Week 10 Activity 3 by Mai Nguyen https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/WednesdayClass_Week10_Activity3 Share your EIL activity here. en-us 2017-05-09 22:33:45 UTC 2017-05-17 09:22:56 UTC hello@padlet.com Yan Li Target student :Chinese college students who age around 20 years old. They are from different provinces in China with distinguishing and various accents, all of them major in English.Activity:1.Let students watch a video (the song “let it go” in different Chinese accent version)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaz1rEoJTtk2. Require students to discuss the language phenomenon of the video and talk about their own accent in group.3. After discussion, students will realize the different varieties of Chinese accent, and similar to the Chinese accent, let students to reflect the function of different varieties of English.Different varieties of English is common like people would have different accent within one region, it is an inevitable trend with the development of globalization. We should study SE and in the meanwhile, accept English diversity. Familiarity with different English varieties will help speakers from different languages to communicate with each other. https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/WednesdayClass_Week10_Activity3/wish/171152688  ]]> 2017-05-11 03:03:05 UTC https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/WednesdayClass_Week10_Activity3/wish/171152688 Maho https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/WednesdayClass_Week10_Activity3/wish/172235200 Contexts: 20 Japanese students who study English as a second language at university in Japan. The average age is 20 year old and the average IELTS score is overall 5.5. They plan to apply for a study abroad program to U.S, England or Australia, but they haven’t decided to which countries to go. The class aims to develop students’ English ability as well as their knowledge about English variation in the Inner Circle countries.
1. Watch the YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg8jS-AMyMo and learn why English has developed as an international languages.
2. Watch the YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvbEODnJVTc and learn how English is different in terms of pronunciation and spelling even in the Inner Circle countries, U.S, England and Australia.
In this class, students will learn that even English spoken in U.S, England and Australia, which are regarded as a Standard English have different variations.]]> 2017-05-17 02:50:31 UTC https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/WednesdayClass_Week10_Activity3/wish/172235200