Course Information
Registration period
Year-round Recruitment
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
2 Hour(s) 23 Minute(s)
Language
English
Taught by
Emily Sadeghi, M.S.CCC-SLP
Rating
Course Overview
Communicate more clearly and confidently with English-speaking employers, clients, coworkers, and friends.
This course trains East-Asian professionals how to speak with more of an American English accent. It includes video lectures and practice sheets for each section. Background languages targeted are: Chinese (Mandarin/Cantonese), Korean, Tagalog, Vietnamese, and Japanese.
In American Accent Training, feedback is very important. This course features videos of feedback sessions with Mandarin (Chinese) speakers. Participants are offered feedback individually as well; once a week, you can send in a voice recording and you will receive feedback.
Course Content
- 8 section(s)
- 25 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Introduction
- Section 2 English "r"
- Section 3 English /l/
- Section 4 Voiced and Voiceless "th"
- Section 5 Consonant Targets for Specific Language Backgrounds
- Section 6 English Vowels
- Section 7 Stress and Intonation
- Section 8 Conclusion
What You’ll Learn
- Participants will learn how to pronounce sounds and sound sequences of American English
- Participants will be able to use American English intonation
- Participants will be able to use American English pronunciation in their conversations more automatically
Skills covered in this course
Reviews
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MMichelle Quismundo
yes it is
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EElla Magtoto
It was okay.
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JJace Mercado
The tutorial was excellent!
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KKen Qin
This is a great session and very helpful! Thank you so much.
