Spring 2020 Update [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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SPH (0878) 683 - Accent Modification Services in Speech-Language Pathology
Credits: 3.00
Students will learn evidence-based practices and techniques for providing accent modification services in speech-language pathology. Students will gain knowledge of code-switching, dialects and foreign accents. A systematic approach to assessment and intervention selection will be reinforced.
Upon completion of the course, students will:
- describe the characteristics of at least four English dialects in use in the United States;
- explain psychosocial factors involved in the loss or manipulation of one’s dialect;
- design an appropriate case history questionnaire for non-native speakers seeking to modify their accents;
- analyze the phonology of a given dialect and compare/contrast it with standard English including-
- presence/absence of English consonants,
- allophonic changes in consonants shared by both languages,
- substitutions for sounds not in the primary language,
- presence/absence of English vowels,
- substitutions for vowels not in the primary language;
- analyze vocal dynamics including-
- pitch,
- volume,
- quality,
- intonation,
- resonance;
- analyze the prosodic features of a dialect (stress, intonation, phrasing, linking, and rate);
- describe the primary characteristics of American English phonology and intonation;
- plan, develop, and execute a dialect modification program for an individual and/or group of 2-10 people.
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