This course is designed to improve non-native English speakers' pronunciation skills. It takes them step-by-step through the pronunciation of all American sounds, rhythm, stress, and intonation while concentrating on accent reduction. Students practice basic pronunciation skills such as tongue, lip, and jaw position; airflow; word reduction; and related sounds. An Accent Inventory is conducted at the beginning of the course to determine individual pronunciation difficulties. Students purchase book.

CRDCS 2100662
Pronunciation for Communication and Work II

This course is a continuation of Pronunciation for Communication and Work I. It provides in-depth practice for both vowels and consonants - particularly those which are troublesome such as lax vowels and diphthongs. It focuses on those elements essential for successful pronunciation - practice with stress, intonation, linking, reductions, ellipsis, consonant replacements, and inflectional endings. Students purchase book.