ESOL - Pronunciation and Accent Reduction (modular) - Online Tuition

Description

This course aims to assist adult learners in improving their pronunciation skills and reducing their accents to enhance their overall communication in English. Through a variety of exercises and activities, participants will focus on specific sounds, stress patterns, intonation, and rhythm to develop clearer and more fluent speech.

Course Duration: 10 weeks (20 sessions)

Course Objectives:

By the end of this course, participants will:

1. Identify and produce accurate sounds, stress patterns, and intonation in English.
2. Develop awareness of their own pronunciation challenges and strategies for improvement.
3. Reduce their native accent to improve overall intelligibility.
4. Enhance their listening skills and ability to distinguish between different sounds.
5. Increase their confidence in spoken English communication.

Course Outline:

Week 1: Introduction to Pronunciation and Accent Reduction

- Assessing participants' pronunciation strengths and areas for improvement

- Understanding the importance of pronunciation in effective communication

- Introduction to key concepts: sounds, stress, intonation, and rhythm

Week 2: Vowel Sounds

- Identifying and producing English vowel sounds

- Practice exercises and drills for accurate vowel pronunciation

- Common pronunciation challenges and strategies for improvement

Week 3: Consonant Sounds

- Identifying and producing English consonant sounds

- Focus on challenging consonant sounds and their correct articulation

- Practice exercises and drills for accurate consonant pronunciation

Week 4: Word Stress and Sentence Stress

- Understanding the concept of stress and its role in English pronunciation

- Practice exercises for placing stress on the correct syllables in words and sentences

- Intonation patterns in different sentence types

Week 5: Rhythm and Linking

- Developing a sense of rhythm in English speech

- Practice exercises for linking words together and maintaining flow

- Awareness of connected speech phenomena

Week 6: Intonation Patterns

- Recognizing and producing different intonation patterns in English

- Practice exercises for conveying meaning through intonation

- Intonation in questions, statements, and emotions

Week 7: Pronunciation of Commonly Mispronounced Words

- Identification and correction of commonly mispronounced words

- Practice exercises for improving pronunciation of specific words

- Strategies for self-correction and continued improvement

Week 8: Accent Reduction Techniques

- Understanding the impact of native accents on English pronunciation

- Techniques for reducing native accents and improving intelligibility

- Practice exercises for adopting a more neutral accent

Week 9: Listening Skills and Discrimination

- Enhancing listening skills to better distinguish between sounds

- Practice exercises for recognising and discriminating between similar sounds

- Developing an ear for correct pronunciation through listening activities

Week 10: Review and Fluency Practice

- Reviewing course content and addressing individual needs

- Fluency practice exercises and activities

- Final evaluation and feedback session

Note: This syllabus is a guideline and can be customised based on the specific needs and preferences of the participants. You can opt in and out of different modules.