In addition, supplemental tutoring is recommended. To make an appointment, please call 752-6050 or drop by 17 Wellman. International students and scholars who are learning English and English speakers who are studying foreign languages sign up on a referral list and then arrange to meet each other for conversation in their shared languages. For more information or to sign up for the International Exchange Project, please visit either lab. The informal discussions include a wide variety of topics, idioms, and vocabulary necessary for social and professional life in the United States, so students should come to the workshop sessions with questions and ideas to share.
Enrollment open all quarter.
Discussion focuses on those elements of spoken language that are most important to meaning and communication. Each week principles of pronunciation, along with many practice exercises and strategies for improving fluency in spoken English, are presented. Programs are individually designed for each client. Evaluation and instruction is provided by licensed speech pathologists that have specialized training in all aspects of accent modification. Focus of instruction is on intonation, auditory discrimination and speech sounds.