What is a ‘Diagnostic Assessment’ and what does it achieve? Dr Perczuk has created a diagnostic assessment tool, which is used in the first session of a program. The assessment consists of a variety of speaking tasks used to identify students’ individual pronunciation problems. A program, tailored to each student’s specific needs, is then designed based on the individual problems Continue Reading...
About: Dr Yvonne Perczuk
Yvonne Perczuk has been a specialist in the design and delivery of university level courses, in English pronunciation and communication, since 1993. Her courses and training videos are used widely at all levels at the University of New South Wales Institute of Languages (UNSWIL); • she has designed university level pronunciation courses at all levels, as well as specialist courses geared to the particular needs of business professionals; • has designed and directed teacher-training videos on pronunciation techniques.
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What about when I’ve finished the program? How do I continue to practise after the course? You’ll be given a Follow-up Guide Package on completion of your course. This contains targeted pronunciation exercises, a CD and special guidelines for independent study. It will direct you to online audio and transcript resources, which will enable you to monitor and consolidate your Continue Reading...
It’s easy to do the exercises in the classroom, but what about when I go out into the real world? Practice is the key! I will ask you to focus on different elements of your pronunciation in your daily speech each week with strategies to help you integrate what you have learned in the classroom into your spontaneous speech in Continue Reading...
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