CONFIDENT ENGLISH COMMUNICATION

In-Person Classes

Master English fluency with confidence through the power of music

SING, LEARN, SUCCEED

Increase your awareness of speaking English pronunciation through singing, phonetics and musical expression 

Learn English Through SInging The Sharkey Method™ (LETS) in-person classes are designed to educate and empower English-language learners to understand what physical adjustments they need to make in their mouth, their specific target sounds, and demystify their challenging words on the spot...while using the power of singing as tool to target those goals.

LETS is offered weekly over 11-12 weeks from September to December, and January to April. Classes are held at MacEwan University's School of Continuing Education in collaboration with the Alberta Music Education Foundation in Edmonton, Canada. The in-person course is offered to students who register in the Pronunciation I Course (course #EOPT 060) or the Pronunciation II Course (course #EOPT 061) of the English as an Additional Language (EAL) program at MacEwan University.

Students sing simple contemporary English pop songs, learn how to pronounce each word correctly, work on their English language skills, and learn the context and the idiomatic expressions expressed in each song. The final session of the course is a short, live student concert featuring the students of LETS performing as a group some their favourite songs from the course in front of family and friends - and celebrating their achievement and completion of the course.

PRONUNCIATION I & II COURSES / ​LEARN ENGLISH THROUGH SINGING THE SHARKEY METHOD™
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MACEWAN UNIVERSITY'S SCHOOL OF CONTINUING EDUCATION
 (January to March in-person)

Date: Tuesdays January 7 – March 25, 2025
​(note: the Pronunciation I  and II courses take place from Monday to Friday)
Time: 12:30 pm – 1:50 pm
Session: 11 weeks
Location: Room 11-558, Allard Hall. MacEwan University, City Centre Campus
Address: 11110 104 Ave NW
Instructor: Maura Sharkey-Pryma
Admission: Call 780-497-4000 or visit MacEwan.ca/EAL to review admission requirements in detail ​and confirm your eligibility for the program.

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YOU WILL LEARN

• How to link your English pronunciation practice to habits you already have in your daily life to singing so that you increase your success rate.​
• How to practice English pronunciation through singing articulation exercises and contemporary English pop songs.
• How to set up the pronunciation of sounds through singing so that they flow consistently and you feel more comfortable. 
• How phonetic instruction through singing teaches you about the physical and motoric features of speech sounds, which help you achieve better English pronunciation clarity.
• How the precise placement of the tongue, lips, teeth, vocal cords, and airflow required for each sound is essential for proper pronunciation.
• How to hear the difference between how you’re saying a word (or singing the word) and the distinct way of pronouncing words by native English speakers.
• How singing songs together builds a sense of community, self-expression, empowerment and confidence. 

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The LETS in-person course is proudly sponsored by

The Alberta Music Education Foundation
​in collaboration with
​MacEwan University's English as an Additional Language (EAL) Department