Contrasting British and American English: Key Variances Explored
Exploring the differences between British and American English in pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, spelling, and more over 500 years of language evolution. The project aims to highlight these variations through an intriguing approach relevant to modern students, encompassing comparisons in clothing, food, vegetables, soccer terms, and more.
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DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH 7 1 . .
The hypothesis of our research work is as follows: 500 years of existence of the language on different continents, cultural differences have led to significant differences in pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, spelling, punctuation, as well as the use of idioms, dates and numbers in modern common British English and American English, which is not reflected in the textbooks of UMK Spotlight. The purpose of our project is: *clearly delineate two acceptable versions of English (British and American) in pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, spelling, and punctuation and mistakes that students who are not native speakers may make; *to draw attention of the students to the results obtained, to present them in a format that is interesting for modern teenagers. The basic methods : 1. Search (searching for information on the Internet, in the library; studying of official business documentation; watching the movie "Exchange Vacation"; listening to songs by British bands The Beatles , The Rolling Stones andAmerican singer Bob Dylan) 2. Analysis of the received facts (selection of important and interesting information on this topic) 3. Synthesis (systematization of knowledge, generalization of received information and structuring by categories) 4. Conducting questionnaire among students
We are two countries separated by a common language G.B. Shaw We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language Oscar Widle
British Vs American Words For Clothing Trainers Sneakers Jumper Sweater Waistcoat Vest
British Vs American Words For Food Chips French fries Crisps Potato chips Biscuit Cookie
British Vs American Words For Vegetables Courgette Zucchini Aubergine Eggplant Jacket potato Baked potato
British Vs American Soccer Football Field Pitch Draw Tie Kit Uniform
British Vs American Words For Sweets Sweets Candy Candy floss Cotton candy Ice lolly Popsicle Treacle Molasses
British Vs American Words For Housing Block of flats Apartment building Flat Apartment Ground floor First floor First floor Second floor
Grammar differences British English American English I ve lost my book I lost my book At the weekend On the weekend Please write to me Please write me At high school In high school In a team On a team Tuesday to Friday Tuesday through Friday Talk to John Talk with John Different to Different than Where are you? Where are you at?
Difference between British and American English in punctuation British English American English She said: I love you She said: I love you Dear Mr White, Dear Mr White: Mr White / Mrs White / Dr White Mr. White / Mrs. White / Dr. White
British English Vs American English in spelling British - our American -or British - ise American -ize apologise apologize colour color favourite favorite organise organize neighbor neighbour recognize recognise British - ll American - l British - re American -er travelling travelled fuelled woollen traveling traveled fueled woolen metre meter theatre theater liter litre
Difference between British and American English in pronunciation British English American English park [p k] [p rk] horse [h s] [h rs] further [ f ] [ f r r] ask [ :sk] [ sk] bath [b : ] [b ] last [l :st] [l st] [ :ft ] [ ft ] after duty new [ dju ti]/ [ d u ti] [nju ] [ du t i] [nu ] tune [tju:n] [tu:n] secretary ['sekr tri] ['sekr 'teri] monastery [m n stri] [m n steri] inventory [inv ntri] [inv nt ri]
Difference between British and American English in pronunciation British English American English can t [k nt] [k nt] tomato [t m t ] [t me to ] colour [ k l ] [ k l r] banana [b n n ] [b n n / car [k ] [k r] theatre [ t ] [ i t r] leisure [ le ] [ li r] wash [w ] [w ] fire [ fa ] [ fa r] data [ de t ] [ d t ] [ de t ] [ d t ] status [ ste t s] [ ste t s] [ st t s] dynasty [ d n sti] [ da n sti] vitamin [ v t m n] [ va t m n] privacy [ pr v si] [ pra v si] herb [h b] [ rb] [h rb]
Results and analysis of the questionnaire 1.Is there a difference between British and American English? Yes 82% 2. Do you think there are many differences between British and American English? A There are differences, but not much. I can easily understand an American by studying British English. 64% No 18% B There are many differences. It will be difficult to understand the spoken language of an American studying only British English. 36% 3. Can you give examples of differences in British English and American English? Yes 10% No 90%
CONCLUSION After analyzing the textbooks of the 6-7 grades, we saw that both the British and American versions are used in the texts and exercises. However, there are no links to the British or American version of English. The majority of the students of our class know that there are differences between the British and American versions, but only 10% can give examples of such differences, which proves the relevance of our research project.
BIBLIOGRAPHY 1.D. Crystal English as a global language 2.www.wikipedia.ru.org 3. http://www.puzzle-english.com 4. http://www.espressenglish.net 5.http://dictionary.cambridge.org 6.http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com 7. https://englishfull.ru 8. Virginia Evans Spotlight 6 9 .Virginia Evans Spotlight 7
