Global English

Pre-int 4, lesson 15 discusses about varieties of Englishes round the world. The reading text gives a clear description of the differences. But, very few students can really notice the differences of the accents people have or use when they speak in English. The following clips provide excellent models of some of the accents discussed in the text, and other hilarious accents too. 

21 Accents

The woman in the clip above speaks rather fast. Yet, students can get the clue of what accents she is speaking in from the supposed countries she says she is from. The teacher can assign the students to write as many countries/accents they can get from the clip. The teacher can play it twice.

15 Classic Accents

For the clip above, students do not have to guess what accents the man is speaking in because there is a running text explaining them. The teacher might want to assign individual student to imitate a different accent and then have a whole class mingle activity, a role play, in which students have to speak in the accent assigned to them. It will be fun!