HLTH 5301 — Clarity and Connection: Pronunciation Skills in English
3 semester hoursGraduateLecture
Explores how diversity in language backgrounds, dialects, and accents can both enrich community and sometimes present challenges in specific situations. Provides an opportunity for high intermediate or advanced non-native English speakers or speakers of non-North American dialects of English to learn general strategies for improving comprehensibility across English dialects, as well as some features specific to Mainstream North American English (MAE). Offers opportunities to engage in written and spoken exercises, speaking with partners and in front of a larger group, and preparing for presentations with a focus on pronunciation.