English – Reflection on Accent Presentations

In todays lesson, 4 groups shared their presentations and opinions with the class about stereotypes and accents. Although all of us were given the same resources, all of us had a different understanding of what stereotypes were and how they related to accents. For example; my group talked about texting in school and if teachers used slang words when they talk, most of the students won’t be able to take them seriously and might lose respect for them. But, on the other hand, students might be more engaged and might even be more active in class, as they use the same language with their friends. Other groups talked about many other aspects of accents. One group talked about how accents don’t define who we are as a human and how who ever we are around, we get influenced by them and use the same language as them. Many people also judge each other and that is a normal human characteristic and that it will never go away. Now, in the modern day world, children are getting taught english from a very young age so that they can communicate with people from all across the world and so that it is easier for them to get jobs in the future. Overall, no one really has one kind of accent and we keep adapting to other accents to fit in with others.

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