Kompetenzerweiterung III, Homework for Week 6

This week, I’d like you to focus on pronunciation:

Read up on the Trap-Bath Split here: http://dialectblog.com/2011/03/10/mastering-the-trap-bath-split/

And the stress differences between the two main varieties: http://www.wordstress.info/word-stress/differences-english-varieties/stress-differences-between-american-and-british-english/

Depending on your preferred variety, have a look at the following materials:

RP: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/multimedia/pron/index.shtml

AmE (differences between BrE and AmE): https://pronunciationstudio.com/american-vs-british-pronunciation/

Differences between NZ and Australian English: http://dialectblog.com/2011/05/04/south-african-kiwi-aussie/

Here’s an extensive list of differences between BrE and North American English (NAE) vocab: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/usage/british-and-american-terms

You might also like this illustrated guide: https://www.boredpanda.com/british-american-english-differences-language/

In addition to this, I’d like you to have another look at the article distributed in class today (accessible here (I’m not quite sure why there are two glaring misspellings on the site): https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/10/22/reading-more-but-learning-less/knowlededge-was-more-eagerly-sought-when-it-was-more-precious)

Do you find the author’s arguments convincing? Why or why not? Do you generally agree with statement "knowledge was more eagerly sought when it was more precious"?

Since several students in my Tuesday class listened to the Versus debate on gun control, I thought you might be interested in the following NY Times report on guns in the US: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/world/americas/mass-shootings-us-international.html