Phonetics (for the holidays)

Watch these two short videos. Think how you would answer these questions. Take notes while watching and be ready to discuss them in the class.

1. Who are the guests in the programme? What do they do? What is their book about?

2. What's the difference between a dialect and an accent? What are they characterised by?

3. How do accents appear? Why are there so many accents in the UK? 

4. Do the accents change over time? Why? What contributes to this change? Will there still be different English accents in the future?

5. What is RP? And what are the major accents across the UK? Which do you like best of all?

Make sure you have these materials for the classes: 1, 2, 3 and the books. 

It's a great resource that will help you improve your listening comprehension by completing song lyrics: http://lyricstraining.com/.