One in five Canadians speaks English (and French) as a second language. And more Canadians than ever speak with an accent, including Babel host Mariel Borelli. But while we love diversity in the streets, it can be a different story in the workplace. Babel explores what it’s like to have an accent on the job in Canada.
Possibly related…
-
Teaching Pronunciation
All about teaching pronunciation
Tagged with teacher training tesol pronounciation phonetics sounds tips efl esl
-
A Curious Case Of Foreign Accent Syndrome
When Karen Butler went in for dental surgery, she left with more than numb gums: She also picked up a pronounced foreign accent. It wasn’t a fluke, or a joke — she’d developed a rare condition called foreign accent syndrome that’s usually caused by an injury to the part of the brain that controls speech.
Tagged with linguistics disability speech medicine medical accent speaking
-
The Power of Babel : NPR
Robert Siegel talks with John McWhorter, associate professor of linguistics at University of California, Berkeley, who has written a new book The Power of Babel. McWhorter discusses how languages have evolved and why some languages are complex and others simple. (7:45) The book is to be published this month by Henry Holt.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1136083
Tagged with npr linguistics language for:wordridden