Listening 2 (a2-в1) they are guilty of this nonesense

You will listen (video 5 – 01.45 min.) to Dave, a British student from Edinburgh, Scotland, speaking on British stereotypes According to Dave, some stereotypes are definitely not true but there are also those that British people are guilty of.

Task 1

1. Watch the video to listen to Dave. What is the truth about British stereotypes according to Dave? What advice does Dave give?

2. Watch the video again. Complete the ‘Stereotypes’ table.

3. Working in pairs, compare the answers. Watch the video again, if necessary, to check the answers and to settle disagreement. Then discuss the answers with the class.

STEREOTYPES
NOT TRUE	TRUE

Task 2

Watch video 6 – 02.04 min. What other British stereotypes does it feature?

Working in pairs, compare the answers. Watch the video again, if necessary, to check the answers and to settle disagreement. Then discuss the answers with the class.

LISTENING 3 (B1-В1+)

True or false?

You will listen (video 7 – 04.14 min.) to Robert, who comes from Britain, speaking on British stereotypes. He thinks that some stereotypes are true and some stereotypes are false. Listen to Robert and complete the ‘Stereotypes’ table. Working in pairs, compare the answers. Listen to Robert again, if necessary, to check the answers. Then discuss the answers with the class.

STEREOTYPES	TRUE		comment and examples
	UNTRUE

LISTENING 4 (В1-B1+)

Yafashow tries to find out

Task 1

Listen to British people (video 8 – 07.00 min.) and Americans (video 9 – 04.00 min.) speaking on the YafaShow^v. Those people in the street were asked four questions:

What are some stereotypes that the British/Americans have about Americans/British people?

What do you like about the UK/the USA?

What do you not understand or dislike about Americans/British people?

If you had to choose between the UK and the USA, which would you choose?

Complete the stereotype categories in the table. Working in pairs, compare the answers. Are they the same or different? If necessary, watch again to settle disagreement. Then discuss the statements with the class.

Task 2

Discuss with the class questions a-e using the data from the table categories.

1. What do the British interviewees think of Americans? What stereotypes do they conform to? What do they like, dislike about the USA? What do they not understand?

2. What do the American interviewees think of British people? What stereotypes do they conform to? What do they like, dislike about the UK? What do they not understand?

3. Which is the better country to live in according to the American interviewees?

4. Which is the better country to live in according to the British interviewees?

5. What do you think of Americans? What do you think of British people?

stereotypes, likes and dislikes	British people about the US (video 8)	Americans about the UK (video 9)
teeth
food eating habits
personal traits
intelligence
humor
accent
music art architecture
climate
lifestyle
tipping
other
Which is it the better country to live in? Why is it so? For British people For Americans UK USA UK USA

LISTENING 5 (B1-B1+)