III. Practical assignments.
Summarize in writing the advantages and disadvantages of the geographical position of the British Isles.
Write essays on the subject: highland and lowland Britain.
To give the explanation for the following terms: Albion, Blighty, Camelot, Danelaw, Holy Grail, Industrial Revolution, Lions of Anjou, Lord Protector, Normans, Picts.
Identify the events in English history related to the following name: Richard the Lionheart, Lord Nelson, the Roman Emperor Claudius, William of Normandy, Henry VII Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Oliver Cromwell, William Shakespeare, King Arthur, Winston Churchill.
Great Britain and the European Union today.
In written form summarize your observations of resent developments in the economic and social life of Britain.
Write an essay on one of the representatives of Britain culture and arts.
Make the comparison of the British cinematography and Hollywood.
IV. Literature to use:
Барановский Л.С, Козикис Д.Д. Страноведение. Великобритания: Учеб. пособие. – Мн.: Выш. шк., 1990. – 343 с.
Гапонів А.Б., Возна М.О. Лінгвокраїнознавство. Англомовні країни. Підручник для студентів та викладачів вищих навчальних закладів. – Вінниця: НОВА КНИГА, 2005. – 464 с.
The English-speaking world / Упоряд.: М.Россоха. – Тернопіль, 1996. – 161 с.
Material to use for the seminar
W
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is the UK?
The UK is situated north-west of the European continent between the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea. It has a total land area of 244,100 square kilometres, of which nearly 99% is land and the remainder inland water. From north to south it is about 1,000 kilometres long.
The UK part of Europe and is a member of the European Union (EU)
The United Kingdom is made up of:
England - The capital is London.
Scotland - The capital is Edinburgh .
Wales - The capital is Cardiff.
Northern Ireland - The capital is Belfast.
Why is the whole of Ireland not in the UK?
Before 1922 the UK included Ireland in the definition, but when the Irish Free State ceased to be part of the Union the title changed to include 'Northern Ireland'.
Use and nomenclature Use of the term Great Britain
"Great Britain" is often used to mean the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" (UK). However, Great Britain is only the largest island within the United Kingdom, which includes numerous surrounding smaller islands, as well as Northern Ireland in the island of Ireland.
Terms associated with Great Britain – such as Britain or British – are generally used as short forms for the United Kingdom or its citizens respectively.
Great Britain and its abbreviation GB is used in some international codes as a synonym for the United Kingdom.
On the Internet, .uk is used as a country code top-level domain. A .gb top-level domain was also used to a limited extent in the past, but this is now effectively in abeyance because the domain name registrar will not take new registrations.