- •Theme “Great Britain: Introduction”
- •Theme “Great Britain: Introduction” Part 1
- •Introduction
- •Theme “Great Britain: Introduction” Part 2
- •Additional Material
- •Theme “Physical Face, Rivers and Lakes”
- •Theme “Flora and Fauna”
- •Theme “Climate and Weather”
- •Theme “Mineral Resources”
- •Tests Geographical position of the uk
- •Choose the right variant.
- •Match the name of the mountains and its highest peak.
- •Give short answers to the questions.
- •Social system:
- •Theme “History of the British Isles” Part 2 Roman Invasion
- •Theme “History of the British Isles” Part 3 Anglo-Saxon Invasion
- •Linguistic traces:
- •Theme “History of the British Isles” Part 4
- •Vikings' Raids
- •Theme “History of the British Isles” Part 5 Norman Conquest
- •Theme “History of the British Isles” Part 6 Great Britain: Unification of England, Wales and Scotland. Colonisation of Ireland.
- •Ireland:
- •Theme “Modern Population of the uk: Ethnic Composition, National and Linguistic Differences”
- •Immigration:
- •Additional Material Text for Reading and Discussion The importance of not being English
- •S cotland
- •Tasks to the text
- •Tests The history of the British Isles
- •Test II
- •1. Choose the right variant.(10 points)
- •2. True or false? Correct the false sentences(20 points)
- •3. Give short answers to the questions .(20 points)
- •4. Write a short summary on one of the following topics.(20 points)
- •Theme “British People” Part 2 Meals. Food
- •Theme “British People” Part 3 Customs and Traditions
- •Theme “British People” Part 4 Holidays:
- •Tests Traditions and customs of the British
- •Theme “Commonwealth of Nations”
- •1. History of the Commonwealth
- •2. Present-day Commonwealth
- •Structure of the Commonwealth
- •4. Commonwealth Organisations
- •Theme “State System of the u.K.” Part2 British Constitution
- •U nwritten Constitution
- •Theme “State System of the u.K.” Part 3 British Parliament: History, Composition and Functions
- •P arliament
- •Theme “State System of the u.K.” Part 4 Procedure of Passing a Bill in British Parliament
- •Theme “State System of the u.K.” Part 5 British Government
- •Theme “State System of the u.K.” Part 6 Political Parties in the u.K.
- •Theme “State System of the u.K.” Part 7 Electoral System in the u.K.
- •Theme “State System of the u.K.” Part 8 Devolution in Britain
- •The Political System of Great Britain
- •Political System of Great Britain.
- •Theme “The British Educational System” Part 2 Nursery and Primary Education
- •Theme “The British Educational System” Part 3 Secondary School
- •Theme “The British Educational System” Part 4
- •Independent (Public) Schools
- •Theme “The British Educational System” Part 5 Post-school and Higher Education
- •The Educational System of Great Britain.
- •Today state schools are divided into following types:
- •Public schools.
- •Higher and Further Education In Great Britain
- •Reading comprehension check
- •Assignments
- •Additional Material
- •The British Economy.
- •The north-south divide
- •British Transport.
- •Additional Material The British Media: The Press, Radio and Television.
- •Introduction
- •Say if the sentences are true or false.
- •Answer the questions
- •Complete the sentences.
- •Show on the map/ describe the position of the following geographical names.
- •Points for discussion
- •The relief.
- •Say if the sentences are true or false.
- •Answer the following questions.
- •Complete the sentences.
- •Flaura and Fauna.
- •Climate and weather in the uk.
- •Answer the following questions.
- •Complete the sentences.
- •Points for discussion
- •Cards for speaking
- •Mineral resources in the uk.
- •Say if the sentences are true or false.
- •Answer the questions.
- •Complete the sentences.
- •Guess the mineral resource according to the description.
- •The history of the British Isles
- •Iberians, Celts. Roman invasion. Anglo-Saxon invasion.
- •Say if the sentences are true or false.
