2. Lesson 2 Varieties of English

3. Look at the following pictures and guess where are they. Tell me what language do they speak as their native/ first language. Do they have different accents?

5. Match the key words with the same meaning in the list  Flat-------apartment  Film-------movie  Post-------mail  Rubbish-----trash  Pavement----sidewalk

6. Listen and decide true or false  1.Pam is American.  2.Robert comes from Australia.  3.The more different accents you hear the more confused you get.  4.Richard has an Australian English accent.  5.Pam and Robert say “classroom” the same way.

7. The kinds of accents American accent  The pronunciation  The intonation British accent Australian accent Tell the students how to identify different English accents:

8. Listen to the tape and do exercise 6, 7, and8  Keys to exercise 6 :1.B, 2.A, 3.A, 4.B,  Keys to exercise 7: 1.Australian 2. British 3. British 4. Australian 5.British 6. Australian Keys to exercise 8: Jan---British Pattie----American Shane----Australian

9. Listening strategies: Identify the situation and people 11. look at the choices and guess what is going to be talked 22.catch the important words 33.pay attention to the sound effects 44.judge the formal or informal language 55.the intonation of the speaker

10. Keys to exercise 9 and 10  Keys to exercise 9: 1,b) 2.a) 3.c) 4.a)  Keys to exercise 10:  1.If you like, 2.I’d prefer not,  3.Is it all right if 4.I’m afraid,  5.Will you be, 6.Could you possibly,  7.I was wondering if,  8.Do you think I could,  9. Could you, 10. I wonder if, 11. Would you be possible, 12. I’m sorry, but