1. Examples from Youtube:
 American
 Australian
 British
 Irish
 Scottish
 Pidgin

2.  Standard language –The variety of a language treated
as the official language and used in public
broadcasting, publishing and education
 Accent – The many several ways in which language
can be pronounced
 Dialect – Variation in grammar, spelling, vocabulary
and pronunciation
 Pidgin – A simplified form of speech, usually a mixture
of two or more languages. With simplified grammar
and vocabulary. Used for communication between
groups speaking different languages.
 Creole – A pidgin which has developed into a mother
tongue. It has become a native language for the
people in that specific region

3.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKc_CybBf
zs&feature=related
 Can sound completely different though;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R30D7v5RRS
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Has approximately 280,950,438 (2007) speakers
if you count the americans – but how many
people speak American English in the rest of the
world if you think about it?

5.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG0v9tZS
tAk&feature=fvst
 Did you notice any differences between
Australian English and American English?
 In Australia, there are 22,620,600 (2011)
inhabitants.

6.  Tons of different accents;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWNQfPDpt-Y
Yorkshire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvGHIW3GQv8
London
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnjGNJ5JL8w
RP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNu3q5ODgqs
How would you rank these varities when it
comes to status? Which one will be on the top?
Which one on the bottom?

7.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3J8FYKZ
52w

8.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT9xuXQj
xMM
 Ireland has 4,487,000 inhabitants (2011).

9. - What are your thoughts on the position in the
world for these varities? If you consider how
familiar you are with them, how many
speakers they have etc…
- Discuss in groups.

10.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7X9AAeDCr
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 A pidgin is a variety of a language that
developed for some practical purpose, for an
example trading. An English pidgin is a language
which has developed from English, mainly.
 There are several English pidgins used today, out
of which you will hear one type now.
 There are believed to be between six and twelve
million people still speaking pidgin languages.