https://www.youtube.com/playlist?

list=PLaKU_NOM3woWSQEGCvCGsvC7-_-xiJ245

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaKU_NOM3woX36oOvUhnk65pG_rBdufQ3

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaKU_NOM3woXXagIcBnfjlpkzANT8M_E6 – listening
tape scripts (English for Customer Care)

English accents that could be hard to understand for a foreign learner/speaker of English: Irish,
Scottish, African, Indian, Eastern Asian (Chinese), Arab

 Spelling correctly some British place names (understanding pronunciation) – explaining the
root of some place names’ endings (-borough, -shire, -cester) and being able to identify the
place & correctly spell it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q7VjLVU8Ec&list=PLaKU_NOM3woWSQEGCvCGsvC7-
_-xiJ245&index=21
While watching together the video, the trainer writes down the important place names and
underlines endings with colours. After watching the video, we comment & the trainer
explains the linguistic & history of the endings
 Understanding the Irish accent (participants asked why it is that the Irish pronunciation of
some place names and first names is so different from the spelling)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee_N3g4ORLk&list=PLaKU_NOM3woWSQEGCvCGsvC7-
_-xiJ245&index=9
Watched the video twice to understand pronunciation patterns and to pin them down.
Explanations on the two official languages in Ireland (English and Gaelic).
Explaining some geographic and historic facts about Ireland: major cities, the country’s name
in Gaelic (Eire), the province of Ulster and its split into Ireland and Northern Ireland, how
postcodes in Ireland work and the difference between them and postcodes in the UK
Watched the following video to further practice spelling and understanding of traditional
Irish names
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUteMtNhe3g&index=40&list=PLaKU_NOM3woWSQE
GCvCGsvC7-_-xiJ245
 Scottish accent and its particularities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEp5_IVLeUE&index=43&list=PLaKU_NOM3woWSQEG
CvCGsvC7-_-xiJ245
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6Ei1je2hhA&index=7&list=PLaKU_NOM3woWSQEGCv
CGsvC7-_-xiJ245
Recommendation to watch also Trainspotting with English subtitles to better practice
understanding the Scottish accent and be able to understand as much as possible
Glaswegian accent
 Explaining Welsh town names and their spelling; used the following video for support:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZPhPf-
0pYM&index=41&list=PLaKU_NOM3woWSQEGCvCGsvC7-_-xiJ245
 Explaining phonetic reasons why Arab and Indian English accents are harder to understand
for foreign English speakers (unvoiced consonants that are replaced by voiced, pauses,
breath, rhythm, open vowels replaced by closed ones)
 Explaining cultural and phonetic reasons why the Chinese accent may be hard to
understand, pinning down some specific sound replacements, specific vocabulary and its
real meaning