EY Y02 L23 Accents

  1. There are many places in your home country that have a strong regional accent. Name one. Tell me a word, phrase or intonation that is different?
  2. If someone asked you ‘What is your accent?’, what would you tell them? Do you like your accent? Why?
  3. Tell me about a colleague, family member, person on TV or someone you have met who you find very hard to understand because of the way they talk?
  4. Are there any minority languages that are only spoken in one region of your country? Tell me about one of them - is that language thriving or dying?
  5. As English learners, we have to adjust to many different accents* when doing examinations, lessons or listening activities. Which accent or accents do you find it easiest to hear? Has there been a teacher or an accent which you have found really hard to understand?
  6. If you were from Kansai and moved from Kansai to Kanto would you drop your Kansai accent? If you moved from Kanto to Kansai and had a Kanto accent, would you adopt a Kansai accent? Why?
* New Zealand, Australian, British, Scottish, Irish, South African, General American (standard US accent), East US (e.g. Boston, New York), American South (e.g. Texas), American West (e.g. California), Canadian etc.

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