Задание 23 Юнит 5 ГДЗ Вербицкая Forward 7 класс
Read the posts and discuss them in groups. What’s the difference between national identity and citizenship in the UK? in the Russian Federation?
BRITISH OR ENGLISH?
Many people overseas think that “English” is the same as “British”. It is not! People who are English are from the country of England, and it’s only one of the four countries of the UK. All the UK citizens, whether they live in Scotland, Wales, England or Northern Ireland, can be called British. They all have British passports. I haven’t got a passport yet, but I’m sure I’m British (my citizenship), and I’m Scottish (my nationality). But I’m not English!
Right you are! England is only one of the UK countries. The Scots and the Welsh sometimes get angry when they are referred to as English. I’m a Dubliner, I’m Irish, I live in the Republic of Ireland, and it’s an independent country, not part of the UK. And yet some people refer to me as “English”, probably because I speak English and consider it my native language. 94% citizens of the Republic speak English and only 36% speak Irish — still we are the Irish.
Although everyone in the UK has British citizenship, they have different nationalities. UK citizens state their national identity as English, Scottish, Welsh or Irish. I’m Welsh. We speak Welsh at home, and English is my second language. National identity and citizenship are not the same thing in many countries of the world. I’ve read that there are over 150 nationalities in Russia, and they are all Russian citizens!
National identity and citizenship are not the same thing.
In the UK, citizenship is British, but national identity can be English, Scottish, Welsh or Irish. For example, a person may be British by citizenship and Scottish by nationality.
In the Russian Federation, people are Russian citizens, but they may belong to different nationalities. So citizenship is the same for everyone, while national identity can be different.
