PPOCS language lab ST 2014 RECOMMENDED FILMS & TV SERIES Don’t forget to be critical when watching those films and TV series, since the accent is only close to RP at best (many feature - mild to heavy - regional accents). What you might want to take away from watching are: • intonation • stress • pitch • fortis aspiration • lenis voicing • schwa and use of weak forms • vowel length • (maybe even the one or other glottal stop or assimilation...) etc. Films: The Queen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1Wu0qGEev4 The King’s Speech: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hKF8RSFqCw Jane Austen films: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dYv5u6v55Y The Importance of Being Earnest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_K6rkT8ovk The Other Boleyn Girl: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX0LoorqtRM The Heart of Me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHxpsr-OQ1U Atonement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATtSfe_DaJU
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PPOCS language lab ST 2014
RECOMMENDED FILMS & TV SERIES
Don’t forget to be critical when watching those films and TV series, since the accent is only close to RP at best (many feature - mild to heavy - regional accents). What you might want to take away from watching are:
• intonation• stress• pitch• fortis aspiration
• lenis voicing• schwa and use of weak forms• vowel length• (maybe even the one or other glottal
stop or assimilation...) etc.
Films:
The Queen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1Wu0qGEev4
The King’s Speech:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hKF8RSFqCw
Jane Austen films:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dYv5u6v55Y
The Importance of Being Earnest:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_K6rkT8ovk
The Other Boleyn Girl: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX0LoorqtRM
The Heart of Me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHxpsr-OQ1U