Speaking test lesson

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo k
• Leerjaar 1

Welcome!

Today:

- Speaking 

- Test explanation

- Practice

Lesson goals

- You can tell the difference between different accents.

- You have practiced speaking in different accents.

- You know what to do for your speaking test. 

What is an Accent?

What English accents
do you know?

Let's test your knowledge

Do you know what accent this is?

Do you recognise this?

Spoken fragment

This is Welsh - Not an accent, nor a dialect, but a language (like Frisian).

Queen Elizabeth II speaks ...

1. RP English
2. Cockney
3. Southern American
4. Oxford English

Amy MacDonald speaks ...

1. Irish
2. Scottish
3. Welsh
4. Bostonian

The Kardashians speak ...

1. Canadian
2. Cockney
3. Californian
4. Southern American

Why is it helpful to know certain accents?

You can close your laptops!

Speaking test

- 2 conversations

- Record them

- Hand them in via Teams

Hand in your recordings via Teams

Deadline: Monday the 30th June