7/19/2013 Fri
We watched youtube videos again. It was about different accents in America. I thought it would be very useful because students who are from other countries often have troubles with understanding southern accent because they are not familiar with this accent.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-en-iDeZEE
(This is a really funny video, but I think it shows clear accents differences among the States.)
We have a discussion after the video about it is bad to have an accent when we speak in English. She told me that she thought people needed to try to not have an accent because when she hear people who have strong accents, they didn't sound they were good at English.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-zfwNBmFvw
I showed my tutee this video because it showed different opinions from hers. However, I somewhat agreed with her because clear accents (I mean without accents) are better for us to understand what people are saying clearly.
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