- •Match the tribe with the influence they had. Put c- Celts, a – Anglo-Saxons, r – Romans.
- •Put the following events in the chronological order
- •Answer the following questions
- •The Danes, the Normans. Formation of the uk
- •Say if the sentences are true or false.
- •Answer the questions.
- •Complete the sentences.
- •What happened at this time?
- •Population. Linguistic differences.
- •Say if the sentences are true or false.
- •Answer the questions
- •Complete the sentences
- •Traditions and customs of the British Holidays of the British.
- •Political and state system in the uk. The Development of the State system in the uk.
- •2. Match the events with the times and ages.
- •The Queen of England. State system of the uk.
- •Complete the sentences.
Theme “State System of the u.K.” Part 3 British Parliament: History, Composition and Functions
History:
1. Witan (Anglo-Saxons) - the organ consisting of the principle nobles that had right to elect the next king.
2. King's/Great Council (Normans) - consisted of the most important barons and churchmen, was summoned 3 times a year, but in most cases king’s word was law.
3. “Magna Carta” (1215, King John) – it set a permanent committee that controlled the observation of all rules and restrictions imposed on a king.
4. 1st Parliament (1258, Henry the Third, King John's son) - Henry the Third was not popular with the nobles (heavy taxes imposed on barons, spending money on useless wars) => in 1258 his brother-in-law Simon de Montfort (Earl of Leicester) took over the government, elected a council of nobles and called it “parliament” (Fr. “discussion meeting”). It took control over the treasury and was responsible for taxation.
5. Representative institution (Edward the First, Henry the Third's son). - Edward the First was the first to create a “representative institution” that consisted of wealthy people and merchants from all the shires and.towns (2 from each shire) => House of Commons appeared. This Parliament provided money for the king through taxation.
6. 2 Houses (Edward the Third) - during the reign of Edward the Third the Parliament acquired its present-day structure - it consisted of 2 houses - the House of Lords (nobles) and the House of Commons (middle class). The poor had no voice in Parliament until the middle of the 19th с.
7. Tudor's Parliament (16th c, Tudors (Welsh dynasty including Henry the Seventh, Henry the Eighth, Edward the Sixth, Mary the First, Elizabeth the First)) - the Parliament met only when the monarch ordered it. It was a source of money and support from merchants and landowners. The power moved form the House of Lords ю die House of Commons because the latter represented a richer and more influential class.
Functions of the Parliament:
to agree to the taxes needed;
to make laws that the mornach suggested;
to advise the mornach when asked to do so;
Functions of the Speaker:
To make sure that Parliament discussed what the monarch wanted it to discuss;
To make sure that Parliament made decisions the monarch wanted it to make.
8. Stuart's Parliament (17th c, Stuarts (Scottish dynasty including James I, Charles I, Charles II, James II, William III, Mary II, Anne) the Stuarts quarreled with Parliament and tried to maintain absolute power by force and violence.
9. Important Acts - the Bill of Rights, the Act of Settlement, the Representation of the People Act (see point 2, Lecture 5).
Present-day Parliament:
The British Parliament is a legislative body that resides in Westminster Palace and consists of 3 elements:
the Queen;
the House of Commons - the centre of parliamentary power;
the House of Lords
These 3 elements work separately and meet only on special occasions like the Coronation or the State Opening of Parliament.
The State Opening of Parliament marks the beginning of the parliamentary session. It is held in the House of Lords. The Queen delivers her speech from the Throne. This speech is designed by the Government and is an outline of the Government's policies and proposals of legislative programmes for the coming year.
The House of Commons is invited to the House of Lords to listen to the Queens speech by the official known as "Black Rod". The door of the House of Commons is “slammed in his face” as a symbol of independence and is not opened until the Black Rod has knocked on the door with his staff of office.
The life of Parliament is divided into sessions. Each session usually begins in October/November and lasts one year. The periods when Parliament is not sitting are known as recesses or adjournments.