COUNTRY STUDIES THROUGH ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Abstract

Students are more connected to the world than ever before, through social media, online gaming, and popular culture that is more international than ever. Unfortunately, there is a difference between being connected to the world through popular culture and the Internet, and having an actual understanding of the world outside of one’s home country. The purpose of this manual is to help students be competent in a county study of the UK and the USA through a language and develop their communicative competence. This study attempts to review the history, geography, arts and culture of the UK and the USA in a concise and objective manner. The country study of the UK and the USA is a fascinating field in its own right, but it also provides a valuable perspective for the contemporary study of the language. The historical account promotes a sense of identity and continuity, and enables us to find coherence in many fluctuations and conflicts of present-day English language use. It is mainly focused on its dominant social, political, economic, and cultural aspects.