How has your understanding of the following changed because of your studies in this class?
language?
communication?
human beings?
yourself?
I enjoyed teaching you this semester. Please enjoy this life.
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Today there will be one final presentation, then we will practice writing an autobiography and citations.
I will also answer student questions about their specific essay.
Next week (Jan. 23rd) will be the last class, and essays must be handed in on this day.
Homework
Finish writing your essay.
Your essay should
be between 800-1,500 words
be in academic format (double-spaced),
have at least 5 paragraphs (introduction, body and conclusion)
have a bibliography – a list of all the books, articles, websites, movies, videos, etc. you read or watched in your research.
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(Email me your essay topic if you were absent today.)
Your essay should
be between 800-1,500 words
be in academic format (double-spaced),
have at least 5 paragraphs (introduction, body and conclusion)
have a bibliography – a list of all the books, articles, websites, movies, videos, etc. you read or watched in your research.
NB: the makeup class for cancelled week 6 will be on January 10th, not December 13th or 20th.
Today’s class
Presentation on “Phonemes and parts of speech”, by Ms. Sugihara and Yoshioka.
Presentation on “Intonation”, by Ms Makiyama and Odahara.
In the last 20-30 years, there has developed a strange way of talking among young native English speakers: they raise their intonation at the end of non-question (declarative) sentences. Here’s a comedian demonstrating this and asking why. It sounds like a lack of confidence, as if the speaker isn’t really sure, or wants to appear unsure rather than confident. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCNIBV87wV4
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Choose your essay topic by next class December 19th.
Next class: December 19th.
NB: the makeup class for cancelled week 6 will be on January 10th, not December 13th or 20th.
Today’s class
Presentation on “Some English Accents”, by Ms. Chikaraishi, Kimura and Koshiyama.
Presentation on “Linking, Elision and Assimilation”, by Ms Honjo, Konishi and Masuda.
How to do an Irish accent httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2PHch4IPPQ
Spanish speaker of English – miscommunication httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-oH-TELcLE
How a Spanish speaker says the sounds “s”, “g/h” and “b/v”. And the other men in the scene speak with an Irish accent. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TES2kgPF4Wk&list=PLAEB72D6A3F4E40CA&index=4
Kenneth Williams talking about (and imitating) his Cockney father’s way of speaking (from 5:15 – 6:33 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7_IWWAlMJg&t=5m15s
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Next class: Decmber 5th. Presentation on “How to create languages in tribes”, and a presentation by Ms. Isoda, Kamada and Miyamoto.
NB: the makeup class for cancelled week 6 will be on January 10th, not December 13th or 20th.
Today’s class
Presentation by Ms. Nishihara, Okada and Shono on “Phonetics: English pronunciation that is hard for Japanese speakers”.
Scottish accent: listen to the song “I’m on my way” sung by the Scottish group “The Proclaimers” (and used in the soundtrack of the movie “Shrek”).
how do Scots pronounce the “ay” (ɛɪ ) sound of standard English, as in “way” and “today”?
how do Scots pronounce the “igh” (ɒɪ) sound of standard English, as in “right”?
how do Scots pronounce the “ow” (ɒʊ) sound of standard English, as in “town” and “down”?
Which English sounds are difficult for Japanese speakers to make? Why?
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Next class: November 28th. Presentation on “Pronunciation in English: what is hard for Japanese speakers”.
NB: the makeup class for cancelled week 6 will be on January 10th, not December 13th or 20th.
Today’s class
Presentation by Hasegawa, Hayano and Tsuchida on “Different class accents in the UK”.
Noel Gallagher is from Manchester and speaks English with a Manchester accent.
Characteristics include:
glottal stop instead of the sound ‘t’ inside words
dropping of final ‘g’ and final ‘t’ (same as in Cockney and in Black American English)
the ʌ sound in standard English (RP) becomes ʊ
Here’s a video explaining the British class system and accents
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVyPme3CcaQ
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What kind of sounds are difficult for Japanese speakers to make?
Bilabials, dentals, dental-labials, some alveolar sounds like ‘r’ and ‘l’.
What kind of sounds are difficult for a ventriloquist to make?
Bilabials, dental-labials.
What are the characteristics of Cockney accent?
Dropped ‘H’, glottal stop instead of double T, ‘th’ (voiced) becomes ‘d’ or ‘v’, ‘th’ (unvoiced) becomes ‘f’, vowels deepened and broadened.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnjGNJ5JL8w
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q9UAbxNlWg
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