This short course is part of a series of 3 pronunciation courses, however, it can be taken as a stand-alone course or in conjunction with Understanding Natural Speech: words and sentences, and Understanding Natural Speech: improve your listening skills.
- To examine how native speakers use speech signals to convey meaning.
- To show the basic differences or contrasts between vowels, and the contrasts between consonants
- To reflect on how different elements of speech, such as intonation, can affect meaning.
Session 1: introduction, concepts + thought groups 1
Session 2: recap, thought groups 2
Session 3: recap, pitch curves + voicing
Session 4: recap, consonant contrast, vowel contrasts + review
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By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- appreciate how speaker thought processes are reflected in natural speech,
- recognise when intonation changes meaning,
- identify individual vowel and consonant sounds,
- better understand natural spoken English.
The course is taught over 4 weeks in 2 hour sessions. This allows participants to put into practice what they learn in each session and then build on that knowledge in the following session. The sessions are conducted as seminars and participants are actively involved in identifying and creating knowledge.
- Attendance and in-class tasks
- There will be out of class tasks after the first 3 sessions and a final assignment at the end of the course.
Lynch, Tony, Study Listening, (Cambridge, CUP, 2004)
Roach, Peter, English Phonetics and Phonology, (Cambridge: CUP, 2009)
Rogerson, Pamela and Judy B. Gilbert, Speaking Clearly, (Cambridge: CUP, 1990)
Underhill, Adrian, Sound Foundations, (Oxford: Macmillan, 1994)
Wilson, J.J., How to Teach Listening, (Harlow: Pearson, 2008)
This short course is part of a series of 3 pronunciation courses, however, it can be taken as a stand alone course or in conjunction with Understanding Natural Speech: thoughts and sounds and Understanding Natural Speech: improve your listening skills.
The course will be taught in English. A minimum level of B2 CEFR is recommended.
The sessions are highly practical and students are introduced to the theory through the use of both studio and authentic recordings and videos.
- After each session participants will be given specific tasks to complete which build on and reinforce the content of the relevant session.
- At the end of the course there will be a mini-project for participants to hand-in, which brings together the most important aspects of the course.