Improve Your Pronunciation Intermediate Focus A (ELSK 0646)

Improve Your Pronunciation Intermediate Focus A promotes autonomous learning and the teaching of strategies that lead to improved pronunciation, fluency, delivery and listening skills. Key components of the course are oral journals; oral presentations; phonological analysis and practice of authentic speech forms and features; phonological analysis and practice of the supra-segmental (stress, rhythm, intonation) sound system of English; contrasting the suprasegmental (stress, rhythm, intonation) sound system of English with learner language. Course delivery involves language and content appropriate to CLB levels 5 and 6.

Course code: ELSK 0646

Credits: 0.0

Tuition: $0^*

Length: 40 hours

Course outline: https://www.vcc.ca/cfm-files/course-outline.cfm?subject=ELSK&number=0646

Campus: Broadway

Prerequisites

CLB 4 Listening
CLB 4 Speaking

Schedule†

ELSK 0646 schedule for programs:

ELSK

Course dates and times may vary throughout the term. Select the CRN number below to see a full schedule.

CRN #	Instructor	Dates	Day/Time	Instructor
45506	Salamatian, Shirene	07-Feb-2020 to 27-Mar-2020	Fri \| 9:00 a.m - 3:00 p.m	Salamatian, Shirene
45507	Wakabayashi Lee, Jane	08-Feb-2020 to 28-Mar-2020	Sat \| 9:00 a.m - 3:00 p.m	Wakabayashi Lee, Jane

Schedule†

ELSK 0646 schedule for programs:

EPAA
EPAT

Course dates and times may vary throughout the term. Select the CRN number below to see a full schedule.

CRN #	Dates	Day/Time
60694	06-Jul-2020 to 27-Aug-2020	Mon, Wed \| 12:30 p.m - 3:00 p.m
60694 VCC Broadway Building A	06-Jul-2020 to 27-Aug-2020	Mon \| 1:00 p.m - 2:30 p.m
60695	06-Jul-2020 to 27-Aug-2020	Tue, Thu \| 6:30 p.m - 9:00 p.m
60695 VCC Broadway Building A	06-Jul-2020 to 27-Aug-2020	Tue \| 7:00 p.m - 8:30 p.m
60699	04-Aug-2020 to 27-Aug-2020	Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu \| 12:30 p.m - 3:00 p.m
60699 VCC Broadway Building A	04-Aug-2020 to 27-Aug-2020	Wed \| 1:00 p.m - 2:30 p.m

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5	2020-01-01 18:30:00.0	Tue Thu	27-Aug-2020	2020-01-01 21:00:00.0	[empty string]	60695	24	202060	N	0	[empty string]	1830	BWY-A	2020-08-27 00:00:00.0	2059	[empty string]	L	2020-07-06 00:00:00.0	06-Jul-2020	Lecture
6	2020-01-01 19:00:00.0	Tue	27-Aug-2020	2020-01-01 20:30:00.0	[empty string]	60695	24	202060	N	0	[empty string]	1900	BWY-A	2020-08-27 00:00:00.0	2029	[empty string]	L	2020-07-06 00:00:00.0	06-Jul-2020	Lecture
7	2020-01-01 12:30:00.0	Mon Tue Wed Thu	27-Aug-2020	2020-01-01 15:00:00.0	[empty string]	60699	24	202060	N	0	[empty string]	1230	BWY-A	2020-08-27 00:00:00.0	1459	[empty string]	L	2020-08-04 00:00:00.0	04-Aug-2020	Lecture
8	2020-01-01 13:00:00.0	Wed	27-Aug-2020	2020-01-01 14:30:00.0	[empty string]	60699	24	202060	N	0	[empty string]	1300	BWY-A	2020-08-27 00:00:00.0	1429	[empty string]	B	2020-08-04 00:00:00.0	04-Aug-2020	Lecture

CACHED

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EXECUTIONTIME

SQL

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Improve Your Pronunciation Intermediate Focus A (ELSK 0646)

Prerequisites

Schedule†

ELSK 0646 schedule for programs:

Schedule†

ELSK 0646 schedule for programs:

Additional Information

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