In today's class we:
- Introduced 3 new vowel sounds: /əʊ/ boat AND /ɒ/ stop/want AND /ɜː/ shirt
- Did a translation exercise where we converted the sentence ("The cheeky monkey" into IPA form)
- Did a similar exercise where you wrote the IPA form of the sentence and someone else in class translated it
- Did exercises 16.2
- Spent some time in our groups discussing the presentation
- Looked at different accents and how to say them:
American http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5T3ubSdhSM
Scottish http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mALkCGVA2BU
German http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr7Q_GZlvis
- Briefly discussed the Mancunian accent
- Did exercise 20.1-20.3
- Introduced 3 new vowel sounds: /ɔɪ/ toy, coin AND /ɔː/ for. caught, law AND / aʊ / sound, brown
- Remember the next class on Friday 29th starts at 12.30pm (Please work on your group projects in the morning)