Aim: To Understand/notice about “the differences between British and American English”

Level: Intermediate Time: 1 hour Preparation:

◦ Hardware: One computer for each student◦ Software: Internet◦ Knowledge: the differences between British

and American English

Pre-computer work:◦ Teacher begins with the question about the

differences between British and American English. For example, ask students: Have you ever noticed the differences between

British and American English? Can you tell the difference between trousers and

pants?

◦ Introduce students the website for additional activities relating to British and American English. http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/how/how-

understand-differences-between-british-and-american-english

Teacher assigns students to do the preparation task by dragging the words into the correct column

Then, let students watch the videohttp://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/how/how-understand-differences-between-british-and-american-

english

After watching the video, teacher assigns students to do the task again

Students pair up with a friend Student A and Student B take turn creating role

plays about the differences between American and British English

In situation 1, student A is from America and student B is from England and vice versa in situation 2