In this video you can see how difficult is for a French inspector to learn a second language. His accent is restricted connected with where he is from regionally. The teacher uses repetition chunking the sentence in order to improve his pronunciation because his mother accent is strong. What is taught by the teacher is standard language which is used to learn English as a second or foreign language.
Video 2: Student dialects?
In this video there is an English study group who share social dialect, that is, they have something in common. They encounter with troubles with grammar, vocabulary and spelling. There are pronunciation features that function as social markers, in other words, grammatical and spelling mistakes. What is also important is the register (a conventional way of using language that is appropriate in a specific context) that this people use in order to communication takes place.
Video 3: Speak English, please!
This is an interview in which an Iraqi has an accent and dialect which are not comprehensible at all. The aspects of his pronunciation identify where he is from regionally. His accent produces lack of fluency and pronunciation. According to the social markers, it is important to say that his speech indicates a lower and less education in the English-speaking world, in spite of his English studies at the University of Cairo. For this reason, subtitles are necessary.
Book: Yule, G.(2016) The Study of Language. Chapters 18 & 19. U.K.: CUP
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