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:
British  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtXcrElq5jM
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)