MOSO

I was doing an exercise in a class of 6 year olds today cutting out words that began with 's'.

I asked one boy to read the word 'said'. He responded "sid" in an NZ accent, then told me that it was odd because there's a character in the film Ice Age called 'said' so why did they call a character 'said' when it's not a name?

I think it's going to be hard teaching phonics here!

Stoof

hehe... my Ma (a languages teacher, who has also taught junior phonics, though a long time ago) has been here 2 weeks now, and is REALLY struggling with what people are saying to her! i'm constantly having to interpret for her as she stands there looking like a rabbit caught in the headlights! bless

Lee Lee

Sounds like you have a real task on your hands there! Good luck

Dewb09

I am dreading this (if I get work) going to be a whole lot of fun trying to work with kids & phonics......

Dewb

RobClubley

My wife can tell what word the kids have learned from here because they say just those word in a Yorkshire accent

Dewb09

MOSO

We went through more 's' words today - I played the memory game each child had to remember the word beginning with s that the previous children had said (or sid) plus their own. 'Sick' said child no. 5 in the group. Yes okay I said, we could have sick, but maybe something nicer? No he said 'sick' like Father Christmas' 'sick'!!!!!

Roll on Monday for yet another lesson - letter of next week is 'a' - I wonder what gems they'll come up with........

BEVS

Can't for the life of me remember where I read this, but I used it in one of my early newsletters back to family and friends when trying to describe the accent.

" Learn to pronounce A as E, E as I and I as U.
Try it out and see how it rolls flatly off the tongue
Pan = pen Pen = pin Pin = pun Pear = peer "

gags

I suppose this means that my 5 year old will indeed speak with the lilt....

Dewb09

Nice one

Dewb x

Kentish Lass

Yes gags.........kids pick up the accent really quick. Mine were 9 and 7 when we arrived here and it wasn't long at all, once they'd started their new school, that they were sounding like kiwis. My husband and I accused them of 'putting it on' at first. I think, because of this, I became more aware of my own accent and started to sound even more as if I'd just come over from Albert Square!

Am Loolah

Time to roll this old chestnut out again methinks?!

And this has been doing the BE rounds for ages, but some more recent members may enjoy.

How to Speak New Zulander
(for bist effict, rid these out aloud)

Milburn - capital of Victoria
Peck - to fill a suitcase
pissed aside - chemical which kills insects
pigs - for hanging out washing with
pug - large pink animal with a curly tail
nin tin dough - computer game
munnwe stroney - soup
min- male of the species
mess kara - eye makeup
mcKennock - person who fixes cars
Mere - Mayor
leather - foam produced from soap
lift - departed
Kiri Pecker - famous Australian businessman
kittle crusps - potato chips
Ken's - Cairns
jungle bills - Christmas carol
inner me - enemy
guess - vapour
fush - marine creature
fitter cheney - type of pasta
ever cardeau - avocado
fear hear - blonde
ear - mix of nitrogen and oxygen
ear roebucks - exercise at gym
duffy cult - not easy
amejen - visualise
chuck - very young poultry
bug hut - popular recording
bun button - been bitten by insect
beard - a place to sleep
sucks peck - half a dozen beers
Ear New Zulland - an extinct airline
beers - large savage animals found in U.S. forests
veerjun - mythical New Zealand maiden
one doze - well known computer program
brudge - structure spanning a stream
sex - one less then sivven
tin - one more then nine
iggs ecktly - precisely
cuds - children
cuttin - baby cat
sivven sucks sivven - large Boeing aircraft
sivven four sivven - larger Boeing aircraft
earplane - large flying marchine
beggage chucken - place to leave your suitcase at the earport

MOSO

This is fab - and oh so true

Dewb09

thanks Am loo, hubster looking at me like I am insane shouting out random words

Dewb

chippy64

That is so funny!