NAB - Accents - phone needed

• Cambridge
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Video (1,5 min)

Q afterwards: which do you like best?

During listening: write that one in your notebook

Which English accent do you like best?

Goal: you know about the different accents for English

Today: - intro video (10)

- what do we know? (5)

- basics language (5)

- explanation Northern Ireland & Scotland + video (10)

- Wales + video (5)

- England + 2 videos (15)

- Quiz (10)

Different accents
in English

Explanation & videos accents

Questions afterwards

Accents          s

Wales, Scotland & Ireland also have Celtic languages 

(not accent)

the four nations

The United Kingdom is a country that includes:

 England

 Scotland

Wales

 Northern Ireland. 

Its official name is 

‘United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland’. 

 often mistaken as names of countries, but they are a part of the United Kingdom =

Northern-Ireland

Flag                            Belfast                 Shamrock        Northern-Ireland

Scotland

Flag                      Edinburgh               Thistle (distel)         Scotland

Saint Andrew's cross

Now: Scottish & Irish accent compared to English

Goal: you know about the different accents for English

Today: - intro video (10)

- what do we know? (5)

- basics language (5)

- explanation Northern Ireland & Scotland + video (10)

- Wales + video (5)

- England + 2 videos (15)

- Quiz (10)

Wales

Flag                            Cardiff                      Daffodil/Leek       Wales

we

Baner Cymru or Y Ddraig Goch

Now: Welsh accent

Goal: you know about the different accents for English

Today: - intro video (10)

- what do we know? (5)

- basics language (5)

- explanation Northern Ireland & Scotland + video (10)

- Wales + video (5)

- England + 2 videos (15)

- Quiz (10)

England

Flag                                    London                          Rose       England

   

The red cross of Saint George

Now: Cockney rhyming slang& English accents

Goal: you know about the different accents for English

Today: - intro video (10)

- what do we know? (5)

- basics language (5)

- explanation Northern Ireland & Scotland + video (10)

- Wales + video (5)

- England + 2 videos (15)

- Quiz (10)

In Kachmu's concentric circle, where is the Netherlands?

1. Inner
2. Outer
3. Expanding
4. New

Accents          s

Wales, Scotland & Ireland also have Celtic languages 

(not accent)

Is Welsh a language, an accent or a dialect?

1. Language
2. Dialect
3. Accent
4. All three

What is a synonym for the UK?

1. England
2. England, Wales, Scotland
3. England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland
4. England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

What is the capital of Northern Ireland?

1. Dublin
2. Belfast
3. Cork
4. Inverness

What is the flower of Scotland?

1. thistle
2. leek
3. bluebells
4. rose

Who is the patron saint of England?

1. St Patrick
2. St David
3. St George
4. St Andrew's

St Patrick = N Irel

St David = Wales

St Andrew = Scotland

Bring the descriptions of the accent (yelow parts) to the part of the UK (in red) it belongs to.

England

Wales

Scotland

Northern Ireland

Rolling "r", "t"often left out, glottal (looks like Dutch) "g" sound

Hard "r", soft "t

"r" often not pronounced, "t" quite hard

singy-songy, rolling "r", voice higher at end of sentence

What is the official name for "BBC English"?

1. Heightened Pronunciation
2. Received Pronunciation
3. East Anglian
4. West Country

What is the name for the accent spoken in Liverpool?

1. Cockney
2. Brummie
3. Geordie
4. Scouse

Cockney = London

Geordie = Northeast Eng (Newcastle upon Tyne)

Brummie = Birmingham

What does the cockney "dog and bone" mean?

1. phone
2. alone
3. loan
4. home

What does the Cockney "apples" stand for in rhyming slang?

1. red cheeks
2. do not compare (apples&oranges)
3. stairs
4. vape (from grape)

Full = apples and pairs (they often leave last part out) = stairs (rhymes with pears)

Inzichtsvraag: What does "trouble and strife" mean in Cockney rhyming slang?

EXTRA