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Listen to the recordings of Task1 and try to understand what the persons talk about

Fill in the Worksheet 4 : you will use it in your Skype conversation.

You may put additional questions on the back of your sheet if you want to use them in the skype conversation.

Objectif : comprendre des locuteurs avec des accents variés

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listen to the recordings again before answering the questions

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Listen to the list of words and fill in the Worsheet 3 Objectif : decrire les accent et identifier les difficultés au niveau du sens

Put the accents in order of difficulty from the one that you find the hardest to understand to the one you find is the easiest to understand.

Then describe the accents, focus on the pronounciation, the intonation, the voices, consonants, vowels, etc. You can use the questions below to guide you in your answers, do not forget to give examples of the sounds you heard in the audio recordings.

- how are they talking? who is talking (man / woman)?

- are they speaking fast / slow? do they pronounce each letter?

- can you hear the vowel sounds and consonant sounds? describe them.

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Objectifs :
- Je suis capable de comprendre l'essentiel de messages prononcés par un locuteur et dans divers accents de la langue anglaise

(- Je suis capable de reconnaître et de nommer différents accents)

- Je suis capable de reproduire quelques mots prononcés dans différents accents.

- Je suis capable de décrire des différences entre plusieurs accents

- Je suis capable de m'exprimer avec une prononciation et une intonation claire et pertinente lors d'une conversation avec un natif

- Je suis capable d' expliquer ce qu'est un accent

- Je suis capable de situer certains accents en analysant quelques sons

- Je suis capable d'adapter mon niveau d'expression à la situation et au destinataire de mon message

- Je suis capable d'utiliser l'outil informatique pour effectuer des recherches ou effectuer une présentation
- Je suis capable d'analyser certaines caractéristiques des accents dans le but de m'éloigner des préjugés Tâches : - Task 1 - Questions / Answers Listen to the accents and fill in the grid on Worksheet 1 Objectif : identifier ses difficultés de compréhension - Task 2 - Accent Tags Listen to the list of words and fill in the Worsheet 2 Objectif : mettre en place des stratégies de compréhension - Task 3 - Accent Tags Listen to the list of words and fill in the Worsheet 3 Objectif : classifier les accents - discriminer les sons - Task 4 - Questions /Answers
Listen to the recordings of Task1 and try to understand what the persons talk about
Fill in the Worksheet 4 : you will use it in your Skype conversation. Objectif : comprendre des locuteurs avec des accents variés - Task 5 / Final Task - Skype Conversation Discuss with your pen pal on Skype. Record your first conversation with your pen pal. Get to know eachother before you meet. You may use the questions of the QUESTIONS / ANSWERS recordings : use Worsheet 4. You may put additional questions on the back of your sheet if you want to use them in the skype conversation. Example : How do you call your grandparents ? Objectif : comprendre un correspondant - découvrir son vocabulaire, ou sa façon de prononcer les mots, son intonation

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After listening to the recordings, you can begin answering the grid

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Listen to the list of words and fill in the Worsheet 2 Objectif : mettre en place des stratégies de compréhension

Listen carefully to the audio recordings and focus on the way the accents sound. Pair up the accents that, you think sound similar and give your idea on what kind of accents they can be, example: English accent, American accent , etc. Answer the last question by giving examples of words or sounds you thought were difficult to understand.

- which accents are similar in the way they sound?

- what guess can you make about the origin of the accents?

- did you have any difficulties understanding the accents?

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This is the grid you have to fill in

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Listen to the accents and fill in the grid on Worksheet 1.

Objectif : identifier ses difficultés de compréhension

In the audio recording, different people with their own accents are talking, listen carefuly to each recording and answer the questions in the grid.

You also have an example of a French-speaking accent. Enjoy discovering an other ways of pronouncing words you use every day

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Task 5 / Final Task : Skype Conversation

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Task 5 / Final Task : Skype Conversation

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Discuss with your pen pal on Skype. Record your first conversation with your pen pal. Get to know eachother before you meet.

You may use the questions of the QUESTIONS / ANSWERS recordings : use Worsheet 4

Example : How do you call your grandparents ?

Objectif : comprendre un correspondant - découvrir son vocabulaire, ou sa façon de prononcer les mots, son intonation

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Quebecois Accent Tag (français) questions

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Aunt, Roof, Route, Wash, Oil, Theater, Iron, Salmon, Caramel, Fire, Water, Sure, Data, Ruin, Crayon, Toilet, New Orleans, Pecan, Both, Again, Probably, Spitting image, Alabama, Lawyer, Coupon, Mayonnaise, Syrup, Pajamas, Caught, Naturally, Aluminium, Envelope