Using Pronunciation to Get Your Point Across: A workshop for international TAs

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Event Details
  • Date/Time:
    • Tuesday October 16, 2018
      11:00 am - 12:30 pm
  • Location: O'Keefe Room 116
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  • URL: Language Institute
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  • Fee(s):
    N/A
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Contact

R. Katherine Samford
Campus Coordinator/Senior Lecturer, Language Institute
katherine.samford@pe.gatech.edu

Summaries

Summary Sentence: Current and future international TAs will learn techniques to improve communication in the classroom

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In this workshop, you will learn features of North American pronunciation that are important in communicating effectively. By modifying your speech even slightly, your speaking will become much easier to understand. You will learn about pausing and word stress for emphasis, intonation to indicate questions or doubt, and rhythm for sounding more fluent. You will learn tools that will help you hear these features in English and start adding them to your speech.

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Invited Audience
Graduate students
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Career/Professional development
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Status
  • Created By: Kate Williams
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Oct 1, 2018 - 1:55pm
  • Last Updated: Oct 1, 2018 - 1:55pm