English Pronunciation for Slavic & Eastern European Speakers

Course Structure

Classes 2 to 8 are dedicated to learning and practicing phonetics, speech structure and intonation. Each 2-hour session will cover some of the following sections:

1. Consonant Sounds - Learning the mouth positions and production of all the consonants of English.
2. Vowel Sounds - Learning the mouth positions and spellings of the 19 English vowel sounds.
3. Spelling & Sound - Studying the way written English is interpreted in speech (silent letters, endings etc.)
4. IPA - Learning to use the phonetic alphabet.
5. Speech Structure - Studying the way English speech is formed: weak forms, joining, stress, contracting.
6. Intonation - Producing and applying the three English intonation patterns to questions, answers, information, implication and conversation.

Homework is given each week, and includes:

1. Daily repetition exercises to improve sound production.
2. Theory homework: listening & reading exercises.
3. Conversation Practise: Learning & producing conversations.

Activities:

Classes contain a wide range of activities including:

• Repetition practice (to master sounds).
• Phonetic transcriptions (to perceive English phonetically)
• Conversation
• Close listening activities
• Collocation activities
• Voice exercises