A selection of English ESL british and american english ppt slides

Presentation.Two nations one language.For the 7th formers.

British and American English 

British English and American English - PowerPoint about some vocabulary differences. There is an extra with Australian vocabulary too! It has many pictures which help students a lot as well. 

Differences and similarities between the US and the UK. 

Topic for discussion: area, location, capital cities, a head person, symbols, flags, history, Pilgrims and Native Americans, word and spelling differences, British and American English.

The USA and Great Britain

To create a conscious mind in communication. and how to live in the society. Nowadays, we use mix up British and American english. This is mostly American. wish you the best.

Day to day short expressions

A POWER POINT PRESENTATION  WITH SOME WORDS THAT CHANGES IN AMERICAN AND BRITISH ENGLISH

AMERICAN VS BRITISH 

Students get an overview and impression on the most important facts about American high schools such as grades, dancing, sports, education system, cheerleaders. Two videos explain the topic futher (German). In the end students compare American high schools with their own school. 

American high school

This Powerpoint presentation is a multiple choice exercise  on Bristish English and American English words. Click on the right cartoon. Hope your students like it :)

AMERICAN/BRITISH ENGLISH QUIZ

This powerpoint presentation contains fifty flashcards on vocabulary with the words in British English and American English in different topics. I hope is useful for your students.

BRITISH ENGLISH - AMERICAN ENGLISH

This PPT is ideal for those who would like to learn words which are used differently between the Britishs and Americans. There are solution answers at the end of the presentation. Enjoy!

British Or American English

A quiz based on my worksheet http://en.islcollective.com/resources/printables_page?id=52072 to practise the difference between American and British English. Instructions and questions included but you can make up your own clues. Have fun. 

Pass the word - American vs British English game

Based on video called "Amy Walker 21 accents", available on Youtube. 



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UgpfSp2t6k



- Première écoute (en totalité, avec vidéo) : Les élèves répondent aux questions : 



What’s her name? 		How old is she? 		Where was she born? (= Where is she from? »)



- ==> Faire émerger la notion d’accent en anglais. 



- Deuxième écoute (0’00 à 0’39, fichier audio et présentation PowerPoint) : à chaque énoncé, les élèves tentent de retrouver l’endroit d’où elle dit venir (ie l’accent qu’elle imite). 



1. London, England (aristocratic accent)	

2. London (common working-class London English)

3. London (Queen’s accent)

4. Dublin, Ireland

5. Belfast, Northern Ireland

6. Scotland



- ==> Faire émerger la notion d’accent géographique en anglais, à l’intérieur du Royaume-Uni, voire à l’intérieur d’une ville (accent de milieu social).  



- Deuxième écoute (0’39 à 1’10, fichier audio et présentation PowerPoint) : à chaque énoncé, les élèves tentent de retrouver l’endroit d’où elle dit venir (ie l’accent qu’elle imite). 	



1. Italy

2. Berlin, Germany

3. Pragua, Czech Republic

4. Moscow, Russia

5. Paris, France



- ==> Faire émerger la notion d’accent étranger (pas le thème du cours). 

 

- Deuxième écoute (1’10 à la fin, fichier audio et présentation PowerPoint) : à chaque énoncé, les élèves tentent de retrouver l’endroit d’où elle dit venir (ie l’accent qu’elle imite). 	



7. Sydney, Australia

8. Wellington, New Zealand

9. Australia (??)

10. Texas

11. LA, California

12. Seattle, Washington

13. Toronto, Canada

14. Brooklyn

15. Charleston



- ==> Faire émerger la notion d’accent géographique, à l’échelle du monde anglophone. 





American and British accents (with some foreign accents)

This presentation contains vocabulary related to Thanksgiving, an American holiday which is celebrated in the USA on the fourth Thursday of November.

There are some games, children\'s songs and also some crafts.



THANKSGIVING 2019

Culture, intercultural communication, cross-cultural communication

Adjectives to describe feelings, emotions

Adjectives to describe personality and character

Adjectives: Gradable / Non-gradable adjectives

Articles: Definite or indefinite article (a, an or the)

BE + infinitive structures (e.g. he was to become famous)

Clauses of contrast (e.g.  although, while)

Clauses of purpose (e.g. in order to, so that, so as to)

Clauses of reason (e.g. because, because of, due to, as, since)

Cleft sentences (e.g. It's Joey we're looking for)

Comparison: Comparative adjectives and structures

Comparison: Superlative adjectives and structures

Conditional 2 (second conditional) - would

Conditionals: Conditional phrases (e.g. unless, provided that, as long as)

Conjunctions (aka connectives, e.g. and, but, or, so, then)

Contractions (shortened forms, e.g. don't, aren't, etc.)

