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Varieties of English - accents

Varieties of English - accents. Examples from Youtube : American Australian British Irish Scottish Pidgin. Firstly – The definitions. Standard language –The variety of a language treated as the official language and used in public broadcasting, publishing and education

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Varieties of English - accents

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  1. Varietiesof English - accents Examples from Youtube: American Australian British Irish Scottish Pidgin

  2. Firstly – The definitions • Standard language –The variety of a language treated as the official language and used in public broadcasting, publishing and education • Accent – The many several ways in which language can be pronounced • Dialect – Variation in grammar, spelling, vocabulary and pronunciation • Pidgin – A simplified form of speech, usually a mixture of two or more languages. With simplified grammar and vocabulary. Used for communication between groups speaking different languages. • Creole – A pidgin which has developed into a mother tongue. It has become a native language for the people in that specific region

  3. American English • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKc_CybBfzs&feature=related • Can sound completely different though; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R30D7v5RRSY Has approximately 280,950,438 (2007) speakers ifyoucount the americans – buthowmanypeoplespeakAmerican English in the rest of the worldifyouthinkabout it?

  4. CanyouthinkofanyothervarietiesofAmerican English?

  5. Australian English • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG0v9tZStAk&feature=fvst • DidyounoticeanydifferencesbetweenAustralian English and American English? • In Australia, thereare 22,620,600 (2011) inhabitants.

  6. British • Tons of different accents; • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWNQfPDpt-Y • Yorkshire • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvGHIW3GQv8 • London • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnjGNJ5JL8w • RP • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNu3q5ODgqs • Howwouldyou rank thesevaritieswhen it comesto status? Whichonewill be on the top? Whichone on the bottom?

  7. Scottish • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3J8FYKZ52w

  8. Irish • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT9xuXQjxMM • Ireland has 4,487,000 inhabitants(2011).

  9. Timetodiscusswhatyouhaveheard • Whatareyourthoughts on the position in the world for thesevarities? If youconsiderhowfamiliaryouarewiththem, howmany speakers theyhaveetc… • Discuss in groups.

  10. Pidgin/Creole • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7X9AAeDCr4 • A pidgin is a varietyof a languagethatdeveloped for some practical purpose, for an example trading. An English pidgin is a languagewhich has developed from English, mainly. • Thereareseveral English pidginsusedtoday, outofwhichyouwillhearonetypenow. • Therearebelievedto be betweensix and twelve million people still speaking pidgin languages.

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