byLindsayMarean

CreatedbytheCenterforAppliedSecondLanguageStudies,UniversityofOregon

ListentothedialoguebetweenMichelleandValdoabouttippingintheUnitedStatesvs.inBrazil.Whatsounddoesthe“r”haveatdifferentpositionsinaword?Fillinthechartbelowasyoulistentothedialogueseveralmoretimes. Doublerr,andatthe

beginningofwordsSinglerinbetweentwovowels,oratfollowinganotherconsonantatthebeginningofasyllable

Singlerattheendofasyllablebeforeaconsonant,andattheendofaword

Michelle

Valdo

Nowcompareyouranswerswiththeexplanationonpage3ofthedialoguetranscript,andtheexplanationinthepodcastbetween8:43and10:49.Arethereanydifferencesbetweenyourobservationsandthepodcasters’explanation?ListentofivespeakersfromSãoPaulostatepronouncetheword“porta”intheYouTubeclipyourteachershowsyou.WhichonessoundlikeMichelle,andwhichonessoundlikeValdo?

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Speaker5:Advancedspeakers:Michelle’saccentissaidtobe“caipira,”translatedinthepodcastas“hillbilly.”DoyouthinkthattheremaybeasocialstigmawithcertainBrazilianaccents?YourteacherwillplayaclipfromaYouTubevideoofamandoingimpressionsofdifferentPaulistaaccents.Doanyseemespeciallyfunnytotheaudience?Whywouldthatbe?