Determiners (words that can come before nouns)

Formal and informal English (politeness or colloquial language)

Future perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Future perfect simple and continuous (progressive) tense

Future phrases (e.g. be about to, bound to, likely to, due to, set to + INF)

Homonyms (two words with the same pronunciation - homophones and homographs)

It as preparatory subject (e.g. it's raining, it's nice of you to)

Linking verbs (aka copulas, e.g. I am a student)

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how to accuse somebody of something in English

how to apologize, say sorry, forgive and express regret in English

how to ask for information and make inquiries in English

how to ask for something, make requests in English

how to blame somebody for something in English

how to defend yourself from criticism in English

how to deny or admit something in English

how to describe things or people in English

how to emphasize important things in English

how to encourage or discourage people in English

how to evaluate people or progress in English

how to express agreement /disagreement in English

how to express approval and disapproval  in English

how to express cause and effect in English

how to express interest in something in English

how to express likelihood, probability in English

how to express likes and dislikes in English

how to express sequence and chronology in English

how to express shock and disbelief in English

how to express sympathy and condolences in English

how to give permission, authorization in English

how to inform somebody about some news in English

how to interpret what was said in English

how to keep a conversation going in English

how to make guesses about something in English

how to make, accept and refuse offers in English

how to order or make a booking in English

how to persuade, convince people in English

how to praise people and express appreciation in English

how to reassure somebody of something in English

how to refuse and object to something in English

how to remind people of something in English

how to rephrase, paraphrase what was said in English

how to say thank you, express gratitude in English

Nouns: Collective nouns (team, class, family, committee)

Nouns: Proper nouns (names of people, cities, companies)

Oxymorons (phrases with words of contradictory meaning, e.g. living dead)

Participles: Past participle (e.g. HAVING DONE)

Participles: Present participle (e.g. DOING)

Parts of Speech (aka word classes, e.g. nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs)

Past perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Phonetics (pronunciation, IPA, phonetic symbols)

Plural nouns: regular plurals with S ending

Prefixes (e.g. A, UN, IM, DIS, MIS, EN, etc. )

Prepositions vs adverbs (e.g. before me, saw him before.)

Prepositions: Double prepositions (e.g. out of)

Prepositions: Participle prepositions (e.g. pending, concerning)

Prepositions: Phrase prepositions (e.g. by means of)

Present perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Present perfect simple or present continuous tense

Present simple tense: S for third person singular verbs

Present simple vs continuous (progressive) tense

Pronouns: EACH OTHER, ONE ANOTHER (reciprocal pronouns)

Pronouns: Possessive pronouns (e.g. my, mine)

Pronouns: Reflexive pronouns (e.g. myself, yourself))

Pronouns: SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, EVERYBODY, NO ONE, NOTHING, etc.

Pronouns: THIS, THAT, THESE, THOSE (demonstratives)

Pronouns: YOU and THEY to talk about people in general

Quantifiers (e.g. some, many, much, any, few, little)

Questions: WH questions (open-ended questions)

Reported speech: reported questions (indirect questions)

There is / there are / there was / there were / there will be, etc.

Verbs: Transitive or intransitive verbs (words that can or cannot stand with objects)

Working with Paragraphs: ordering, titling

Role play, miming, drama activity or improv game

Pictionary (picture dictionary) or picture matching

Writing an opinion essay (persuasive essay)

Learners who are Pre-A1 have just begun learning English and will first learn how to:<ul><li>Say the letters in the alphabet and numbers</li><li>Say hello, talk about names and age</li><li>Name the colors and dates, express likes and dislikes</li></ul>

Absolute beginners who have begun to learn the letters and numbers

Learners taking the A1 Elementary exam should be able to:<ul><li>Introduce themselves and ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, things he/she has, people he/she knows.</li><li>Communicate using very basic phrases as long as the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: common adjectives & adverbs of frequency, going to, how much/how many, imperatives, I'd like, 's – possessive, common prepositions of place and time, present simple & continuous, there is/are</li></ul>

A very basic tourist level, which is enough for buying food and a bus ticket

Learners taking the A2 Pre-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand sentences and frequently used expressions (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).</li><li>Complete tasks that are routine and exchange information about familiar matters.</li><li>Describe matters of immediate need in simple terms.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: countable/uncountable nouns, adverbs of frequency, future will/going to, much/many, present perfect, past simple, past continuous, common phrasal verbs, common modals: can/should</li></ul>

A tourist who can do basic conversations about the past, present and future

Learners taking the B1 Intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand points regarding family, work, school or leisure-related topics.</li><li>Deal with most travel situations in areas where the language is spoken.</li><li>Create simple texts on topics of personal interest.</li><li>Describe experiences, events, dreams, and ambitions, as well as opinions or plans in brief.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: question tags, intensifiers: too/enough, future tenses, past tenses, modals, conditionals, wh-questions in the past</li></ul>

Learners who can deal with both familiar and routine situations, in friendly and work contexts

Learners taking the B2 Upper-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization.</li><li>Interact with fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without difficulty for either party.</li><li>Produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain an opinion on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: perfect tenses, mixed conditionals, modals in the present, phrasal verbs, reported speech, wish, relative clauses</li></ul>

The level where you can be a tour guide for your foreign friends and talk about a lot of topics, even abstract ones, with ease and fluency

Learners taking the C1 Advanced exam should be able to: Express ideas fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts. Produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, using linking phrases (=words that connect ideas between sentences). Main grammar points to know: inversion, mixed conditionals, modals in the past, all passive forms, phrasal verbs (all patterns), wish/if only for regrets

Learners who can smoothly communicate in every walk of life, read long texts and write well

Learners taking the C2 Proficient exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand almost everything read or heard with ease.</li><li>Summarize information from a variety of sources into a coherent presentation.</li><li>Express themselves using precise meaning in complex scenarios.</li><li>Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in the most complex situations</li></ul>

Get here and you are ready to study in English at university

19 British and American English English ESL powerpoints