Week 8

Wednesday + Thursday

Which group are you in?
Find information about your cities!

Thursday towards the end of lesson:
Write a few notes about what you have done so far. How far ahead are you?
One member in each group sends me a mail.

Week 7

Thursday

Week 10: Visitor from Down under
Planner spring 2015

1.

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Kommunikationen i engelska ska innehålla:

Levnadsvillkor, attityder, värderingar och traditioner samt sociala, politiska och kulturella förhållanden i olika sammanhang och delar av världen där engelska används. Engelska språkets utbredning och ställning i världen.

 

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English speaking cities around the world!

What?

You are going to pick a city in an English speaking country somewhere in the world. Find information on the internet about the city so that you can give some basic facts about it. You are also going to take a closer look at one aspect of this city which interests you. It could be everything from: a famous sight, a famous person, a dialect, a sport, music, a tradition, a building, an area, company, current trend. Find information about this so that you can tell your friends about it. You should also find out if we have something similar in Sweden? Is there something in Sweden that could be compared to this?

Your presentation should contain 50% general facts about the city and 50% information about one aspect of the city that you find interesting (+ comparison to Sweden). 

 

How? 

You will give an oral presentation. You will work together in pairs and you will need to divide the work between the two of you. When you give your presentation both of you should be equally involved. Your presentation should take about 10 minutes. You are welcome to use power point/pictures/film clips. It makes the presentation more alive. Use keywords, but only words. Prepare! The more prepared you are the more you can let go of your text and you will feel more relaxed. How do you prepare? You simply give your presentation at home a few times. Audience? A friend/sibling/pet/or simply a wall! 

 

When?

We will start the presentations in week 12. All of you should be ready to give your presentation by then,

I still don't understand...!

 

Three examples: 

1.

You pick the city Liverpool in the UK and you give a presentation with basic facts about the city. You are interested in football so you present facts about the football club Liverpool FC. You make a comparison between the "football culture" in England compared to Sweden (based on your personal view). 

2.

You present facts about Sydney, Australia. You are also interested in the history of Aboriginals, so you find out more about this topic. You also make a comparison with indigenous people (ursprungsbefolkning) in Sweden "The Sami". 

3.

You are interested in cars/motors. You find facts and give a presentation about the city of Detroit, USA. You also briefly explain the history and current status of the company General Motors (or Ford) which has had a very large impact on this city. You also draw a paralell to SAAB and its impact on the Swedish city Trollhättan. 

English is spoken in several differents countries. Have a look at this page for more tips: 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_territorial_entities_where_English_is_an_official_language

2. Homework Wednesday: Pick a city, form a group of 2-3. Remember group work requires responsibility!



3.
Family Foster: The USA (14 min)
Family Foster: South Africa (14 min)
Family Foster: India (14 min)




Wednesday

Go through answers: Dialects/accents

World Englishes and Englishes of the World:

Read page 260-264 in Context (Not Caribbean English)
Try to answer the questions under Quick task, page 262, discuss together.

Family Foster: England

Week 6

Thursday

Kursplanen i engelska säger att det centrala innehållet omfatta bla:
"Talad engelska med viss regional och social färgning."

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British dialects

The United Kingdom is probably the most dialect-obsessed nation in the world. With countless accents shaped by thousands of years of history, there are few English-speaking nations with as many varieties of language in such a small space

 

What is the difference between accents and dialects?

Dialect = a form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group { from the Greek dialektos "discourse, way of speaking"}

Two examples of dialect in Britain are Yorkshire and Lowland Scots.

Accent = a way of pronouncing a language, associated with a country, area, or social class, an emphasis given to a syllable, word, or note.{from the Latin accentus "tone, signal, or intensity"}.

A person from Birmingham will have a different accent from a person from London.

Dialect can have words that are unique to itself and variant grammatical structures; Accents are variations in the way English is spoken.


Task 1:
Open this document in a separate window.
Listen to the following clip about English dialects: The UK and try to answer + discuss the questions on your work sheet. (work together with a friend). Write and save your answers, we will go through them in class.

Task 2:
Now listen to the following 7 clips and try to decide which dialects do they speak?

1. Dame Judi Dench, Actress

 

 

 

2. Ray Winstone, Actor

 

 

 

3. Geezer Butler, member of Black Sabbath

 

 

 

4. Noel Gallagher, member of the group Oasis

 



5. Trailer to the film Walking Ned

 

 

6. John Hannah, actor in the film Four weddings and a funeral

7. Formula one driver, Eddie Irvine (the first interview)

 


So, which dialects do they speak?

 

 

You might find this site interesting: http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/so...gional-voices/


EXTRA:
Listen to this clip and get a taste of several different English accents:

Wednesday:

2 groups

Group 1:
Speaking: Statements

Group 2:
Quiz
Strange conversation starters