Teaching British English to B1 Level Learners of French Origin

Running Head: ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS
English Language and linguistics
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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The following reading, writing and listening tasks are aimed at teaching British English
to B1 level learners of French origin:
1. The student is supposed to watch the video available on the following link:
https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/video-uk/boarding-schools-uk-
class (Learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org 2018)
a. The pupil must listen carefully from the beginning till two minutes and
twenty- three seconds of the video and fill in the following blanks with the
exact words that he or she hears and deems correct [The pupil may use one or
more than one word to fill up the blanks]:
i. “Hello! My name is Robert and I am studying music _____________
many other subjects.”
ii. “Hi! My name is Ursule. I am from ______________ and this
my___________________ in the school. I am in ________________
right now”
iii. “..I have lessons three times a week and _________________ from
______________ music”
iv. “For music we have got two different teachers and one of the teachers
teaches us ________________ and the other one mainly teaches us
_________________ and all the field that we need to know for our
exams”
v. “And then _____________ we have _____________ through our long
history of preparing ________________ to some of the
_______________ in the UK and increasingly __________________
as well.”

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vi. “We regularly assess their _______________ and offer them some
_________________ to help them focus on _________________
work”
vii. “And that _______________ more highly”
viii. “Hi! My name is ______________. I am from Ukraine. I take
_______________, art, drama, _______________ and French.”
ix. “My name Ivy Qian and I come from
__________________________.”
x. “And I choose __________________ and economics, as my subjects ”
b. The pupil must watch the entire above-mentioned video and answer the
following questions:
i. List down the names of the students mentioned in the video.
ii. How many music teachers are present in the school? What do they
teach?
iii. What are the methods taken up by the school authorities in order to
secure that the students achieve much more highly?
iv. What is Liam looking forward to (Stmaryscambridge.co.uk 2018)?
v. How many math teachers are present in the school?
c. The pupil must compare his or her answers in groups and further discuss about
the questions mentioned below:
i. Would you like to study in St. Mary’s School, Cambridge
(Learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org 2018)?
ii. Which subject or subjects would you like to take up in St. Mary’s
School, Cambridge (Learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org 2018)?