Accents

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WORKSHEET 1 Assignment 5

ACCENTS

What things do
you think of when
you hear the word
"accent"?

Trevor Noah

You are now going to watch two videos by the comedian Trevor Noah about accents and you are going to answer questions about them as you watch them. 

02:13

Do you think you have an accent? When do you hear your accent and do you think you can ever get lose your accent? Please explain.

03:46

What point about accents is Trevor making here?

06:58

Why do you think people are proud of being able to speak for example French and not a language like Afrikaans?

00:41

According to Trevor Noah, each accent has its own connotation to it. He says that if you speak French you are .......

01:30

Russian accent sounds ......

03:35

Why do we think Arabic sounds scary according to Trevor Noah?

1. Because it sounds like boom!
2. Because every time we hear Arabic in a film something bad is going to happen, boom!
3. Because it is not sexy

05:12

To what profession does a Russian sound like according to Trevor?

Now continue with worksheet 1 assignment 6 

Now continue with worksheet 1 assignment 6