Session 3 Teaching English as a Global Language

Warm Up Activity 1

Watch the video of Ana Botella, the former Mayor of Madrid addressing the International Olympic Committee in September 2013 to put forward the candidature of Madrid for the 2020 Games: 

Do you find her speech easy or difficult to understand? 

Read this comment on Botella’s speech posted in the EnglishGlobalCommunication blog:

“Botella’s speech caused a scandal at the time, and her English was the butt of many jokes and much sharp criticism. However, when I ask people to simply transcribe what she said, they are usually very successful. In my own attempt, I failed to transcribe Lausanne, but that’s more to do with my lack of knowledge of the workings of the IOC than with her pronunciation. In fact, Botella is a very good example of a speaker who despite her clearly limited English and very marked Spanish accent, is more than just intelligible. Intelligibility and accent are not the same thing!”

Which of the statements above (if any) resonate with you? 

Warm Up Activity 2

Explore the learning materials “Between two worlds” prepared by the British Council for teenagers learning English: 

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/video-zone/between-two-worlds 

Would you be interested in using these materials in your teaching practice. Why? / Why not? 

Watch the short video below: “A flying visit home to the UK” developed by the British Council for teenagers learning English. 

Would you use this video with your students to compare what a British home and a Ukrainian home are like at Christmas time?

Session 3 Recording

Watch the following recording and make notes to help you prepare your padlet response, more instructions on this below. 

The following is a copy of the slides covered in the session for your reference.

Session 3 Padlet and Response Instructions

Use this padlet to write your response to the WARM UP ACTIVITIES and AT LEAST ONE of the questions raised during the recorded session.

https://uniofyork.padlet.org/ursulalanvers/week-3-deep-vnkar53e8m2d4jcg 

MAKE SURE you please give your name and surname when writing your Padlet response so we can track your engagement.