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University of California, Irvine

Tricky American English Pronunciation

In this course, you’ll practice the sounds of American English that might sometimes be confusing. You'll practice both consonant and vowel sounds. You’ll also learn about the things that give English its special “music,” such as how to stress the right syllable in a word, how to make your voice go up and down in a natural-sounding melody, and how to naturally connect sounds and words. Learning these things will help you speak more clearly and make sure that others can understand what you're saying. This course is useful for English language learners who want to improve pronunciation of American English for better communication. Note that access to all of the lectures and handouts are free to anyone, but the graded assignments and quizzes are only available in the paid version of the course. You will need to submit recordings of your own pronunciation for graded assignments.

Status: Grammar
Status: Oral-Motor Skills
BeginnerCourse15 hours

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NS

4.0Reviewed Jul 24, 2020

Very interactive and awesome course. I think they have add more shadowing assignments so that learners can practice it. Again thank you so much for this free and amazing course.

JD

5.0Reviewed May 1, 2020

This is something that I needed indeed to improve and enhance my English pronunciation due to not native teachers in my country to help me out with this specific matter, thanks.

WP

5.0Reviewed Jun 4, 2020

I like this course! The teachers have taught me a lot about pronunciation. You need to try this. Moreover, I think it would be great if we also got the score from the teachers or AI.

KK

5.0Reviewed Jul 21, 2020

I'm really impressed with this course, it's a great opportunity for both beginners and intermediate level students. I will definitely recommend this course to my friends! Thank you!

AN

4.0Reviewed Apr 7, 2020

good for knowing how to speak and pronunciation right, but you should practice it yourself and i think it would be better if you have someone who can really guide you well in real situation

SJ

5.0Reviewed Mar 31, 2020

The instructors were very clear in their objectives. I enjoyed the course and therfore completed it before the schedule . Thanks Coursera for making learning so easy!

AM

5.0Reviewed Sep 24, 2020

As a student at a language school, I can say that this course has helped me a lot to improve my English speaking skills. I know that it was a great idea enroled for this course.

PY

5.0Reviewed Apr 21, 2020

They helped and taught me about American Englsih Pronunciation correctly which made me improves myself and encourage to speak out much more.Thank you so much for a good course from Coursera.

BS

5.0Reviewed May 6, 2020

the course is wonderful it makes you aware why does the American English sound the way it doesthe course will improve your pronunciation skills and enhance themTake it, it's worth it

L

5.0Reviewed Jun 20, 2020

I got very good experience improving my English with this course. Very excited to take more! Btw its my first certificate from Coursera, very happy now. So many thanks!

NN

5.0Reviewed Jun 5, 2020

I learned so much in this course. The quality of the course is amazing. The course cleared the air around many concepts I was struggling with. Thank you UCI, Thank you Coursera.

TM

4.0Reviewed May 17, 2020

Thank you for the lessons. They say I need more emotion in speaking, which I couldn't agree more lol. Anyway, it was kind of important to know how I actually sounded, I think.

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