Accents

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• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Differences American versus British English

Differences in accents

Writing

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In which countries is English the first language?

do you pronounce the words with an American or English accent?

difference?

Americans usually pronounce every “r” in a word, while the British tend to only pronounce the “r” when it's the first letter of a word. There are also differences between American and British English in the areas of spelling, vocabulary and grammar

how do you pronounce...

 bath 

 tomatoes

laugh

ask

ear

better

mobile

british vs american

Type some differences in vocabulary. E.g: UK: sweets AM: candy.

now...

let's write and speak 

put in the right order and answer...

tv show/I/will/watch/a/never/is...

let's talk...

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lessons

A2

chapter 2

Warming-up

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