In this first course of The Pronunciation of American English specialization, you will learn and practice all of the consonant sounds of American English, including some pairs of consonants that are especially tricky. Each week you will receive practical advice from successful English learners and practice an effective technique called shadowing to improve your pronunciation of consonant sounds. You will also have opportunities to record yourself and to respond to the recordings of other learners. Only learners who pay for the course will be able to take the graded quizzes or submit assignments for feedback. The free version provides access to the lectures and practice activities only.
VB
It was a very practical course. They explain how to pronounce the consonants. And the quizzes are all listening exercises, that way your listening skills can improve.
JR
Excellent! I have learned a lot and my pronunciation have improved so much that I sound almost like another person now haha Thank you so much.
SM
Excellent and activity oriented as we had to record the conversation and upload. Plus lots of quizzes ensured conceptual clarity. Thank you UCI and Coursera.
JP
This course is very helpful. I've been studying English for a while but I've never paid attention to pronunciation. Now I have a much better overall understanding of spoken English.
ME
this consonants course has given me the opportunity to understand how I need to use the sounds of american english is very hard to find information about it
RP
I enjoyed the class very much! It has given me extensive review of consonant sounds of English and challenged me to hone my fluency through shadowing exercises. Thank you so much Professors!
RA
It's an amazing course. Thanks to all teachers of this course & coursera. I really enjoyed the course & learned a lot about American English Pronunciation.
RP
I really enjoyed this course, and I would strongly recommend it to anyone I know. Thank you very much for putting this course together :)
GV
Great Program! We can learn the correct way to pronounce all of the consonant sounds. And with plenty of opportunities to practice, we can identify the sounds that we need to improve on.
RD
I really enjoyed the course. It was very easy to follow through the entire time. The instructors, teachers were very elabrorate and descriptive about the lessons.
NS
This course was taught me how to pronounce correctly American English. I, an ESL student, learn more about phonetics and pronunciation. Thank you to all lecturers.
JD
The course strengthen the pronunciation skills that is a good start prior getting in the USA.Congratulations to have professionals Instructors on board.Cheers,John Paco Dradria
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Great Program! We can learn the correct way to pronounce all of the consonant sounds. And with plenty of opportunities to practice, we can identify the sounds that we need to improve on.
The course strengthen the pronunciation skills that is a good start prior getting in the USA.
Congratulations to have professionals Instructors on board.
Cheers,
John Paco Dradria
Take this course! It is excellent! I consider myself almost a native-speaker, for I went to American schools starting in 5th grade all the way up to my Senior year in high school. And I still took the course! Why? I had always wondered why some 's's' at the end of some words sound like a 'z'. And why when I heard recordings of myself, my English seemed to sound softer ("ed" vs. "t" sound endings!). And so when I saw the title of this course, I thought I'd check it out. I could not believe my eyes when I found answers to my questions while taking this course. My English already sounds even better! Thank you to Coursera, the school and, of course, the teachers for putting this course out there.
This course is very helpful. I've been studying English for a while but I've never paid attention to pronunciation. Now I have a much better overall understanding of spoken English.
It was a very practical course. They explain how to pronounce the consonants. And the quizzes are all listening exercises, that way your listening skills can improve.
I really enjoyed this course, and I would strongly recommend it to anyone I know. Thank you very much for putting this course together :)
I learned English with the wrong approach: Writing and Reading and then Listening and Speaking. Due to this, I mispronounced a lot of sounds. Thanks to this course, I understand better the secrets of clear pronunciation. I need to practice more, clearly, but UCI teachers have taught me how to do it. I am super grateful. I promise to keep practicing every day, and I am sure that with their knowledge, my pronunciation and accent will be outstanding sooner than later. Thanks, UCI teachers. You rock!
I enjoyed the class very much! It has given me extensive review of consonant sounds of English and challenged me to hone my fluency through shadowing exercises. Thank you so much Professors!
A very helpful and insightful course to learn the articulation and usage of American Consonants. I enjoyed this course a lot. Thank you, tutors, and peers.
Great content. Unfortunately, some peers do not understand grading criteria.
The content of the course is awesome, but the interaction of tutors or teachers with the students are totally inexistent. For a course too expensive, at least one native tutor to review our audios and provide a truly feedback would be nice. Also my shadowing records was reviewed by other students that, sometimes, showing less knowledge then me because of their poor writing on the evaluation.
This is an awesome course to refine your pronunciation of the English language. I speak English as a second language and found several tips which I did not learn before about how to recognize sounds better (I have always considered myself to have a little hearing problem) and enunciate my words more so my students can understand me better when I lecture.
I loved the course because it gives you real tools to pronounce the sounds. I learned the truth a lot. Thank you very much for the opportunity to participate.
It's an amazing course. Thanks to all teachers of this course & coursera. I really enjoyed the course & learned a lot about American English Pronunciation.
I would strongly recommend it to anyone I know. I really enjoyed it. You will become almost addicted to this training.
Clearly explained. Good tips to notice what mistakes you are making and how to correct them propertly.
It was amazing. I learned a lot of things and really enjoy this course!
It was an amazing journey. Well designed course.
Unique and useful!
The course is almost perfect. I really liked fullfiling and calm explanations of Ms. Yoshida. The course is designed universally for any foreigner so it covers pronunciation of all the sounds, thus those explanantions might seem a bit excessive when explained sounds exist in the mother tongue of a learner. But that's a plus, I just wish there was a bit more specific course for speakers of my native language so I could focus on the most challenging sounds more (/w/, /h/, th and s/z sounds in the positions one after another). What I really lacked is explanation of some consonant combinations that are pronounced differently and are not obvious for non-native speakers, by that I mean -mb endings like in words: comb, womb, tomb, bomb etc Maybe there are some other little secrets of consonants pronunciation I don't know still. All in all, I enjoyed this course and would highly recommend it!