The aim of the course “The World Around Us” is to introduce students to English speaking countries: the UK, the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India as well as to highlight the idea about the world as a single space where English language serves as a means of communication.

Each page of the course devoted to a specific country to give the students general outlook and develop their language skills.

• Laser Malcolm Mann Steve Taylore-Knowles Macmillan 2012

• English O.V. Afanasyeva 1999

• Elementary economics and business S.A. Sheveleva 2003

• Добрый день, Британия! Л.С.Барановский, Д.Д. Козикис , «Московский лицей», 1997.

• http://www.englishelp.ru/country-study/great-britain.html

• http://www.royal.gov.uk

• http://titova.ffl.msu.ru/the-united-states-by-regions-links.html

• http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/countries/geography_great_britain.htm

• http://www.about-australia.com/facts/

• http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Canadian_Geography.htm

• www.English-globe.ru

• http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/word-street/four-nations

• http://projectbritain.com/

• http://www.londontopic.co.uk/buildings.htm

• http://www.mobilestudy.org/doquiz/17667/

• http://www.mobilestudy.org/doquiz/17668/

WEEK 1 The UK

WEEK 2 England

WEEK 3 Scotland

WEEK 4 Wales

WEEK 1 Northern Ireland

WEEK 2 The USA

WEEK 3 Australia

WEEK 4 New Zealand

Texts, tests, tables, exercises, charts, maps, video, audio as well as instructions and assignments you can find on the pages of “The World Around Us”

http://www.countriescustoms.blogspot.ru/