Lesson 2 Varieties of English Look at the following pictures and guess where are they
Tell me what language do they speak as their native/ first language
Do they have different accents
Match the key words with the same meaning in the list Flat-------apartment Film-------movie Post-------mail Rubbish-----trash Pavement----sidewalk Listen and decide true or false 1
Pam is American
Robert comes from Australia
The more different accents you hear the more confused you get
Richard has an Australian English accent
Pam and Robert say “classroom” the same way
The kinds of accents American accent The pronunciation The intonationBritish accentAustralian accentTell the students how to identify different English accents: Listen to the tape and do exercise 6, 7, and8 Keys