(Pronunciation, Intelligibility and Expressiveness) Program for AMPS-EP)
Training for students and faculty in a new, comprehensive multiple-modality approach to basic Pronunciation, Intelligibility and Expressiveness instruction
Replaces, complements or enhances ESL/EFL PIE components of curriculum
Establishes a common framework for integrating classroom instruction of PIE work throughout a program.
Best done with students (and their instructors) who are at upper beginning through intermediate levels.
Requires relatively little instructor background in phonetics and applied phonology
Equally appropriate for native and nonnative English speaking instructors
Designed to be delivered in cooperation with local programs or sponsors, with cost and revenue sharing.
Three phase
format
Phase I: Preparation for on-campus orientation workshop
Phase II: 8-hour, on-campus workshop; students and faculty are introduced to the entire program and prepared for the Phase III follow up work.
Phase III: For the next 8-12 weeks, faculty present weekly, 30-minute review/expansion presentations of the AMPS-EP modules. Students then do three 15-20 minute homework assignments per week, optimally done every other day. AMPISys consultants work with faculty (online) through program completion.
Phase I:
Preliminary assessment/review of how pronunciation and intelligibility are represented and taught in the host program curriculum
Review of best program resources and instructor training
Determination of AMPS-EP applicability
Orientation of faculty and students to AMPS-EP framework and process (through written and video materials)
Initial evening dinner/orientation for faculty (evening prior to the PIE workshop)
Phase II:
Day-long PIE training/orientation workshop (9-5) with students and faculty together
(Best done on “regular” school day.):
Morning:
-Introduction
-Vowels and word stress
-Break
-Selected consonants
-Rhythm and vocabulary building
Afternoon:
-Intonation and prominence
-Selected consonants
-Oral reading & storytelling
-Break
-Conversational attending
-Practice protocols & Strategies
-Teaching and feedback guidelines
Phase III: Post Workshop
8 to 12 week follow up done by program instructors with or without consultation from AMPISys
Weekly, 30-45 minute module introduction and review
Students practice homework 3-4 times per week as homework (preferably 15-30 minutes in the morning before school)
PIE system used in any/all classrooms, beginning after workshop.
Students and faculty have access to AMPISys website and online consultation for all course materials and supplementary exercises.
General Fees
for PIE
Basic fee: $5,000 (maximum of 40 student participants – and up to 20 instructors, at no additional charge) Note: That fee includes 15 hours of post workshop consultation by AMPISys and all costs related to materials, shipping, transportation, accommodations and seminar rooms. If the sponsoring institution or program assumes responsibility for accommodations and rooms, the cost can be reduced. With AMPISys concurrence, sponsoring institutions are also free to set fees for PIE participants at any level. For larger PIE programs, or programs that involve different student/instructor ratios (greater or less than 1:2) contact AMPISys.