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Accent Reduction and Pronunciation: A Comprehensive Course in American English, Lab Reports of English Language

A non-credit elective course in accent reduction and pronunciation offered at raritan valley community college. The course focuses on improving students' understanding and production of american english sounds, stress, and intonation. Students will study the international phonetic alphabet, speech mechanism, and various vowels and consonants. The course includes lectures, small-group work, computer-assisted instruction, and assessments. Upon completion, students will demonstrate improved comprehension and communication skills.

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RARITAN VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
ACADEMIC COURSE OUTLINE
I. BASIC COURSE INFORMATION
A. Accent Reduction and Pronunciation (ESLS 047)
B. Date: September 28, 2002; Updated January 12, 2007
C. Sponsoring Department: Communication and Languages
D. Semester Credit Hours: 3 NC credits
E. Weekly Contact Hours: 3 Lecture: 3
Laboratory: 0
F. Prerequisites: ESL Placement Test Score within the designated range for
this course or permission of the instructor.
II. CATALOG DESCRIPTION
This course is an extensive course in American English accent reduction and
pronunciation. Students will study and become aware of the individual sounds,
stress conventions, and intonation of American English. Students will learn the
elements of the speech mechanism and the International Phonetic Alphabet as
aids in understanding phonemes and considerable attention will be given to
awareness of word and sentence level patterns. Students will listen to recordings
and use computer software for practice in reproducing sounds. This course is
intended for students who are not native speakers of English with an intermediate
or higher level of experience with spoken American English. Credit for this
course does not apply to credit hours earned, grade point average, or graduation
requirements.
III. STATEMENT OF COURSE NEED
IV. PLACE OF COURSE IN CURRICULUM
This course is strictly a non-credit elective for personal improvement and is part of the
non-academic course offerings in ESLS. Students may take courses in any other ESL
skill area according to their interests and placement by the ESL placement test.
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RARITAN VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

ACADEMIC COURSE OUTLINE

I. BASIC COURSE INFORMATION

A. Accent Reduction and Pronunciation (ESLS 047) B. Date: September 28, 2002; Updated January 12, 2007 C. Sponsoring Department: Communication and Languages D. Semester Credit Hours: 3 NC credits E. Weekly Contact Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Laboratory: 0 F. Prerequisites: ESL Placement Test Score within the designated range for this course or permission of the instructor.

II. CATALOG DESCRIPTION

This course is an extensive course in American English accent reduction and pronunciation. Students will study and become aware of the individual sounds, stress conventions, and intonation of American English. Students will learn the elements of the speech mechanism and the International Phonetic Alphabet as aids in understanding phonemes and considerable attention will be given to awareness of word and sentence level patterns. Students will listen to recordings and use computer software for practice in reproducing sounds. This course is intended for students who are not native speakers of English with an intermediate or higher level of experience with spoken American English. Credit for this course does not apply to credit hours earned, grade point average, or graduation requirements.

III. STATEMENT OF COURSE NEED

IV. PLACE OF COURSE IN CURRICULUM

This course is strictly a non-credit elective for personal improvement and is part of the non-academic course offerings in ESLS. Students may take courses in any other ESL skill area according to their interests and placement by the ESL placement test.

V. Outline of Course Content

This course teaches the elements of American English pronunciation. The structures will be presented in various formats allowing the students to observe and replicate sounds in a variety of ways, both aurally and visually. Activities will lead from controlled listening exercises to student sound production, enabling the students to personalize what they have learned and use what they are learning in a meaningful way.

In Accent Reduction and Pronunciation, students will learn the basic elements of American English sound production, study individual vowel and consonant sounds, and learn rules of American English stress and intonation.

The course will include the following topics:

  • An Overview of American English
  • American Spelling System
  • International Phonetic Alphabet
  • The Speech Mechanism
  • Articulators
  • Speech Organs
  • Voiced and Voiceless Sounds
  • Vowels
  • Consonants
  • Syllable Stress
  • Identifying Syllables
  • Syllable Stress
  • Reduces Vowels in Unstressed Syllables
  • Stress in Words with Prefixes and Suffixes
  • Shifts in Stress
  • Stress in Compound Words
  • Vowel and Consonant Length
  • Length of Vowels Before Consonants
  • Length of Vowels at the Ends of Sentences
  • Content Words and Function Words
  • Functions Words in Phrases and Sentences
  • Rhythm of English
  • Reductions
  • Word Stress and Phrasing
  • Word Stress in Sentences
  • Phrasing and Linking
  • Phrasing and Pausing
  • Numbers
  • Intonation
  • Rising and Falling Intonation

IX. Grade Determinants

  • Weekly written, Internet, computer software and oral/aural assignments
  • Group and individual presentations
  • Quizzes
  • Comparison recordings
  • Participation

X. Texts and Materials

  • Pronouncing American English
  • Longman Dictionary of American English.
  • Or other comparable texts

XI. Resources

  • Computer Based Instructional Materials: Pronunciation Power
  • Academic Support Center