Elective Program

What are NYEA Elective Program?

These courses will give students a chance to focus on developing their skills in specific areas of English. We have spent more than a year testing, researching and building these courses to perfectly fit the needs of our students. Students in our Standard English Program can add these courses in order to get extra practice in a particular area of English. Or a student who wants a more casual, less demanding schedule might choose to take just an elective or two alone. Either way, we are excited to expand our offering with these fantastic new courses.

See below for details on our elective courses.

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Conversation and Pronunciation

One of the most popular requests from ESL students is to have more practice with speaking and pronunciation. This brand new course is designed to give English learners an extra boost in their speaking abilities. Sign up to spend two afternoons a week focusing on mastering your speaking skills!

Points for Conversation and Pronunciation course

  • Learn to speak English!
  • Smoother, more natural pronunciation!
  • Be understood!
  • Meet people in English! Make friends!

Coure description

This course is designed to be 75% conversation and 25% pronunciation. Students will be able to develop the ability to talk about themselves and their lives.
Specifically, students can Improve pronunciation clarity generally and especially with regard to the most difficult vowel and consonant sounds. Also, students will Improve their aptitude for “small talk” and impromptu conversation. Vocabulary depth and recall will also be developed. Students will also be able to develop the ability to speak confidently andfluently about topics of greater depth such as politics, culture and personal issues

Weeks Topic Language Focus
1 & 2 Conversation: Your Life • Getting Started, Beyond Hello, Home, Family, Eating and Drinking, Habits, Being Yourself, Staying Healthy, Parenting, Friends, Pets
3 & 4 Pronunciation: Difficult Consonant Sounds • Improving the pronunciation of English’s most problematic consonant sounds
5 & 6 Conversation: Free Time • Travel, California, Reading, Music, Television, Movies, Sports, Gardening, Beach, Celebrations
7 & 8 Pronunciation: Difficult Vowel Sound • Improving the pronunciation of English’s most problematic vowel sounds
9 & 10 Conversation: Modern Times • Opinion, Life’s Changes, Fashion, Beauty, Dating, Money, Eating Out, Gambling, Life Partners, Stress
11 & 12 Conversation: Civic Life Job Interviews, Work Life, School, Studying English, American Culture, Cities, Cars, Crime, Voting, Heroes

Class schedule <4 hours/week>

Afternoon Class
Monday and Wednesday 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Student Interview

All of the teachers and staff are nice and helpful. They are always willing to help you with more than just the language.

Yhada Thawikasemchok  - May 2018
Class : Conversation & Pronunciation

If you are looking to improve your English for higher education, I think that NYEA is the place to go. In my Conversation and Pronunciation class, I get lots of help with pronunciation, speaking practice, and also watching interesting videos to help with my listening comprehension. They all help me a lot to speak English better. I now feel more confident in myself. All of the teachers and staff are nice and helpful. They are always willing to help you with more than just the language.

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