In today's class we:
- Discussed the Fawlty Towers American episode
- Watched a video on the differences of British v American English http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-do-an-american-accent
- Watched a video of an actress doing 21 different accents in 3 minutes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UgpfSp2t6k
- Re-capped the vowel/consonant sounds from the last class
- Introduced 3 new vowel sounds (all monopthongs) /ʌ/ under AND /ʊ/ book AND /uː/ soon
- Did exercises 18.1-18.3
- Discussed single vowel exclamations (see below)
- Spent some time in our groups discussing the presentation (before lunch)
- Looked at 3 new consonant sounds /ð/ the (unvoiced) AND /θ/ thought (voiced) AND /ŋ/ sing
- Did exercises 17.1-17.3
- Watched a video about how to speak with a British accent http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtXcrElq5jM
- Watched a video about how to lose your native accent http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL_OcLayJPg&feature=relmfu
- Watched a video about how to speak like a cockney http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnjGNJ5JL8w
- Spent some more time in our groups preparing our presentation