(For theAudiovisuals /
Per
gli audiovisvi--›_.)
1.
Optional
reading: U.S. Accents Click-›__RP
and British varieties below: Click-›_
_
From: www.ling.upenn.edu/phono_atlas/NationalMap/NatMap1.html
What does "optional
reading" mean?
It means that this
publication gives you background information
On the exam, however,
you will not be asked to imitate American pronunciation or to transcribe
it. So the technical information in this publication will not be
necessary to pass the exam. On the other hand, in writing your reports,
you may be able to use some of the technical (phonological) information
from this publication. If you do, you will get a higher mark.
2.
Optional
reading:
Cultural
Styles*
Click here-›__
From: http://www.global-excellence.com
*con un'introduzione in italiano
This is a GUIDE TO SPEAKING ENGLISH AROUND THE WORLD, adapting your language and delivery style to the cultural context in which you find yourself.
The guide consists of a series of recommendations (do's and don't's... and what is behind them) for communicating effectively in a dozen or so cultures. The guide has been prepared for trainers but is useful for anyone who must deal with one of the cultures described.
The authors raise the following questions:
3.
Optional
reading::
An example of Intercultural
Consulting Click here-›_
From: http://www.global-intercultural-training.com
In a richly detailed report, a young graduate in Intercultural Communication from a California university describes her first job as an intercultural consultant to a company making computer parts in Malaysia.The report will give you an idea of what this kind of job entails but can also offer insights into similar work in government agencies, refugee programs, etc.
4. Optional reading:: Examples of
How cultural parameters translate into linguistic realizations.
(Materials discussed in class)
5. Slides presented in class
Organizing diversity: defining cultural parameters
6. Slides presented in class
Organizing discourse: from impulse to expression
1. Optional* audio activity. RP** English
*For the meaning of the word "optional", see Optional Reading 1 above.
**Received Pronunciation
- the accent that you cannot learn "in the street": you must receive from
your (aristocratic or upper class) family.
Press the buttons below :
To learn the phonetic symbols as defined by the IPA (International Phonetic Association), use a dictionary that follows IPA conventions (not all do.) Read the table of IPA symbols given by your dictionary while listening to the sounds of RP ("Received Pronunciation") English. Then listen to them again while practicing writing them. Then practice writing out the phonetic transcription of any word that comes to mind and check your transcription with the one the dictionary provides. If it is a good dictionary, it will indicate various possible pronunciations for many of the most common words.
Finally, as a test of your ability to distinguish phonemes in connected speech, write out the phonetic transcription of the following RP reading of a
Again, check your transcriptions with your dictionary.
Then try to transcribe the working class Southern British English of the people you will hear in the recordings which follow. These are two excerpts from the original "Big Brother" program produced in 1970 by the BBC:
You will quickly see that the English spoken by ordinary people is quite distant from RP and that the small number of IPA symbols given by your dictionary are insufficient to transcribe it. You will need the full list of IPA symbols found in textbooks on phonetics.*These
files are too big to import directly. They will be downloaded as
compressed files, for example, "consonants.exe". Just click
on them to extract the audio files and click on the latter.