English 9a Friday

1. Watch "Family Foster - English speaking countries - UK"
http://www.ur.se/Produkter/159367-Family-Foster-English-Speaking-Countries-The-UK

2. Answer the following questions:

1. What is the BBC?
2. What is meant by BBC-English or Queen’s English?
3. The Geordie accent is spoken in Northeast England. One way of saying ”home” is to pronounce it almost like we do here is Scandinavia (”hjem”). Why is English influenced by Swedish?
4. The Futurologists (the people who predict the future) talk about three major languages in the future, besides English. Which are they?
5. We saw the girl and the father go pinting on a river in Cambrigde. What else is Cambrigde famous for?
6. The internet language is spreading all over the world. The word ”blog” is a new internet word. What is it short for?
7. What are you suffering from if you have bloggeria?

We will go through your answers next English lesson.

/Hanna