Visiting Sheringham
My flatmate and I were invited to the beautiful and charming port town of Sheringham last Tuesday to speak as part of the primary school's Intercultural Festival. We met with Years 5 and 6 (10- and 11-year-olds) to discuss American language, money, movies, food, politics, and culture in general.
We started with a quiz - you'd be surprised how many words are very different in the US and the UK! You can get the quiz online here. If you're American, see if you can figure out how a British schoolkid would answer! If you're not American or British...which kind of English do you think you know better, American English or British English? They're quite different!
We joined the kids for lunch - it has been a while since either of us were in a school cafeteria!
And then we got to explore the beautiful town of Sheringham, and get down to the beach!
We started with a quiz - you'd be surprised how many words are very different in the US and the UK! You can get the quiz online here. If you're American, see if you can figure out how a British schoolkid would answer! If you're not American or British...which kind of English do you think you know better, American English or British English? They're quite different!
We joined the kids for lunch - it has been a while since either of us were in a school cafeteria!
And then we got to explore the beautiful town of Sheringham, and get down to the beach!
This is not what an American thinks of as "Red Lobster" - for us, it's a seafood chain restaurant with amazing cheddar biscuits (and we don't mean cookies - more like scones)!
Let's dine in Sherwood Forest!
It was a really fun day, and a great chance to see more of Norfolk County, home to UEA!
Becca Farnum
American Student Ambassador
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