XAVIER Leadership CENTER

Accent Essentials: English Pronunciation for Chinese Speakers

Presented by Shelly Wallace

When you are communicating with others in English, are you often asked to repeat yourself, even though your English is fluent? Is your speech as clear and easy to understand as you would like? Join us for a unique and high-impact learning experience with a member of the Xavier faculty who is an expert in the field of accent modification training for adults. Learn how to avoid the most common pronunciation mistakes in English made by speakers of Chinese. Gain awareness of patterns in your own speech that may be the source of communication gaps and misunderstandings. With improved pronunciation and diction, your daily interactions with English speakers will become easier and more comfortable.

Who Should Attend:

Native Chinese speakers who are fluent in English but wish to speak in a way that is clear and easy for others to understand; Native speakers of Chinese whose careers depend on having excellent communication skills in English.

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You Will Learn:

• The importance of precise sound articulation and complete word production
  
• To correctly produce key sounds at the word, sentence, and paragraph levels
  
• Important differences between Chinese and English in terms of intonation and stress
• To organize your sentences in “thought groups” for improved clarity