American English Consonants (Parts 1-4)

Event details Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2026 Time: 4:30 PM Type: Arts / Performance About this event Facilitator: Ginessa Payne, Center for Teaching Excellence Description: This four-session pronunciation workshop systematically explores the vocal tract and segments of speech that make meaningful differences in North American English. Through a variety of activities and handouts, attendees will become familiar with each consonant sound and with resources to practice listening discrimination and accurate pronunciation on their own. They each have the opportunity to get personalized feedback on their own pronunciation. Learning Outcomes : Participants will be able to… 1. Distinguish consonant sounds from consonant letters 2. When listening, discern voiced consonants from voiceless consonants, and discern the different manners of articulation (stop, fricative, affricate, approximant, and nasal) 3. When speaking, shift between voiced and voiceless at will; produce consonants with different manners of articulation and different places of articulation 4. Identify one digital resource to use for ongoing pronunciation development Official event details: https://calendar.tamu.edu/elp/event/388051-american-english-consonants-parts-1-4