Improve Your Pronunciation Intermediate Focus A promotes autonomous learning and the teaching of strategies that lead to improved pronunciation, fluency, delivery and listening skills. Key components of the course are oral journals; oral presentations; phonological analysis and practice of authentic speech forms and features; phonological analysis and practice of the supra-segmental (stress, rhythm, intonation) sound system of English; contrasting the suprasegmental (stress, rhythm, intonation) sound system of English with learner language. Course delivery involves language and content appropriate to CLB levels 5 and 6.
Prerequisites
CLB 4 Listening, CLB 4 Speaking.
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What you will learn
- Word Stress and Vowel Reduction
- Sentence Level Stress and Unstress
- Intonation
- Contrastive Analysis
- Strategies and techniques specific to improvements in pronunciation, fluency, delivery and listening in intermediate level English
How to register
This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.
Course schedules
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| CRN# | Duration | Delivery | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61104 |
June 1, 2026 to July 22, 2026 |
Lecture Lab |
VCC Broadway Building A | See full schedule | Register |
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Contact us
If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.
† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.