 - Quizvraag

Lift
A
American English
B
British English

Slide 13 - Quizvraag


British English words end in ‘our’ 
colour
flavour 
humour
neighbour

British English verbs end with ‘ize’ or ‘ise’ 
apologize or apologise 
organize or organise 
recognize or recognise 
analyse

British English nouns end with ‘ence’ 
defence 
licence
offence 




 American English words end in 'or'
color
flavor
 humor
 neighbor

American verbs end with ‘ize’ 
apologize
organize
recognize
analyze

 American English nouns end with ‘ense'
defense
license
offense
Spelling

Slide 14 - Tekstslide



British 
advertisement
zebra
vitamins
can't
tomato
basil
herb
water
address






 American English 
advertisement
zebra
vitamins
can
tomato
basil
herb
water
address

Pronunciation

Slide 15 - Tekstslide



British 
Better

want to ( wante)

centre ( cente





 American English 
Better

want to ( wanna)

center ( center
Pronunciation of middle or final T and  end R

Slide 16 - Tekstslide

Listen to the song. Is it AmE or BrE
write down the sounds that make you decide

Slide 17 - Tekstslide

How about this one?
write down the words/ sounds that make you decide it is American.

Slide 18 - Tekstslide

Be consistent in your choice of language.

Slide 19 - Tekstslide

Assignment
Listen to a song of your choice and see if you can tell if it is BrE or AmE

Slide 20 - Tekstslide

Homework
study the  British and American words we have gathered together.

Slide 21 - Tekstslide