PORTFOLIO #10: Discourse and Context in Language Teaching

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PORTFOLIO # 14 Final Reflection

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PORTFOLIO # 12 Videos

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1- The Inspector needs "a flawless American accent": In the first video we can see a clear example of “accent”.  When we talk about “accent” we are referring to the “differences in aspects of pronunciation that identify where an individual speaker is from, regionally or socially”. By hearing the inspector’s accent we can see a variation in the way he is speaking English. His accent identifies him as French. In order to not raise any suspicion, the inspector needs to acquire a perfect English accent. The woman is trying to teach him the Standard American English but he has some difficulties with the pronunciation. 2- Students' dialects? In the second video we can see an example of “dialects”. The term “dialect” involves much more than differences in pronunciation. This term is used to describe features of grammar and vocabulary as well. The people in this video present these kinds of differences in their speech. For example, they have problems with gram...
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PORTFOLIO # 13 Reflection

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