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ELSK 0646: Improve Your Pronunciation Intermediate Focus A 

Effective date

February 2017 

Department

ESL Pathways 

School

Arts and Sciences 
 




Description

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. 

Credits

0.0 

Year of study

Post-secondary Preparatory 

Prerequisites

CLB 4 Listening, CLB 4 Speaking. 

Corequisites

None 

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR)

None 

Hours

Lecture, Online, Seminar, Tutorial: 40
Total Hours: 40
 

Instructional Strategies

Ongoing needs analysis and feedback; recorded speech sample contribution and analysis; pair, group and whole class discussion; use of: audio lab; Moodle; case studies; videos, lectures, demonstrations 

Grading System

Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory 

Passing grade

60% 
 

Evaluation Plan

Type

Percentage

Assessment activity

Portfolio 

48 

4 Oral Journal Contributions and Transcriptions 

Assignments 

24 

3 Recorded Oral Presentations with self-analysis by rubric and/or transcriptions 

Quizzes/Tests 

15 

Authentic Speech Analysis; Supra-Segmentals (stress, rhythm, intonation) 

Participation 

13 

Active Class Involvement 

Course topics

Notes:

  • Course contents and descriptions, offerings and schedules are subject to change without notice.
  • Students are required to follow all College policies including ones that govern their educational experience at VCC. Policies are available on the VCC website at:
    https://www.vcc.ca/about/governance--policies/policies/.
  • To find out if there are existing transfer agreements for this course, visit the BC Transfer Guide at https://www.bctransferguide.ca.
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