American English vs British English

Here are a few linguistic differences between American English and British English

1- Spelling Rules

British English	American English	Examples
words ending in -re	change to -er	centre - center
		metre - meter
words ending in -our	change to -or	colour - color
words ending in -ogue	change to -og	catalogue - catalog
words ending in -ise/ize	ending only in -ize	realise/realize - realize
final -l doubled after short vowel	- l not always doubled after a short vowel	travelled - traveled
		modelling - modeling
words ending in -ence	change to -ense	defence - defense
		licence - license

2-Vocabulary

British English	American English
A
accelerator	gas pedal, accelerator
aerial (TV, radio)	antenna, aerial
Alsatian	German shepherd
American Indian	Native American
anorak	jacket, parka
at the weekend	on the weekend
aubergine	eggplant
B
bank holiday	national holiday, federal holiday
barrister, solicitor	lawyer, attorney
base rate	prime rate
to bath	to bathe
beetroot	beet
bill	check
bin, dustbin	garbage can/trash can
biro	ball-point pen
biscuit	cookie
bonnet	hood
boot	trunk
braces	suspenders
(round) brackets	parentheses
C
candy floss	cotton candy
car park	parking lot
caravan	trailer
caretaker	janitor
catalogue	catalog
centre	center
chemist's shop	drugstore, pharmacy
chips	French fries
city centre	downtown, city center
cloakroom	checkroom, coatroom
clothes peg	clothespin
colour	color
cooker	stove
(bathing) costume	swimsuit
cosy	cozy
cot (Baby)	crib
cotton wool	cotton ball
courgette	zucchini
crisps	potato chips
crossroads	crossroad (in the country)
	intersection (town and country)
curriculum vitae (CV)	résumé
	curriculum vitae
D
dinner jacket	tux, tuxedo
directory enquiries	directory assistance
diversion	detour
double cream	heavy cream
draught	draft
draughts	checkers
drawing pin	thumbtack
dressing gown	(bath) robe
drink driving	drunk driving
driving licence	driver's license
dummy	pacifier
duvet	comforter
E
earth wire	ground wire
engaged	busy
enquiry	inquiry
everywhere	everyplace, everywhere
expiry date	expiration date
F
fancy dress	costumes
Father Christmas	Santa Claus
favourite	favorite
to fill in	to fill out
film	film, movie
fire brigade	fire department
first floor	second floor
fish-fingers	fish-sticks
flannel	face cloth, wash cloth
flat	apartment
	(flat: apartment with a single floor)
flavour	flavor
football	soccer
fortnight	two weeks
fringe	bangs
from Monday to Friday	from Monday to Friday
	from Monday through Friday (Friday included)
full stop	period
G
garden	yard
gear lever	gear shift
Gents	Men's Room
goods train	freight train
ground floor	first floor, ground floor (in public buildings)
H
harbour	harbor
headmaster, headteacher	principal
to hire	to rent
hire purchase	installment plan
hockey	field hockey
holiday	vacation
hoover	vacuum cleaner
humour	humor
I
icing sugar	powdered sugar
indicator	blinker, turn signal
inverted commas, quotation marks	quotation marks
J
jacket potato	baked potato
jewellery	jewelery
Joe Bloggs	Joe Blow
jumble sale	yard sale
jumper	sweater
K
kilometre	kilometer
L
ladybird	ladybug
to lay the table	to set the table
letterbox, postbox	mailbox
lift	elevator
litre	liter
lorry	truck
lost property	lost and found
M
mackintosh	raincoat
managing director	CEO (chief executive officer)
mashed potato	mashed potatoes
match	game
maths	math
mobile (phone)	cellphone
motorbike	motorcycle
motorway	freeway, highway, expressway, interstate
mum	mom

Is Teaching English Grammar Daedal?

A few ESL /EFL( English as s Second / Foreign Language) teachers/instructors in a few societies are still utilizing the customary system for teaching English grammar in a inutile way in regards to modern ESL/EFL teaching methodologies.  The teachers/instructors are not just expected to write the rules on the board and  involve the learners in drills . This is ineffective for any learners looking forward to learning new grammatical rules. Learners must know how to function these rules in quotidian life. otherwise, they will not be able to osmose them effortlessly. Therefore, what is the most ideal fashion to make learners osmose grammatical rules?

Here are some suggested fashions:

1- Perusal

Instructors/teachers  might start their grammar classes by providing their learners with a text including the new grammatical rule that will be talked about in their classes. Instructors/teachers can utilize a text from the coursebooks or a text from books .

Afterwards, instructors/teachers will ask their classes after being grouped to present their observations about the grammar of the text. They discuss all the observations with all the groups. Then, instructors/teachers explain the new rule to their classes. At this juncture, those learners will find the new grammatical rule smoothly simple.

2- Administering Lacunas

Instructors/teachers will ask the learners to conceal the text. Then they distribute this text as an exercise where all the sentences with the  particles with new grammatical rule are replaced with blank spaces, so that the learner endeavor to fill them out.

Instructors/ teachers may give the learners direct rills on the new rule before handling this activity.In fact, that will depend on the academic levels of the learners. So this option is decided by instructors/ teachers who are running the class.

3-Praxes

A this point, instructors/teachers will test if the learners have already osmosed the new rule.

Hence, they will ask the learners to put this rule into practice via asking the class groups to make up conversations or dialogues within a few minutes before  initiating  the grammar activities in the coursebook.

The Most Common Grammatical Problems that Learners Stagger With

Before demonstrating the problems, instructors/ teachers have to know how to get a fix on these problems:

Being Self-Corrective

Some instructors/teachers in some cultures are keen on correcting every single mistake for their learners. This is an outmoded orientation, as instructors/teachers should accord the learners  opportunities to self-correct their own mistakes. Learners should always attempt to correct their mistakes by themselves, then consul their instructors/teachers to verify how far they can correct the mistakes.

Instructors/teachers might face lazy learners disregarding handling class activities or shy learners having lack of self-confidence. Out of these attitudes, instructors/teachers have to react actively towards their learners. As for lazy learners, instructors/teachers could react toward them by assigning strict grading system for their in compliance to doing the activity. On the other hand,  instructors / teachers can encourage shy learners to contact the active classmates with the purpose of having an academic assistance. Team work among classmates can create phenomenal results.

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