Accent Modification
Prerequisite(s): Level 4 and 5 students.

Description: Designed for advanced ESL students who want to learn techniques for applying more precise North American speech patterns in job-related situations. Concentration will be placed on individual sound production, articulation, connected speech and intonation.
Materials Needed: Text
Suggested Follow-up Courses:   Adv. Communication: Media and Society      American Idioms & Business Jargon     

Adv. Communication: Media and Society
Prerequisite(s): Level 4 or 5 students.

Description: Practice conversation, reading and listening comprehension for professional success through study of film, TV and other media.
Materials Needed:
Suggested Follow-up Courses:   Accent Modification      American Idioms & Business Jargon     

Advanced Conversation
Prerequisite(s): Level 5 students.

Description: Mastery of a selected vocabulary of technical/occupational terms, including appropriate pronunciation or terms and use of English language structures required by business and industry for successful on-the-job performance.
Materials Needed: Text
Suggested Follow-up Courses:   Advanced Pronunciation & Speaking Skills      Adv. Communication: Media and Society      Accent Modification

Advanced Pronunciation & Speaking Skills
Prerequisite(s): Level 3, 4 and 5 students.

Description: Focus will be on comprehensibility of spoken English. Improvement will be measured by the consistency of accurate pronunciation of English in job-related situations. Emphasis will be on articulation, intonation, stress and connected speech.
Materials Needed: Text
Suggested Follow-up Courses:   Advanced Conversation      Accent Modification      Adv. Communication: Media and Society

Beginning Conversation
Prerequisite(s): Level 1 and 2 students.

Description: Mastery of a selected vocabulary of technical/occupational terms, including appropriate pronunciation or terms and use of English language structures required by business and industry for successful on-the-job performance.
Materials Needed: Text
Suggested Follow-up Courses:   Beginning Pronunciation & Speaking Skills      Intermediate Conversation     

Beginning Pronunciation & Speaking Skills
Prerequisite(s): Level 1 and 2 students.

Description: Focus will be on comprehensibility of spoken English. Improvement will be measured by the consistency of accurate pronunciation of English in job-related situations. Emphasis will be on articulation, intonation, stress and connected speech.
Materials Needed: Text
Suggested Follow-up Courses:   Advanced Pronunciation & Speaking Skills      Intermediate Conversation     

Intermediate Conversation
Prerequisite(s): Level 3 and 4 students.

Description: Mastery of a selected vocabulary of technical/occupational terms, including appropriate pronunciation or terms and use of English language structures required by business and industry for successful on-the-job performance.
Materials Needed: Text
Suggested Follow-up Courses:   Advanced Conversation      Advanced Pronunciation & Speaking Skills