British traditions and customs

Why is it important not only study language, but to study culture too?
What british traditions and customs do you know?
What is the attitude of the British to their culture and traditions?
What similarities of British and Russian cultures do you know?

Our hypothesizes
If you know English language you will understand the british without difficulties.
It is not enough to know only English you have to study culture too.

The methods of investigations
Studying of regional geography books, and information from the Internet
Comparison of british and russian cultures
Analysis of the results
Conclusion-answer to the question “Why it is not enough to know only language for understanding the foreigner?»

Traditions of Britain
Traditions are very important for the british
Left-hand transportation
English breakfast is famous for it is solidity
British value home and relatives
British love animals
Sport games-golf, cricket,polo
British value pure English Language
The most important holidays are Christmas and Easter

Russian traditions
Russians value not only official holidays but also Christmas and Easter
Russians measure life according to seasons
Russians value home and Motherland
Russian cuisine is very varied and rich

The most important differences
Russians can ask personal questions to each other, But for british it is taboo.
British people always change clothes for the dinner, Russians not.
The British can listen to the speaker attentively, but it does not mean that they understand you.

Do Russian and British cultures have similarities?
There some similarities in Russian and British cultures
People of these countries have interest in each others literature
For example festival “Pushkin in Britain”, festival of Russian poetry.

It is not enough to know only language for understanding people, it is important to know their culture
There are some similarities in the cultures of both countries, but there are a lot of differences.
It is important to study linguistic and cultural guides, the Internet, and visit other countries

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