The objective of this course is to help current and potential teaching assistants who are not native speakers of English to achieve a readily intelligible English pronunciation. The information provided will enable these students to perceive, predict, and pronounce the sounds, rhythm, and melody of English at the word and phrase levels. It also prepares students to be independent self-learners, enabling them to evaluate and correct their own speech. ESL 404 focuses on students' overall proficiency in the general educated vocabulary of the university classroom, and the register and lexicon of their own academic disciplines.
Students have the opportunity to apply their knowledge and skills in simulated instruction.
Permission of the instructor is required. 3. ability to produce the correct pronunciation of words and discourse-level speech. The focus is on the general educated language of the university classroom, and the specific lexicon of your own academic discipline. 3. individual conferences. A standard cassette recorder and 3 audio cassette tapes for recording assignments.