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Lunchtime Seminar

Providing an opportunity for faculty, graduate students, and professional staff to gather with colleagues to listen, discuss, comment, interact and reflect on a variety of topics to enhance teaching and learning.

The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning offers the following workshop:

Spoken English Pronunciation for International Instructors and TAs
Cynthia DeRoma, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Do you sometimes feel like you need some help with your English pronunciation, but don’t know where to start? It is not unusual for some students to negatively evaluate courses and teaching when they have trouble understanding the instructor’s pronunciation, regardless of the actual quality of the teaching itself. In this session, we will cover some common pronunciation issues involving individual sounds, stress, and intonation, to help international faculty and TA’s identify areas of their spoken English that could be improved for clarity. We will also go over resources offered by CETL specifically targeted towards international instructors.

Friday, December 4th
11:15-1:10pm
ROWE Center, room 318

A boxed lunch will be provided.  If you have special dietary needs (vegetarian, gluten free, or both) please e-mail Stacey Valliere.  Requests made within 7 days of seminar will not be honored.

Registration is required.

To register and view more workshops, please visit http://itl.uconn.edu/seminars/.

For more information, contact: Stacey Valliere at [log in to unmask]

Arthur Galinat
Assistant Director, International Student & Scholar Services

UConn Global Affairs
International Student & Scholar Services (ISSS)
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