Britishness, Englishness, Being British Today, Great Britain

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of words and the use of positive and/ or negative emotive words in the 6 statements and answer what they reveal about each person's stance on Britain's culture and traditions. Statement 1 Toby's idea of being British is that they need to remember and commemorate some historical events, such as "fights from French battlefields, North African deserts, Arabian beaches and Asian jungles" (compare 1.1-5). Toby uses the negative word [...] against the Evils of Hitler Nazi German and Stalin's Soviet Union [...]" to express the power ifficult times. Toby often say "we" to show and gives people a sense of unity and family feeling (cf. II.15). 66 Statement 2 Loren often use rhetorical questions like "Does that give us the right to judge on what identity they are?” (II.14), to make the reader to think about if there is a real definition for "Being British". He has the opinion that white people speaking the language of the country where you live is not enough to identify yourself. She deliberately uses "Biased" (I.11) to describe people's behavior. Statement 3 James uses negative and positive words" at the same time in II.3. James stance is t that everything on this road has made contributions to British society(cf 1.5). Statement 4 Tim wants to describe the British characteristics by using adjectives, such as "contradictory" (1.1), "proud to boast of self-esteem" (1.2), which are also positive words Statement 6 Mary uses a enumeration in her whole text with typical British things, which shows that in this country are many interesting things (cf. I.1-10) Statement 5 Safia explains her personal experience to show what it means to be British or have to nationality. She is proud to have to nationality (cf. 1.3). Nr.3 External view (your findings) : ➤ Siehe Aufgabe A und B Awareness Internal view: 4 different countries Mary enumeration Honouring people who did special things (Toby Personal experience (Safia) Nr.4 A&B Cliché: ➤ Food (tea, baked beans, fish and chips) Accent Stereotype: 4 countries ➤ To meet the royal Family is not normal Shaken, Not Stirred?! – The U.K. Between Tradition and Modernity Page 18/19 Nr.1 What does the Queen's performance as a Bond Girl convey about Great Britiain? ➤ Teamplay/ family feeling As a nation, they have a tradition of fair competition Olympia has roots in Britain People get more interest About the Queen in general She brings stability She was not the first person of their family who "open" the game Fairness B) Most appealing and convincing elements: Queen as a Bond girl (not often, usually) C)" Solar Queen"(2) and "Solar Cogi" (1) 1. Best friend from the Queen 2. Represent Great Britain Nr.2 Self- image of the British nation : ► In the Kaleidoscope Federation : The queen is according to the law, equal land for men and women regardless of life, appearance or love Land of variety, with with consist of races ➤ Kaleidoscope country Queen: Daniel Craig = James Bond People celebrate Great Britain with national flag (they are proud) ➤ Kaleidoscope queen She gives stability She is the reason why everybody can live in peace, equality Nr.4 ■ ■ ■ Wants to maker the economic better Great Britian have many colonies in Africa The colonies shows power and superiority It this the of cheap raw materials market for exports (trade) made Britain a world power Nr.3 What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think about Great Britain? ➤ British empire ➤ A lot of amazing sights Capital City London Special Food UK trap Royal Family (Queen) Oxford Scoland, Wales, England, Northern Ireland