Speaking&Writing&CulturalcornerSpeaking&Writing&CulturalcornerBritishEnglishAmericanEnglishWorldEnglishSpeakingandwritingReadthenotesinpart1andworkingroupstodecidewhichisthebestvarietyofEnglishtolearn
TheGreatDebate----WhichEnglish
•BritishEnglish(addmoreinformation)•The“original”varietyofthelanguage•ThelanguageofShakespeareandothergreatwriters•TheBBCandmanyinternationalnewspapersuseitAmericanEnglish•MostnativespeakersofEnglishuseanAmericanvariety
•Thevarietymostusedininternationalbusiness•MostEnglishlanguagefilmsareAmerican
WorldEnglish•neitherAmericannorBritish•Englishdoesn’tbelongtoonegroupofpeople
•Accentisnotimportantifpeopleunderstandeachother
•Weneedtocommunicatewithnon-•nativespeakersaswellasnativespeakers
Dividetheclassinto3groupsanddebate
GroupA:BritishEnglishisthebestvarietytole