tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83994084974084964472012-02-16T08:36:12.773-08:00"Guess the Accent" is an ongoing ELT project which provides multi-media listening activities for students, designed to be used either inside or outside the classroom.David Lindnoreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399408497408496447.post-54397336163890350502010-11-03T05:53:00.000-07:002010-11-03T05:53:16.801-07:00<p$1>Have a go at these:</p$1><p$1><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OnPCp7iqYY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OnPCp7iqYY</a></p$1><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8399408497408496447-5439733616389035050?l=guesstheaccent.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>David Lindnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399408497408496447.post-28572083537933939592009-09-20T08:00:00.000-07:002009-09-21T01:38:50.853-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_madqYKTrYhc/SrZTI3kkadI/AAAAAAAAAFU/nQjxW33r0pU/s1600-h/round+5_worksheet.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_madqYKTrYhc/SrZTI3kkadI/AAAAAAAAAFU/nQjxW33r0pU/s320/round+5_worksheet.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383581816389396946" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Round 5 - give it a go!</span><br />Click on the image to your left to view a full-sized version of the worksheet which you can print out. Then you'll be ready to start the video and <span style="font-style: italic;">guess the accent</span> - good luck!<br /><br /><br /><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-ed5a15b07c7aaf6" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v14.nonxt6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D0ed5a15b07c7aaf6%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1332245691%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D485D493914964BC73B9336F2BA16952469DF6FE6.41C42D36327381A5F902AFB5A2596EC706746B56%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Ded5a15b07c7aaf6%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D6mZDjggdHEdNMVi-9TxQ-iTu_kg&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v14.nonxt6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D0ed5a15b07c7aaf6%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1332245691%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D485D493914964BC73B9336F2BA16952469DF6FE6.41C42D36327381A5F902AFB5A2596EC706746B56%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Ded5a15b07c7aaf6%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D6mZDjggdHEdNMVi-9TxQ-iTu_kg&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OnPCp7iqYY&amp;feature=related"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Click to watch on youtube</span></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8399408497408496447-2857208353793393959?l=guesstheaccent.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>David Lindnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399408497408496447.post-18502022728381820652009-09-20T07:49:00.000-07:002009-09-21T01:37:13.199-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_madqYKTrYhc/SrZTxIY4cDI/AAAAAAAAAFc/K78uTjJiIss/s1600-h/round+4_worksheet.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_madqYKTrYhc/SrZTxIY4cDI/AAAAAAAAAFc/K78uTjJiIss/s320/round+4_worksheet.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383582508098547762" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Round 4 - give it a go!</span><br />Click on the image to your left to view a full-sized version of the worksheet which you can print out. Then you'll be ready to start the video and <span style="font-style: italic;">guess the accent</span> - good luck!<br /><br /><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-1c4140623b169132" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v23.nonxt3.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D1c4140623b169132%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1332245691%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D83705E184F1FB954EA73397EDF3276BF194EEBD9.35DA89CA11F95118B7012707115E00F819008846%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D1c4140623b169132%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DEnmhm8PeVT_UIrPH_oHHi19UbaQ&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v23.nonxt3.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D1c4140623b169132%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1332245691%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D83705E184F1FB954EA73397EDF3276BF194EEBD9.35DA89CA11F95118B7012707115E00F819008846%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D1c4140623b169132%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DEnmhm8PeVT_UIrPH_oHHi19UbaQ&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbGd1l0i8mE"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Click to watch on youtube</span></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8399408497408496447-1850202272838182065?l=guesstheaccent.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>David Lindnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399408497408496447.post-83559279500142674362009-09-19T09:53:00.001-07:002009-12-22T09:51:35.962-08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_madqYKTrYhc/SzEHG_ehL_I/AAAAAAAAALk/MXV5ojvpRiM/s1600-h/scan0001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418119643403464690" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 232px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_madqYKTrYhc/SzEHG_ehL_I/AAAAAAAAALk/MXV5ojvpRiM/s320/scan0001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_madqYKTrYhc/SrUMvag1mPI/AAAAAAAAAE8/nalZMppesq8/s1600-h/round_3_worksheet.JPG"></a><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Round 3 - give it a go!</span><br />Click on the image to your left to view a full-sized version of the worksheet which you can print out. Then you'll be ready to start the video and <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">guess the accent</span> - good luck!<br /><br /><br /><br /><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-41a3583a5e2e2e09" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v14.nonxt8.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D41a3583a5e2e2e09%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1332245691%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D414C4D4F48FDFF73CE198593E8A37165A86125BB.3AC54074452E753161036DA627F705D0DE538A5F%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D41a3583a5e2e2e09%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3Df8EA0BCZzqDBoz6yRsEwKoCgj-w&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v14.nonxt8.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D41a3583a5e2e2e09%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1332245691%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D414C4D4F48FDFF73CE198593E8A37165A86125BB.3AC54074452E753161036DA627F705D0DE538A5F%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D41a3583a5e2e2e09%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3Df8EA0BCZzqDBoz6yRsEwKoCgj-w&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywdcgkuJJDU&amp;feature=related"><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,255)">Click to watch on youtube</span></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8399408497408496447-8355927950014267436?l=guesstheaccent.