British Language and Culture 2010.pptVIP

British Language Culture Paul Ryan United Kingdom British History Invaders – Romans, Vikings, Normans 1066 Henry VIII – Church of England Queen Elizabeth I Magna Carta – Bill of rights – Civil War Industrial Revolution – British empire World War II British Stereotypes Modern Britain Very Multi-cultural Beautiful countryside Literature Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton 19th Century – Blake,Wordsworth,Keats, Shelley,Byron, Austen, Bronte,Dickens, Hardy 20th Century – Kipling, Orwell,Lewis Carroll, Tolkein,Dahl,Potter, Rowling Theatre Shakespeare The West End Musicals – Andrew Lloyd Webber Music Forefront of pop music Beatles, Rolling Stones The Who, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Elton John, The Sex Pistols, The Clash New Order/Joy Division, The Smiths, The police, Oasis, Blur, Acid House, Drum and Bass Radiohead, Coldplay, Spice Girls, Robbie Williams, Adele Science Technology Newton, Darwin Industrial Revolution Brunel engineering , Turing Babbage Computer Berners-Lee WWW , Crick DNA , IVF –test tube baby, cloning Dolly the sheep What do we think of when we think of Britain and the British? Parliamentary Monarchy Monarch – King/Queen is figurehead Parliament – democratically elected – real power British resisted revolution preferring evolution Royal Family – live in luxury -palaces England Has the biggest area 84% of the population London is the home of the Houses of Parliament Home of English language The Weather 4 seasons in one day - unpredictable Umbrella - brolly No real extremes of weather “Have you eaten yet” Greetings Various forms of greeting you may hear: Watcha Ayup Al’right mate Various forms of goodbye you might hear: Ta-ra See ya Cheerio Mind Your Manners British people pay a great deal of attention to politeness In particular please and thank you – informal -cheers and ta Should anything unexpected happen – British people will always say sorry. British people tend to be non-confrontational and therefore are very patient and don’t complain. We have a