ESL SPEAKING and LISTENING
Communication and Pronunciation Class
This ESL Speaking and Listening course is designed for intermediate level learners to help improve their listening/speaking skills, as well as their pronunciation and communication skills. It will provide the tools, tips and methods to help students communicate more effectively, participate in discussions and understand listening material from a variety of sources. Working through a selection of interesting topics and discussions, the course will focus on the following:- Topics and activities to promote discussion, learn relevant vocabulary, and practice selected pronunciation points
- Guided activities and tasks
- Discussion strategies/giving and asking for opinions
- Pair and group work (communicative interaction)
- Student Oral Presentations
- Pronunciation practice involving vowels, consonants, syllable stress (in words), sentence stress and rhythm, intonation
Listening Centre
A set of 5 CD players with headphones are available for ESL Speaking and Listening students to work independently at their own pace. It can be used to reinforce pronunciation points or to work on areas that are of a particular challenge to each individual. A tracking paper will be provided so that students can keep a record of what they have worked on and their achieved levels of success in each area. The main focus of this course is improving listening and speaking skills. Pronunciation, while not the basis of this class, will be touched on throughout.
Register for this course atSt. Joseph's Adult School
330 Lajoie Street
Ottawa, ON K1L 7H4
Phone: 741-6808Click here to learn more about St. Joseph's
where ESL Speaking and Listening is offered.
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