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>David Lindnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399408497408496447.post-50073902919153356112009-09-19T08:29:00.000-07:002009-09-21T01:28:13.780-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_madqYKTrYhc/SrT5heGXf5I/AAAAAAAAAEs/Rp3JDltaKDc/s1600-h/round+2_worksheet.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 234px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_madqYKTrYhc/SrT5heGXf5I/AAAAAAAAAEs/Rp3JDltaKDc/s320/round+2_worksheet.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383201808025354130" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Round 2 - give it a go!</span><br />Click on the image to your left to view a full-sized version of the worksheet which you can print out. Then you'll be ready to start the video and <span style="font-style: italic;">guess the accent</span> - good luck!<br /><br /><br /><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-9d1fda27ec2c625c" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v1.nonxt4.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D9d1fda27ec2c625c%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1332245691%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D2C268F814A05D66644F3406C51977933587EE301.11E2015847B5CA56F7A4733B10D7B943CBFFDD6F%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D9d1fda27ec2c625c%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DRpNX-ZEGmQjKi1ssyaSeFQmg_GM&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v1.nonxt4.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D9d1fda27ec2c625c%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1332245691%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D2C268F814A05D66644F3406C51977933587EE301.11E2015847B5CA56F7A4733B10D7B943CBFFDD6F%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D9d1fda27ec2c625c%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DRpNX-ZEGmQjKi1ssyaSeFQmg_GM&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWF3ZA6wTsA&amp;feature=related"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Watch on youtube</span></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8399408497408496447-5007390291915335611?l=guesstheaccent.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>David Lindnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399408497408496447.post-55357507200829913152009-09-19T07:44:00.000-07:002009-09-21T01:24:00.589-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_madqYKTrYhc/SrT28Z2itQI/AAAAAAAAAEk/t4YblEvChus/s1600-h/round+1_worksheet.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 232px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_madqYKTrYhc/SrT28Z2itQI/AAAAAAAAAEk/t4YblEvChus/s320/round+1_worksheet.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383198972206822658" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Round 1 - give it a go!</span><br />Click on the image to your left to view a full-sized version of the worksheet which you can print out. Then you'll be ready to start the video and <span style="font-style: italic;">guess the accent</span> - good luck!<br />Watch on youtube<br /><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-27c18e4b50ad0e3" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v20.nonxt1.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D027c18e4b50ad0e3%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1332245691%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D1AE4088E1FBFA9352A8344FE2AE8F9292AA3F1C2.17FAF9D331C99F33D9DA8C5C301999B8B21A5F47%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D27c18e4b50ad0e3%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DtdMQ1PNFQHzFcPn_hPPd4Azfrx4&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v20.nonxt1.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D027c18e4b50ad0e3%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1332245691%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D1AE4088E1FBFA9352A8344FE2AE8F9292AA3F1C2.17FAF9D331C99F33D9DA8C5C301999B8B21A5F47%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D27c18e4b50ad0e3%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DtdMQ1PNFQHzFcPn_hPPd4Azfrx4&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><br /> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icX3SUcHnz0">Watch on youtube</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8399408497408496447-5535750720082991315?l=guesstheaccent.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>David Lindnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399408497408496447.post-60651490399842875042009-09-19T05:13:00.000-07:002009-09-24T05:39:27.428-07:00Here are the answer keys to accompany the activities, along with some cultural notes. Just click on the icon to get a printable, full-sized image.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;">Round 1:</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_madqYKTrYhc/SrtkkcLBdpI/AAAAAAAAAGE/J3kavGPLUbM/s1600-h/anwers_round1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 166px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_madqYKTrYhc/SrtkkcLBdpI/AAAAAAAAAGE/J3kavGPLUbM/s200/anwers_round1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385008356652054162" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Round 2:</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_madqYKTrYhc/Srtk6JlgigI/AAAAAAAAAGM/Jx0IvZJ4jVM/s1600-h/answers_round2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 166px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_madqYKTrYhc/Srtk6JlgigI/AAAAAAAAAGM/Jx0IvZJ4jVM/s200/answers_round2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385008729619991042" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;">Round 3:</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_madqYKTrYhc/SrtnwjyXPSI/AAAAAAAAAGU/wOr06hH5kaU/s1600-h/answers_round3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 162px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_madqYKTrYhc/SrtnwjyXPSI/AAAAAAAAAGU/wOr06hH5kaU/s200/answers_round3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385011863389420834" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;">Round 4:</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_madqYKTrYhc/SrtoGD7L-yI/AAAAAAAAAGc/lJWZ3XOK0Iw/s1600-h/answers_round4.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 162px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_madqYKTrYhc/SrtoGD7L-yI/AAAAAAAAAGc/lJWZ3XOK0Iw/s200/answers_round4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385012232793619234" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;">Round 5:</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_madqYKTrYhc/SrtoX_T0KjI/AAAAAAAAAGk/n4FkM71Pj28/s1600-h/answers_round5.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 162px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_madqYKTrYhc/SrtoX_T0KjI/AAAAAAAAAGk/n4FkM71Pj28/s200/answers_round5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385012540792384050" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8399408497408496447-6065149039984287504?l=guesstheaccent.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>David Lindnoreply@blogger.com0