Rough Translation, NPR

Last updated almost 5 years ago

15 questions

Rough Translation, NPR

Last updated almost 5 years ago

15 questions

ROUGH TRANSLATION
Listen to the podcast recording and respond to the questions that follow.
English is acceptable - but please use complete sentences and punctuation.  

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What is 'Singish'?

What is «Speak Good English»? If we had a program in the US with the same intent, how well received by the public do YOU think that it would be?

(According to Heather...) What happens when a group of non-native speakers are conversing in English? What happens when a native speaker enters the conversation with the group?

(According to Heather...) When speaking of native English speakers, which culture groups are often overlooked?

Heather mentions that 'people born into the language have a privilege attached.' What do YOU think she means by this?

(According to Heather...) There are 400 million native/born speakers and 2 billion classroom-educated speakers of English. What does Heather suggest as a radical change in perspective? Do YOU agree?

Rough Translation, NPR

Rough Translation, NPR

ROUGH TRANSLATION

What is 'Singish'?

What is «Speak Good English»? If we had a program in the US with the same intent, how well received by the public do YOU think that it would be?

(According to Heather...) What happens when a group of non-native speakers are conversing in English? What happens when a native speaker enters the conversation with the group?

(According to Heather...) When speaking of native English speakers, which culture groups are often overlooked?

Heather mentions that 'people born into the language have a privilege attached.' What do YOU think she means by this?

(According to Heather...) There are 400 million native/born speakers and 2 billion classroom-educated speakers of English. What does Heather suggest as a radical change in perspective? Do YOU agree?

What are some of the idioms listed in the podcast? Based on these examples, how would YOU explain/define/describe what an idiom is?

(According to Heather...) What skills do educated (non-native) speakers have that native speakers often lack?

Do YOU feel similarly (regarding the power differential) when speaking Spanish in the presence of a native speaker?

What is accent reduction? Why do people seek this? What are its historical roots?

YAY! A fortune-250 company from Michigan is mentioned, but why? What was Heather's perspective on the situation?

Which company do you think that the CFO represented?

How is accent recognition different than accent reduction? Which is easier? How so?

What is Heather's perspective regarding correcting grammar? Do you appreciate her view? How so?

Based on the recount of the forgotten waterbottle, what is 'codeswitch'?

ROUGH TRANSLATION

What is 'Singish'?

What is «Speak Good English»? If we had a program in the US with the same intent, how well received by the public do YOU think that it would be?

(According to Heather...) What happens when a group of non-native speakers are conversing in English? What happens when a native speaker enters the conversation with the group?

(According to Heather...) When speaking of native English speakers, which culture groups are often overlooked?

Heather mentions that 'people born into the language have a privilege attached.' What do YOU think she means by this?

(According to Heather...) There are 400 million native/born speakers and 2 billion classroom-educated speakers of English. What does Heather suggest as a radical change in perspective? Do YOU agree?

What are some of the idioms listed in the podcast? Based on these examples, how would YOU explain/define/describe what an idiom is?

(According to Heather...) What skills do educated (non-native) speakers have that native speakers often lack?

Do YOU feel similarly (regarding the power differential) when speaking Spanish in the presence of a native speaker?

What is accent reduction? Why do people seek this? What are its historical roots?

YAY! A fortune-250 company from Michigan is mentioned, but why? What was Heather's perspective on the situation?

Which company do you think that the CFO represented?

How is accent recognition different than accent reduction? Which is easier? How so?

What is Heather's perspective regarding correcting grammar? Do you appreciate her view? How so?

Based on the recount of the forgotten waterbottle, what is 'codeswitch'?