IS BRITISH BETTER THAN THE OTHER KINDS?
Well, there is no such thing as a homogeneous “British
English” which could be
Considered to be “better” than other varieties!
There is a number of regional varieties, such
as southern, northern, Scottish, Northern Irish,
and so on. There are also different
registers, used for formal and informal occasions,
for example. There are different forms of
British English depending upon the speaker’s
educational level or age, too. Even
“standard” British English – the English of
educated people – varies from place to place as
a result of regional accents.
There was a time when certain English speakers in
Australia, New Zealand, and
South Africa used British English as their
reference, and wanted to speak what they
believe to be “the Queen’s English”. The local
accent and vocabulary were looked down
upon as being somehow inferior. In each
English-speaking region there is a “standard form
of English, widely considered to be “good English” –
but these will of course all differ from
“standard” British English, and from each other.
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04 fev.2008.
1-Write (F) if the
sentences is false and (T) if the sentence is true
( ) There
aren’t varieties of British English.
( ) The
author believes people speak differently depending on how old they are.
( )
Standard English is homogeneous.
( ) South
Africans didn’t want to speak like British English.
( ) Speaking with a South African accent was
something OK for its people.
2- Project work
Agora que você já sabe que o inglês falado na Inglaterra não é melhor do
que o Inglês falado em outros países, porque não há variedade melhor ou pior,
correta ou errada. Assim como o inglês, outras línguas também apresentam variações regionais, essas variações podem ser
geradas por diferenças nas áreas
geográficas, estilos, registros, grupos, etc.
Assista aos videos que apresentam as diferenças que há entre o
inglês britânico e americano. Em seguida, anote em seu caderno essas diferenças e
apresente um trabalho em grupo , explicando essas diferenças. Use os links abaixo para aprender mais.
Para se aprofundar mais no assunto,click nos links abaixo:
http://www.bbcweb.com.br/bbc.php?assunto=british%20x%20american%20english
http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/british-american.htm
http://www22.brinkster.com/abistene/doubts/AmExBrE.htm
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