Pronouncing American English

Placement Level: Eligibility for ESL-608 as determined by the Chaffey College ESL placement process and/or guided self placement into ESL-632 or higher. Advisory: Completion of ESL-622. Intensive instruction in the oral production of American English, targeted to intermediate and advanced ESL students. Focus on speaking and pronunciation skills to improve fluency and minimize accent impact imparted by the speaker's native language. Topics include: sound systems of consonants and vowels, pitch and intonation patterns, rhythm and phrasing, and sound reductions. May be taken twice. Non-credit