American English
American English began to develop as soon as the first colonists from England arrived in the New World. For example, the word “canoe”, which was not used in England, appeared in a book written in 1608 by Captain John Smith. The colonists had to invent new words to describe the things they found in America.
After the Revolutionary War, Americans wanted to be independent of British influence in language, just as they become politically independent. So American English came to be considered quite acceptable in the country. Writes such as James Fenimore Cooper began to use American expressions in their books.
Now if you pick up an American newspaper you still can find words or phrases that you cannot understand. Though, in the last fifty of so years there has been increased communication between speakers of American English and British English, differences exist. This greater communication, caused by the exchange of books, films, popular music, television shows, the stay of American soldiers in Britain during wartime, and increased trade and travel between the two countries, has helped to enrich both variants of the English language.
Task 2. Transcribe the text and make tones on it
Task 3. Discussion Questions
1. What kinds of English language variants do you know?
2. What countries have English as the national and state language?
3. Do they speak Standard English in the USA?
4. What is the regional variant of a language?
5. Why can not American English be called a dialect?
6. What is the an Americanism?
7. In what Way does the American English language differ from British English?
Task 4. Write down your own opinion on the topic
Task 5. Put special and general questions
Task 6. Find out the antonyms
Task 7. Find some proverbs on the prepared topic
Task 8. Write down unknown words from the topic and introduce them to your follow students
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