(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
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