Extra resources
Development of language: Before Babel
Development of English: The Story of English
Global English:
TED Talks: Jay Walker on The world's English mania
TED Talks: Mark Pagel on How Language Transformed Humanity
Call Centres:
- American accent training in India
- Outsourcing to the Philipines
- US news report on Indian call centres
- Comedy sketches about Indian call centres: 1, 2
English around the world: Tutors Turn Celebrity
Full English Proficiency report here
What if English ceases to be the global language? Guardian article
BBC Franglais article
TED Talks: Jay Walker on The world's English mania
TED Talks: Mark Pagel on How Language Transformed Humanity
Call Centres:
- American accent training in India
- Outsourcing to the Philipines
- US news report on Indian call centres
- Comedy sketches about Indian call centres: 1, 2
English around the world: Tutors Turn Celebrity
Full English Proficiency report here
What if English ceases to be the global language? Guardian article
BBC Franglais article
Accents and Dialects
SEFUL LINKS:
Very complete site on Estuary English
Yorkshire Dialect Society
British Library language variation site
PBS site on American English
Amy Walker's 21 accents
1940s British RP (Pathé News)
Pastiche: WWII Pilots speaking chav
American vs English dialect (Ellen de Generes / Hugh Laurie)
Why people change the way they speak (BBC Newsnight)
Pidgins and Creoles
Article by Derek Bickerton on Creole Languages
Krio - Sierra Leone - documentary
Jamaican English lesson
Usain Bolt "One Show" interview
Usain Bolt "natural accent" clip
Very complete site on Estuary English
Yorkshire Dialect Society
British Library language variation site
PBS site on American English
Amy Walker's 21 accents
1940s British RP (Pathé News)
Pastiche: WWII Pilots speaking chav
American vs English dialect (Ellen de Generes / Hugh Laurie)
Why people change the way they speak (BBC Newsnight)
Pidgins and Creoles
Article by Derek Bickerton on Creole Languages
Krio - Sierra Leone - documentary
Jamaican English lesson
Usain Bolt "One Show" interview
Usain Bolt "natural accent" clip