Capital Community College’s English as a Second Language (ESL) program is offering a Pronunciation Workshop beginning July 8th at the 950 Main Street campus.  The workshop (ESL 149) focuses on American English pronunciation and its application to typical conversational, reading and writing activities.

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This course focuses on American English pronunciation and its application to typical conversational, reading and writing activities.

Topics of study include the following: Consonant and vowel sounds of the English language; Stress, rhythm and intonation patterns of words and phrases; Patterns affecting speech such as deletions, insertions, and linking, and; Differences between spelling and speech.

Students will practice listening and speaking exercises using a variety of techniques integrating them with conventional listening, speaking, reading and writing tasks. This Summer Session II course is available for academic credit and on a continuing education basis.  It runs from July 8th to August 9th on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 6 to 8:45 p.m.

For more information including tuition, financial aid (credit course only) and registration call the ESL office at Capital 860-906-5203 or e-mail CA-foundation@capitalcc.edu