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. 2.Robert comes from Australia. 3.The more different accents you hear the more confused you get. 4.Richard has an Australian English accent. 5.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 to exercise 6 :1.B, 2.A, 3.A, 4.B, Keys to exercise 7: 1.Australian 2. British 3. British 4. Australian 5.British 6. Australian Keys to exercise 8: Jan---British Pattie----American Shane----Australian Listening strategies:Identify the situation and people 1. look at the choices and guess what is going to be talked 2.catch the important words 3.pay attention to the sound effects 4.judge the formal or informal language 5.the intonation of the speaker Keys to exercise 9 and 10 Keys to exercise 9: 1,b) 2.a) 3.c) 4.a) Keys to exercise 10: 1.If you like, 2.I’d prefer not, 3.Is it all right if 4.I’m afraid, 5.Will you be, 6.Could you possibly, 7.I was wondering if, 8.Do you think I could, 9. Could you, 10. I wonder if, 11. Would you be possible, 12. I’m sorry, but
