This blog page is for visiting students who are studying the University of Portsmouth's English Language and Culture Summer School Timetable from July 14th to July 27th, 2024.
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The Truth Behind British Niceties
Programme and lesson resources are below this line...
Friday, 26th July
09:30-11:00 - Park LRC
Delivery of Group Presentations
Programme Review
11:00 12:00 - Park - LRC
Certificate Presentation
13:00-14:30
Farewell Lunch - The Old Customs House, Gunwharf Quays.
Thursday, 25th July
08:30 Walking Tour of London - Meet at Park Building at 08:30
The Coach departs at 09:00
Wednesday 24th, July
09:00-11:15 - Park 1.21b
The sights of London - particularly those you will see on the walking tour tomorrow.
Buckingham Palace
The Mall
Whitehall
Downing Street
Big Ben
Westminster
11:30-13:00 - Park 1.21b
Food, Cooking and Public Health in the UK
The British love for takeaways and convenience food.
The Chinese Takeaway - "Getting a Chinese". "Going for an Indian".
Most, however, are altered for the British palate.
Street Food...
How about China? What is it like where you live?
So you have Burger King - What else have you seen here that you have in China?
Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
14:00-17:00 - Park 1.21b
Completion of PowerPoint Presentations
FINAL Rehearsal of Group Presentation
A song about another side to London (and most larger cities in the Western Hemisphere...)
Ralph McTell - Streets of London RMT_SoL
Tuesday, 23rd July
10:00-11:30 - The Nelson Walk
Freetime
13:00-16:00 - Park LRC or University Library (Presentation Preparation).
Monday, 22nd July
09:00-11:15 - Park LRC
Pronunciation Practice Vera and Victor wanted a white Volvo, so Victor bought one, but Vera wished for a white Volkswagen when washing wistfully vibrant vests and woollens. L sounds "Tall ladder", "pretty lady", "beautiful lake", "baby lamb", "open land", "laugh hard", "laundry basket", "lazy day", "orange leaf", "pipe leak", "tired leg", "cut lemon", "hanging light", "bright lightning", "big lion", "pink lips", "shopping list", "listen carefully", "green lizard", "gate lock", "big log", "long path", "look out", "hand lotion" Do you read a lot? I'm really grateful They're clearly related. I'm nearly ready Do you feel all right? You can always rely on Leroy. I was last in a relay race O'Reilly and Leary Kerry or Kelly? The French Revolution There was an old man from the Rhine, Who failed to walk in a straight line. To the left and the right, He lurched through the night. After drinking a barrel of wine. Wrap, lap. Rain, lane. Rest, lest, Rate, late, Write, light. Rent, lent. Cobble, robber, Apple, dapper. Label, later. Battle, batter. Shovel, shudder. Frank, flank. Grass, glass. Brain, blame. Broke, blown. Press, please. Creep, clip. Sorrow, shallow. Rail, lair. Real, leer. Role, lore. Rule, lure.
2. What is the United Kingdom?
What is Great Britain? Cities by square km by population
England, Wales, Scotland Northern Ireland.
Cardiff - Capital of Wales
London - Capital of England and the United Kingdom
Belfast - Capital of Northern Ireland
Edinburgh - Capital of Scotland
Gazeteer - Research places and make a small document about these cities or others of interest.
Glasgow Manchester Liverpool York Newcastle Norwich Ipswich Blackpool Swansea Inverness Plymouth Exeter
Bristol Bath
West Country
No-one has really made anything with a Portsmouth accent of any note.
A little joke...
3. Historic Portsmouth - Portsmouth's Role in D-Day (if time)
(See One Drive file Johan and Marcel)
Admiral Lord Nelson - The Battle of Trafalgar (Brief History - HMS Victory)
The founder of the ragged schools.
The Duke of Buckingham and John Felton - King Charles 1 (whose bust is in old Portsmouth)
11:30-13:00 - Park LRC
Exploring British Customs - Traditional Food and Drink.
The "traditional" Full English Breakfast.
Something for toast
A full English Breakfast A Traditional English Breakfast
Paddington Bear Meets the Queen.
14:00 -17:00 Park LRC
Group PowerPoint Presentations - final preparation and notes for rehearsal
What will you do on your weekend? - Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st
...Explore Portsmouth...
...Visit Portsdown Hill? You will need the bus (First Bus number 8 stop is the George Inn).
Bus journeys are capped at £2 in Portsmouth per journey. Transport Map
...Visit the City Museum? (looks like Hogwarts - Arthur Conan Doyle & Sherlock Holmes).
