A Pronunciation course for people who: |
- have problems with native speakers understanding their pronunciation
- want to pronounce words and sound like anEnglish native speaker
- want to correct problem sounds
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Course Outline |
Week 1
Monday |
Alphabet Sounds I: a, u, e, i, o (short vowel sounds) b, p, d, t, f, v, s, z, c, k (consonants) |
Tuesday |
Alphabet Sounds II: j, g, h, w, q, x, m, n , l, r (consonants continued) |
Wednesday |
Alphabet Quiz and revision
Phonics Sounds I: ck, ch, wh, ph, th ng, sh, ee, ea, ey, ai, ay |
Thursday |
Phonics Sounds II: oa, oe, ow, ou, ie, ui, ue, oo, au, aw, oi, oy
Tongue Twisters |
Friday |
ir, er, ur, wor, or, war, ar (vowels with ‘r’)
ire, ore, our, air, ear (sounds with ‘r’) |
Week 2
Monday |
bl, br, cl, cr, dr, fl; Week 1 revision; Silent Letters; Question Intonation; Practice Conversation |
Tuesday |
fr, gl, gr, pl, pr, sk; th revision; Magic E; -s endings; Conversation 1 |
Wednesday |
sl, sn, sp, st, tr, str; -ed endings; Enthusiam; Sarcasm; Connected Speech; Conversation 2 |
Thursday |
Phonics Sounds revision; focus on l, r, p, b, v, w, p; Preparation for Phonics Exam |
Friday |
Individual Phonics Exam and Feedback |
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Course Characteristics
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Week 1 focuses on how to make the basic alphabet sounds and combination sounds, while Week 2 focuses on
problem sounds as well as pronunciation, fluency, emotion and intonation in conversations.
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Messages from Former Students |
I was surprised that each alphabet has sounds, and I am very impressed that I became able to read words which were unknown to me. I now like English more, because I can see words from a new perspective.
(Kyoko)
Previously when I went to other schools, there were so many students in the class, I could not follow with the
other students. But at LETS they have a small phonics class, so I can study at my own pace. I had been in
Sydney for a long time. Unfortunately my pronunciation was not good. Even if I knew how to spell a word, I cannot communicate with people in English very well. But I improved it at LETS! (Tomoko) |
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