Faculty Syllabus

ESOL-0309 Advanced American Pronunciation

Janine Lanier


Credit Spring 2023

Section(s)

ESOL-0309-002 (56043)
LEC TuTh 6:00pm - 7:20pm DIL DLS DIL

Course Requirements

Instructional Methodology: Lecture, pair work and small group activities,  audio and video recording, individual presentations

 

GRADING:   The following categories and percentages show how your final grade will be determined:

Preparation/Homework/ Participation                            10%                       90 – 100% = A

Quizzes/Tests                                                                 20%                      80 – 89%   = B

Recordings                                                                     50%                      70 – 79%   = C

Presentations                                                                 20%                      65 – 69%   = D

                                                                                                                     below 65% = F    

 

Readings

Well Said: Pronunciation for Clear Communication  4th Edition

     Publisher:   Cengage   ISBN:  9781305641365

Course Subjects

Course Topic Schedule:

              (This schedule may change to meet the needs of the class)

Week 1

Introduction to class, Your Pronunciation Profile

Week 2

Intro to Vowel Sounds

Week 3

Sound/Spelling Patterns

Week 4

Syllables

Week 5

Word Endings (+s)

Week 6

Word Endings (+ed)

Week 7

Intro to Stress, Rhythm, and Intonation

Week 8

Midterm Presentations

Week 9

Stress in Words (Part 1)

Week 10

Stress in Words (Part 2)

Week 11

Reduction vs Stress

Week 12

Rhythm in Sentences

Week 13

Intonation Focus in Discourse

Week 14

More Functions of Intonation

Week 15

Phrasing, Pausing, and Linking

Week 16

Review and Final Presentations

 

Student Learning Outcomes/Learning Objectives

Instructional Objectives/Outcomes:

Upon completion of this course, students will demonstrate the ability to do the following:

  • Identify and produce difficult consonant sounds (ie. /th/, /r/)
  • Differentiate  and produce vowel sounds
  • Pronounce plural and 3rd-person singular (+s) endings as needed in speech
  • Pronounce past tense (+ed) endings as needed in speech
  • Identify and produce stress and intonation patterns in words
  • Identify and produce common English stress patterns in phrases and sentences
  • Demonstrate the use of appropriate stress patterns in connected speech (reductions)
  • Identify and produce common English intonation patterns in sentences
  • Demonstrate the use of appropriate English intonation patterns in connected speech
  • Demonstrate strategies for practicing and improving pronunciation on their own
  • Demonstrate strategies for monitoring and self-correcting mispronunciation at word and sentence level

 

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Published: 04/30/2023 13:51:40