A. Read the words aloud and circle the stressed syllable in each word.

symbol ➞ symbolical stereotype ➞ stereotypical

history ➞ historical politics ➞ political
chauvinist ➞ chauvinistic emblem ➞ emblematic
patriot ➞ patriotic

What do you notice about the stress in adjectives ending in -ical and –ic?

B. British Teens : note what the British teens say about stereotypes about nationalities.

C
a. Listen and note the interviewee’s words or comments that make their classmates laugh in the background.

b. Use the following verbs to express the boy’s and the two girls’ feelings and opinions.

live ● love ● hate ● feel ● have ● think

c. Do the same with the following adjectives :

proud ● protective ● happy ● ridiculous ● ashamed ● patriotic

D. Listen to the questions.

Underline the stressed words and the question with a clearly rising intonation.

a. What do you think people think of when they think British?

b. And any particular stereotypical character that comes to mind?
c. What does it mean to you to be British?
d. Okay, do you think of yourself as British? English?
e. Okay, and I’m going to ask you, when you think of French people, German people, Italian people, is there
a stereotype that comes into your mind, could you describe it?Task 2
Task 3