Lesson 3: The Hound of the English Language

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 4

The Hound of the English Language

How You Doin'?

What does Joey mean when he says "How you doin'?"

Today's Lesson

• Start-Up
• What Does Joey Do?
• Context Clues
• From Watson to Sherlock
  
• Wrap-Up

What does Joey do that changes the meaning of the question "how are you doing?"

• Speaker(s)
  

1. Accent
   
2. Tone
3. Stress

• Intent

• Genre:

1. Common for the Genre
2. Vocabulary

• Visuals:

1. Body Language
2. Situation

For Your Fragment

We'll be looking at your fragment today, at the end you will know:

1. What accent your speaker(s) use & why
   
2. What does your speaker do (stress words/tone/etc.) to convey their message?
3. What vocabulary is used in your fragment & the genre of your fragment?

The Speaker

Gather together in your groups,  you may move the tables around! Have a look at your fragment; 

• What accent does the speaker use? Why do you think they speak in that accent? 
  
• What techniques do they use to convey their message? Think about tone/stress on certain words etc.
  

The Fragment

Have a look at your type of fragment.

• What is the genre of your fragment & what type of vocabulary is common within that genre?
• What vocabulary is used in your fragment? Note these down in your booklet.

Finished?

Has your group made a good list of vocabulary & wrote it all down in your booklet? Fantastic, great job!

You can now continue thinking of questions for your listening test. The idea is you make quite a few, so we can choose from them next lesson!

Wrap-up

• How you doin'?
• Interesting accent/vocab?

Next time: In your group, think of 15 questions, 5 of each level.

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