Accents of English

In Taiwan, most of the English you will hear is American. Check out this video to hear lots of other different accents.

The first three you will hear are British accents.

The first is a standard accent from the South of England, used by the BBC and most public broadcasts. This one is my accent.

The second is a London accent, spoken by people born and raised in London, usually working class.

The third one is a very high class British accent, spoken by the upper classes. This is the accent the Queen uses, for example.

Then you will hear Southern Irish,  Northern Irish, and then Scottish.

Listen carefully and try to hear what the differences are between them.

Amy also does some accents of Europeans speaking English, different kinds of American English, and Australian.

Listen and make a list of the cities and countries you can hear.