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Goal
Reduce errors in pronunciation
and speak more clearly. This fast-paced workshop provides an intensive
overview of the trouble spots of American pronunciation.
Objectives
- Identify and practice
the sounds most frequently mispronounced by non-native speakers
- Control rate of speech
- Use native speakers' vowel
length, word stress, and rhythm patterns
- Expand jaw movement to
enunciate clearly
- Manipulate voicing and
pitch to imitate American sounds
- Pronounce words, names,
and phrases more distinctly
- Gain self-confidence
- Learn techniques for continued
self-improvement
Methodology
Group, paired, and individual
exercises; practice with Intensive Pronunciation
workbook and audio materials
Enrollment
4 - 12 participants
Scheduling Options
2-day workshop or four half-day sessions
Materials
LinguaTec Intensive Pronunciation workbook and audio
material
What You Learn
Sound Production
- Practice vowel sounds
and vowel length for better volume and clarity
- Articulate consonant sounds
to improve diction
- Brainstorm high-frequency
workplace vocabulary to practice the sounds covered in the workshop
- Pronounce word endings
that have grammatical significance to listeners
- Target areas of particular
difficulty for individual review and practice
Word Stress, Rhythm, Intonation and Linking
- Become aware of the underlying
rhythm of American English
- Identify and reproduce
word, phrase, and sentence stress
- Practice a range of common
intonation patterns, from basic statements and questions to
more emphatic speech
- Apply rules for linking
words to create smoother-sounding statements and questions
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