American English Consonants for Indian IT Professionals
What you'll learn
- Pronounce consonants correctly and self-monitor
Requirements
- Intermediate or advanced level of English and IT vocabulary
Description
In this American English pronunciation course, specifically designed to meet the needs of speakers from India, learn to accurately produce the American consonants which Indian speakers of English often confuse. These tricky consonants include learning to distinguish between "Tap" and "Tab" and between "vow" and "wow." Also learn to distinguish between "IT" and "ID" and many other troublesome pairs. Computer professionals can learn to reduce or minimize their accents in an IT vocabulary context. Take advantage of the repetition audios in the supplemental materials section to retrain your muscle memory.
Who this course is for:
- Indian IT professionals with intermediate to advanced level of English
Course content
- Preview12:28
- 3 questionsP and B
- Preview20:00
- 13:39T and D: Part 2
- 3 questionsT and D
- 11:09CH and J
- 3 questionsCH and J
- 10:52K, G and X
- 4 questionsK, G and X
Instructor
![Sheila Lebedenko](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
- 4.6 Instructor Rating
- 84 Reviews
- 3,067 Students
- 5 Courses
Sheila has been coaching accent reduction for over 15 years. She holds a master's degree in teaching ESL from the University of Illinois and is the owner of Smooth English. She lives in Silicon Valley where she teaches private English lessons in person or on Skype. Most of her students are IT professionals in Silicon Valley. She has always had a love for the sound of English and values great diction in speakers.