EG 010. ESL Pronunciation of English Fundamentals

Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): A score at a pre-determined level on a placement instrument.

This course will enable the student to produce consonants and vowels as individual entities and as connected phonemes at an introductory level while developing auditory discrimination skills of target sounds. The student will recognize the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), read phonetic symbols, and build a fundamental knowledge of the speech mechanism: place, manner, voicing characteristics of consonants, and tongue elevation and position of vowels.