English in the world
Mix
Attitudes to Englishes
American and British English
Oppression
100
What is the word for "morsmål" in English?
Mother tongue.
100
What is the main colour of the front cover of the book The Black Flamingo?
Pink.
100
What does stereotype mean?
A well-known and oversimplified idea of something or someone. Often not true and can cause offense.
100
Who doesn't pronounce the r at the end of words? (usually)
People speaking British English.
100
What is oppression in Norwegian?
Undertrykkelse.
200
Name two main variants of English.
- American English
- British English
- Canadian English
- Australian English
- Irish English
- New Zealand English
200
What is the definition of identity?
“the characteristics, feelings or beliefs that make people different from others.”
200
Which nationality does the entertainment company Disney have?
American.
200
How do British people pronounce "water"? (usually)
/wåta/ or /wåteh/
With an "å" sound.
With a hard t.
Not pronouncing the r at the end.
200
What is the definition of oppression?
- cruel and unfair treatment of people.
- not giving someone the same freedom, rights as other people.
- often over time, not a one-time thing.
300
What does lingua franca mean?
A language that is used between two or more people who don’t natively speak the same language but who have a language in common they can use to communicate.
A global language.
300
What does segregation mean?
Keeping people apart.
300
Which Englishes do Simba and Scar speak in the clip we watched from The Lion King?
Simba speaks American English.
Scar speaks British English.
300
How do American people pronounce the word "water"? (usually)
/wader/
With an "a" sound.
With a soft t that sounds like a d.
Pronouncing the r at the end.
300
Name two examples of someone who has faced or are still facing oppression in the English-speaking world.
- The Suffragettes.
- Black people in the USA: Black Lives Matter, civil rights movement.
- Black people in South Africa: Apartheid.
400
How did English spread to New Zealand?
Through settler colonization. The same as Australia.
400
Name two examples of segregation that was common in the days of Martin Luther King Jr.
- Different schools.
- Different toilets.
- Different trains.
- Different beaches.
- Different jobs.
- Etc.
400
When we watched a clip from Vinterveiens helter, which Englishes did we hear?
Thord spoke Norwegian English.
The narrator spoke British English.
400
What is the American word for the British word autumn?
Fall.
400
What did Martin Luther King Jr. dream about? (What did he want?)
Civil rights for everyone.
Equal rights for everyone.
500
What does the four-channel model of English explain?
The spread of English in the world through four channels.
500
"I Come From" is a poem by Dean Atta. What was the name of the other poem that we read out loud in class?
"I Want to Be a Pink Flamingo"
500
When we are talking about different Englishes, what does it mean that Disney is powerful?
Because Disney is very well-known, which means they have a powerful position and high status in our society. They choose which Englishes to show us, and it can change our attitudes about people speaking different Englishes.
500
Name the American AND the British word for "kjeks".
American: cookie.
British: biscuit.
500
Where was Nelson Mandela born?
South Africa.