British traditions and customs

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British traditions and customs

• Students of 7, 8th forms

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Why is it important not only study language, but
to study culture too?

• What british traditions and customs do you know?
• What is the attitude of the British to their
  culture and traditions?
• What similarities of British and Russian cultures
  do you know?

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Our hypothesizes

• If you know English language you will understand
  the british without difficulties.

• It is not enough to know only English you have to
  study culture too.

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The methods of investigations

• Studying of regional geography books, and
  information from the Internet
• Comparison of british and russian cultures
• Analysis of the results
• Conclusion-answer to the question Why it is not
  enough to know only language for understanding
  the foreigner?

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Traditions of Britain

• Traditions are very important for the british
• Left-hand transportation
• English breakfast is famous for it is solidity
• British value home and relatives
• British love animals
• Sport games-golf, cricket,polo
• British value pure English Language
• The most important holidays are Christmas and
  Easter

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Russian traditions

• Russians value not only official holidays but
  also Christmas and Easter
• Russians measure life according to seasons
• Russians value home and Motherland
• Russian cuisine is very varied and rich

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The most important differences

• Russians can ask personal questions to each
  other, But for british it is taboo.
• British people always change clothes for the
  dinner, Russians not.
• The British can listen to the speaker
  attentively, but it does not mean that they
  understand you.

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Do Russian and British cultures have similarities?

• There some similarities in Russian and British
  cultures
• People of these countries have interest in each
  others literature
• For example festival Pushkin in Britain,
  festival of Russian poetry.

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It is not enough to know only language for
understanding people, it is important to know
their culture

• There are some similarities in the cultures of
  both countries, but there are a lot of
  differences.
• It is important to study linguistic and cultural
  guides, the Internet, and visit other countries

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