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Beyond the Basics: Pronunciation for Non-Native English Speakers

Course ID: COM-3711AH3
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Gain the confidence and proficiency you need to communicate effectively in English, both professionally and socially. Whether for academic pursuits, business interactions, or everyday conversations, students will improve their ability to pronounce English with clarity and accuracy. Topics such as word stress, rhythm, and intonation are presented in relevant, real-world contexts and include ample opportunity for practice and feedback.

Course Objectives

be able to determine specific features of English pronunciation that will most improve their intelligibility.

demonstrate a higher level of intelligibility in their spoken English.

develop the necessary inner criteria for performing self-correction of issues that hinder their intelligibility.

Outline of Instruction

Course introduction, review of syllables, syllable stress, vowel sounds in stressed syllables, the schwa in unstressed syllables, and vowel/consonant symbols. Students may be asked to submit recordings for needs assessment.

Voiced and unvoiced sounds, small-group communication, and phone messages.

Grammatical endings: -s/-es and -ed, linking sounds, short presentations or small group practice.

Common stress patterns in nouns, verbs, and numbers; relaying information to others in a variety of settings.

Stress in words with suffixes, multisyllabic words, communicating using words with stress-shifting suffixes.

Rhythm in phrases and sentences, specific types of words that are usually stressed or unstressed, short presentations or small group practice.

Dividing a stream of speech into thought groups and why this is vital for intelligibility, pausing, chunking; practice analyzing and marking thought groups; short presentations.

Focus words and how native English speakers signal focus words; contrasting information, emphasizing agreement, and correcting information; small group practice.

Distinguishing the meaning and use of rising and falling intonation at the end of a thought group, small group practice.

Linking words together in a thought group and identifying common sound changes when words are connected.

Contact Hours

CEUs

Industry Standard, State or National Certification

Certification

None

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None

Certification Learning Outcomes/Requirements

CE or CU Articulation

Prerequisites

Students taking this course should be at an intermediate to advanced level of English proficiency.

Learning Supplies Needed

Text and supplies needed for this course are subject to change. Please review the registration details for textbook and technology requirements.

Clinical Site/Special Facilities

None.

Requirements for Successful Completion

90% attendance

Accreditation/Special Approval Requirements

N/A

Intended Audience

This course is intended for non-native English speakers whose English proficiency is at an intermediate to advanced level. This course is appropriate for those needing to improve their English pronunciation for work, school, or for interacting socially.