Activities from the following videos:

Highlands 1, Pennock Speck, Barry, 24/05/2009 08:14:59

Highlands 2, Pennock Speck, Barry, 26/05/2009 05:12:04

India 1, Pennock Speck, Barry, 24/05/2009 11:52:04

India 2, Pennock Speck, Barry, 26/05/2009 07:40:50

Australia 1, Pennock Speck, Barry, 25/05/2009 10:44:57

Australia 2, Pennock Speck, Barry, 25/05/2009 10:43:04

Africa 1, Pennock Speck, Barry, 25/05/2009 12:25:04

Africa 2, Pennock Speck, Barry, 15/04/2009 07:24:28

 

HIGHLANDS

The word “Gaelic” is pronounced /'geilik/ by RP speakers but people from Barra pronounce it /g ae  lik/

Outsiders are called “people …without……… the island” by the inhabitants of Barra.

The highland game of shinty is similar to Irish …hurling………… .

Gaelic is spoken in the Highlands and …Ireland………….. .

Highland English sounds like ……Irish………  because ……it has got the same rhythm and a similar construction.

The battle of Culloden was in ……1745……….. .

After the Culloden the highlanders were not permitted to wear …kilt…. .

What was the name of the removal of Gaelic speakers from their lands? The Highland ……clearances……. .

The Highlanders moved to ………Australia, New Zealand, Nova Scotia and other parts.

 

INDIA

There are at least ……14……… competing linguistic traditions in India.

English is considered a …neutral……… language in some things according to Professor Braj Kachru

English is needed by girls to ………get married………. .

English represents ……class…….. according to one of the girls

 

AUSTRALIA

The first penal colonies were in a) …Sydney……. …… b) …Hobart (Tasmania) …….

What are some of the animals with Aborigine names?

Kangaroo, wallaby, bandicoot, budgerigar, wombat, koala and dingo.

The greatest number of the first settlers came from every county of England, Scotland and Ireland ………

What are the meanings of the following words?

Wowser: Killjoy.

Cobber: Friend.

Larrikin: A youth.

Corker: A very good thing.

Flash Jim Vaux wrote ...........flash language ..............

Australian is the most ........classless................ form of English in the world.

 

AFRICA

Name two African languages mentioned in the film. A)........Susu............ B).......Timne..............

Apart from Standard English what other kind of English is mentioned? ....Creole English................

Academic year 2008/2009
© a.r.e.a./Dr.Vicente Forés López
Barry Pennock Speck
© Carolina Cody Aldaz
cacodyal@alumni.uv.es
Universitat de València Press