Course Overview

In this 5-session practice-based course, participants will engage in a series of brain-based English pronunciation exercises that build awareness of the sounds and rhythms of English for the purpose of being more confident in their spoken English.

Who should take this course?

This course is designed for non-native English-speaking teachers: English teachers who are themselves non-native speakers of English and who wish to improve their pronunciation, fluency, and speaking confidence.

Course Objectives

Through your participation in this course, you will:

• Expand your awareness and use of word-level and phrase-level stress;
• Improve your perception and production of the vowel sounds of English;
• Experience the Color Vowel Approach as both a learner and a teacher;
• Increase your overall confidence in knowing how spoken English works.

Course Dates

• Thursday, May 6, 2021: 8-9:30 pm ET (New York Time/ GMT -4)
• Thursday, May 13, 2021: 8-9:30 pm E
• Thursday, May 20, 2021: 8-9:30 pm ET
• Thursday, May 27, 2021: 8-9:30 pm ET
• Thursday, June 3, 2021: 8-9:30 pm ET

Course Tools

Pronunciation for English Teachers (PET) is an online course. We use Zoom meeting space for our live meetings, and homework tasks are submitted in FlipGrid. Participants will need access to 1) a computer or mobile device with audio and video capability; 2) a strong internet connection for the live meetings; 3) a quiet space where you can speak out loud during live meetings; 4) a Gmail (Google) account.

We recommend you participate in this course in real time, as you live participation will yield far more learning and discovery than participating asynchronously. Nevertheless, each live session will be recorded and posted in a private YouTube channel created exclusively for course participants.