Students learn to communicate in every day situations in the real world using expected probes and responses. Students will understand difference in meaning expressed through spoken intonation and non-verbal communication. Students will orally improvise in conversational situations and will make brief formal presentations. Students will become familiar with idiomatic expressions. This course provides practice in improving the pronunciation of spoken English by foreign born students.
Speakers develop an American pronunciation pattern so that greater clarity is achieved.
It will focus on English sentence patterns, which inherently teach punctuation and sentence structure. There will also be a strong emphasis on grammar, particularly verb tenses.