Social class

Social class are economic or cultural arrangements of groups in society. In Britain, classes are divided into three groups, the upper class, the middle class and the lower or working class.

The upper class generally include very rich people coming for example from aristocracies families. The middle class include people business peoples, or professionals. And the lower class regroup people who work to survive.

Despites people from different class are all human; there are many things that differentiate them. According to the video that has been watched in class Channel4 (2011), they were many differences between a northern working class girls and an urban upper class girl. These differences were mainly based on the gesture, the language, the posture... And what was really surprising above the video were the fact that there is a way to speak that makes people believe that you are coming from an upper class, also the way her teacher were learned her how to turn her mouth when she might wanted to speak in front of people.

Generally, people might define or use the word “posh” for wealthy people with elegant and luxurious house.

References: Channel4 (2011) “Shop girl to It girl”. Available at: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/faking-it/4oD#2922253. Accessed (22/06/2011).

benefits of nhs

The National Health Service (NHS) is a service providing health care to all residents of the United Kingdom. His aim it to make sure that anyone in the UK can receive the medical care they need, regardless of their age, or financial situation. The NHS offers many benefits to all the UK residents.

able to ask advice to a pharmacist depending on the importance of the illness. 

 In term of cost, the NHS provides care free of charge to most UK residents. IT entitles people to diagnostic care and treatment for any illness or health concern. Treatment free of charge can be received from everything from minor ailments such as colds or even serious diseases such as diabetes and cancer.

In term of care, the NHS depending on the nature of people problem offers a range of services to provide the general public with suitable healthcare. It is also designed to offer to people whatever care they need throughout their life.

To benefits from it, all the residents should be registered with a General Practician(GP). And once they seek help because they feel unwell he might also be able to inform them about the care options available for them.

Reference:  Monetos(2011): "Advantages of the NHS". Available at: http://www.monetos.co.uk/insurance/health-insurance/nhs/advantages/. Accessed(28/06/2011)

Media-Newspaper

News is the elements of the mass media which focus on delivering new to a general public. These include print media, broadcast news and the internet.

Print media are the one including newspapers and newsmagazines. In Britain there are a variety of newspapers. Some popular of them are The Guardian, The independent and the Daily telegraph.

Tabloids and broadsheets are both used for news. But some differences between them are:

*Tabloids use more color, have shorter sentence, and use more pictures.

* Broadsheets have longer sentences, use little or no color, and use small picture.

Five different newspapers have been choosing in this case. All of them are dated of Monday 9^th May 2011. These with their headlines are:

 -Western Mail: Work with labour to from new coalition, parties are urged.

-Echo South Wales: This Hilton is “too cheap” for Butetown.

-The daily telegraph: Workers are 40 pc better off in public sector.

-The Guardian: Nato units left 61 migrants to die of hunger and thirst.

-The Independent: Shadow over Sellafield.

While from the same day, each newspaper has him own headline. It easy to recognize the headline with the fact that it is written in big print, followed by a brief summary and also with the expressions “more page…”, “continued on page…” Even if they all have these differences on the headlines, all of them have the same information included.

Sport and competition

In Britain, sport sometimes plays a more important part in people’s lives than in most other countries. British are also the one of the best in the world in a much larger number of different sports than other country. Every year there is a calendar establishing that shows some of the most important sporting events. This month, the next one is The Derby horse racing on the flat and the Wimbledon tennis fortnight.

Wimbledon is the oldest tournament which has been taking place from as early as 1877. It being one of the most loved tournaments of not only the English but the entire world. It is also one of the Grand Slam tennis tournaments along with Australian Open, the French Open and the US Open. Wimbledon held at the end of June and lasts till early July; That is the reason why people call it "Wimbledon tennis fortnight". It lasts for 13 days to be precise, with five major events, four junior events and four invitanional events in the famous tennis club in Wimbledon, South West of London. According to Wimbledon: " the most important dates this year are: Qualifying: 13June-16June, Seeds Announced: 16June, The Championships: 20June-3July, The Draw: 17June". 

One of the most popular tennis man players is Roger Federer and one of the most popular tennis woman players is Serena Williams.

References

Wimbledon (2011) Wimbledon. Available at: http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/index.html (Accessed: 07/06/2011).