Basic Sounds and Spelling of English

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The aim of this course is for students to learn how to identify and say American English sounds in spoken and printed communication. Students will develop listening skills to distinguish individual English sounds in words. Students will also learn the English alphabet to know how sounds are represented in English. Students will then apply this knowledge to producing sounds in words and structured conversation to be understandable to familiar listeners, and to interpret standard combinations of sounds into printed text.