Spoken English Pronunciation

Catalog description

International Teaching Assistants (ITAs) and other students enrolled in UNIV 402A will increase their ability to speak English clearly and to navigate their informal speaking demands. Specifically, this class focuses on pronunciation skills, including vowels, consonants, syllable stress, word stress, and intonation. Students will also learn vocabulary and idiomatic expressions that are applicable to academic, professional, and daily life contexts. Students will employ many of these pronunciation and language skills in their informal presentation assignments throughout the semester. This course is required of all new ITAs who did not pass the CWRU Spoken English Test and received a score below 60. In addition, the course is open to any international student, postdoctoral visitor, or employee who may wish to enroll.