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Goal
Gain increased accuracy and confidence in your ability to speak
English clearly and accurately through extensive practice in the
individual sounds, syllable stress, and rhythm of American English.
Objectives
- Pronounce American vowel and consonant sounds accurately
- Sharpen the ability to hear and reproduce accurate stress
patterns
- Produce more native-like rhythm patterns
- Increase breath and vowel length to slow the rate of speech
and make the message clearer
- Use intonation to emphasize ideas and make clear distinctions
between statements and questions
- Increase confidence in speaking American English
- Acquire techniques for self-correction and on-going improvement
Methodology
Pre- and post-assessment with follow up; group, paired, and individual
exercises; daily practice with Accent Improvement audio-based
materials
Enrollment
Up to 12 participants
Scheduling
24 hours of group instruction delivered in a 12-week, 10-week,
or 8-week format
Materials
LinguaTec Accent Improvement training manual and audio
material
Training Topics
General
- Identify individual pronunciation errors with a pre-assessment
- Develop the ability to discriminate sounds
- Speak more clearly with more accurate sound production
- Correctly pronounce high frequency words in the work environment
- Develop techniques for self monitoring and correction
Rhythm and Linking
- Practice the rhythm of American English to emphasize important
words
- Apply rules for linking words to create smoother-sounding
statements and questions
Intonation and Stress
- Stress the correct syllables of words to make them easily
understandable
- Change intonation to communicate different messages and attitudes
- Show the relationships between ideas more effectively by
using intonation
Reduction
- Learn how vowels and consonants are reduced in informal speech
- Improve listening comprehension of reduced speech
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