Assignment to be submitted - choose a, b or c:

You are standing in Regent's park in London when an American couple walks up to you and asks for the subway. Since you have spent a couple of months in London you point to what you think is a subway. They are not amused. They want to go to Piccadilly circus, not cross under the street. You decide that next time you will be prepared!

"Put him in the trunk. Hurry, the police is on the way."
"In the trunk? What do you mean in the trunk?"
The corpse is lying on the pavement (or the sidewalk?) while the two criminals - an American and an Englishman- argue about where to place it.

Spelling differences:

Can you think of any spelling differences between American English and British English offhand?
Here's a list of some words, as they are spelled in the U.S. How would you spell them if you were writing British English?

1. Favorite

2. Color

3. Center

There's no key to this exercise, send in your questions to the newsgroup!

B. Writing: search for information and then submit a comment.

Are you more interested in differences between other variants of English - regional (Canadian, African etc.) or social? Write a short text where you describe some of the differences. Submit it to your project group.

C. Writing: something that you've experienced

Have you ever experienced any problems (pronunciaton, choice of words etc.) yourself? Describe the situation and submit your text either to your tutor or to the project group.