Story time...

Hi Dear Students,

I´ve heard that you had a great time last class with your stories; yet, you wish to re-live this magnificent moment. I suggest the following in a brief part of tomorrow´s class:

 

Select the core, the spirit of your stories, that part that represents them all and have it ready to share tomorrow again, so that we can see... and hear... and feel the "dragon" together...

 

 

American English - Tab 2, now in our blog

This should give you access to the mp3 audio file of the same video...
Could you please let me know if you could open it?
Thanks!




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American English - Info in Tab 1, now posted

Steve Job´s  Stanford Commencement Address  - 2005

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc



Features to mark:

Different realisations of /t/

Dark /l/

Uses of /r/ and cases of retroflection

“r-coloured” vowels

/j/  +  /u:/

Centering diphthongs

The diphthong in “go”

The vowels  in “block”, “floor” and “ask”

Stressing of polysyllabic words