Good job on this PPT. I will use this for my after school class. Thanks for sharing
No way are chips (BrE) the same as French fries http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/06/08/chips_acrylamide_warning/ I did my own BrE v ame lesson for my adult students but I did Taboo at the end instead of a role play.
Quote from: lugubregondola on September 05, 2016, 10:59:39 PMNo way are chips (BrE) the same as French fries http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/06/08/chips_acrylamide_warning/ I did my own BrE v ame lesson for my adult students but I did Taboo at the end instead of a role play.Are you just being pedantic? If you served a plate of British chips to Americans and asked them what they were, they'd say they were french fries. Admittedly, I sometimes refer to Mcdonald's chips as french fries because they aren't as good as regular chips, but I think most people would agree that french fries and chips are synonymous.The roleplay was the second to last activity. At the end I did a speed quiz where they have to run and find the answer on a card stuck to the back wall. Taboo is always a good game to play, but I think I've overused it in previous classes this semester.
sorry once again but chips (BrE) are chips and French fries are French fries (Yeh the McDonald's stuff). It may well be an American calls chips French fries but a brit like myself doesn't and wouldn't innit. They're a totally different look and taste. It might be ok to use them "synonomously" as you put it but students need to be told what a real chip is IMO. It's more fun that way. For young kids though, just say theyre the same innit.
Also, gravy on fries/chips is good once a year, any more than that it is utterly disgusting. Good chips/fries need no sauces, save for perhaps a little vinegar.
And I wouldn't waste time telling students the difference between chips and french fries in the course of a general lesson, unless the title was 'The Pedantic and Mundane Differences between two forms of English'.