CONTENTS
UNIT 1. LANGUAGE AND CULTURE. WORLD VARIETIES OF ENGLISH
UNIT 2. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH
UNIT 3. THE UNITED KINGDOM – BASIC FACTS
UNIT 4. GLIMPSES OF BRITISH HISTORY
UNIT 5. THE PARLIAMENTARY MONARCHY
UNIT 6. EDUCATION IN THE UK
UNIT 7. CULTURAL LIFE. CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS
UNIT 8. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – BASIC FACTS
UNIT 9. AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM
UNIT 10. GLIMPSES OF AMERICAN HISTORY
UNIT 11. THE USA POLITICAL SYSTEM
UNIT 12. A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS
UNIT 13. CULTURAL VARIETY. CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS
UNIT 14. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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