...Visit the Natural History Museum? - (Live butterflies, bees etc)
or the Southsea Food Festival (on this weekend).
...Eat a Full English Breakfast?
...Eat a Sunday Roast?
...Eat Fish and Chips?
...Go to the Isle of Wight...
Visit Winchester - England's capital city before London...
Go to Southampton?
...Visit the Maritime Museum and/or the Titanic Memorial?
The Titanic Musicians Memorial is nearby, as is the memorial fountain.
Go to Brighton?
Ensure you drink 'proper' English Tea and try some typical British snacks...
Friday, 19th July
09:30-12:00 - Park LRC
Studying at University
Lectures and Seminars - What are they, and how do they work?
General ways of assessing students. e.g. BA MFL
Continuous Assessment.
Finals.
Collecting Points - Final grades
Graduation (Happened this week?)
2. Debates - Expression of opinions and freedom of speech.
What could we debate?
UK university courses often have debates, so much so that there are even debating societies.
Please give me any ideas for topics you might have!
Maybe which ship in the Historic Dockyard is the best and why...
3. Writing personal statements and creating a CV for the UK job market.
10:30/10:45 - Short Break
4. Self Study - An American's Perspective.
11:00/11:15
5. Titanic
Reading Activities in Files
Céline Dion - Theme from Titanic
13:00-16:00 - Park LRC
Continue Titanic Story - Plus...
Exploring British Customs - The Sunday Roast
Stonehenge - a World Heritage Site
This has a Computer Generated Voice with a US Accent.
Thursday, 18th July
Meet at Park Building - 09:30
Day Trip to the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard to see the attractions (we looked at the history of some of these yesterday)
Wednesday, 17th July
09:30 - 12:00 (small break included)
Designing and delivering a presentation
What will you use (PowerPoint/Google Slides/Apple etc)
Content - What we have learned about British Culture and the English Language
Our lessons, our visits, our free time adventures)
[Blank Paper Notes]
Which Groups shall we form?
We have a 90-minute slot for your presentation and programme review.
2 x groups of 4 and one x group of three?
If we do that, we have approximately 20 minutes for each group. Each person would need to present for about 5 minutes of your presentation slot.
Who will do which role?
How will you split the task among your group?
For our debate slot on Friday, 19th. Please give me any ideas for topics you might have!
The Spinnaker Tower and Gunwharf Quays. map of the city
13:00-17:00
Portsmouth and Naval History.
There are 11+ Attractions at the Historic Dockyard.
The Hotwalls Studios and the City Ramparts
The British Obsession with the weather.
What sort of weather do we have today?
What was the weather like yesterday?
What is the forecast for tomorrow and the weekend?
ELO - Mr Blue Sky
Tuesday, 16th July
This day is graduation for the University students in the University's School of Education, Languages and Linguistics.
Monday, 15th July
10:00 - 10:30 -
Park LRC - Group welcome and introductions.
What would you like to learn about, see, and do while you are here ... (I can incorporate some ideas into the programme I will teach you if I know about these things)?
How do British people greet one another... ? The first time we meet?
What about among friends?
What to do and what not to do - etiquette.
What about France/Germany/Italy?
What about China?
France - How friends greet one another.
Saying hello to your friends...
UK - Long time no see...
Germany ...
10:30 - 12:00 - Park LRC
Keeping a Journal
(What did you learn today, what did you see, what did you do? - What was new? What did you find very unusual or different? Why?)
Do you have a notebook? (or something similar on your devices where you can keep notes?)
This will help with your final presentations...
Introduction to Portsmouth
See below for links to the brochures
Exploring British Traditions
We will look at these over the next two weeks in many ways, but today, I would like to start with
Afternoon Tea - The Cream Tea Cream Teas (Online Quiz)
How to pronounce 'scone'
How to serve the scones...
What is ...
A Cream Tea
An Afternoon Tea
A High Tea?
What is the difference between the three types of meal known as 'Tea'?
13:00 - 15:00 - Park LRC
The Spinnaker Tower and Gunwharf Quays. map of the city
Brotherhood of Man - Angelo
15:00 - 17:00 From Park LRC (WIth CCPD Team)
Walking Tour of Portsmouth
British Afternoon Tea
For our debate slot on Friday, 19th. Please give me any ideas for topics you might have!
Extra ideas:
Some general ideas that could be used...
History -
Recent Royal Family History - The Coronation
Sources of Information for ESL Classes
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