Linguistic Features of the American Classroom

The second workshop in this series focuses on common pronunciation difficulties (e.g. pronouncing ‘very’ as ‘wary’) and strategies to practice these pronunciation skills. Although these are important skills, research shows that these “lower-level” features have less of an impact on student understanding than “discourse-level” features like speech rate, pauses, and intonation. Thus, this workshop will also address common challenges with English intonation and strategies for addressing these challenges.