ESL-95 — Pronunciation and Accent Reduction

Prerequisite: None., Advisory: Qualification for ESL 52 or higher recommended.

Description: Provides students with basic instruction and practice in the oral production of English. Listening activities focus on comprehension of sentences, dialogs and paragraphs at normal speed and on discrimination of sound patterns in American English. Pronunciation focuses on stress, intonation, rhythm, phrasing, reduction, and linking as well as consonants, vowels, and digraphs. The course emphasizes overall pronunciation improvement to make spoken communication more intelligible and to approximate more closely native rhythms and intonation. 54 hours lecture and 18 hours laboratory. (Non-degree credit course) (Pass/No Pass only)