Teaching American English pronunciation /
Avery, Peter,
Teaching American English pronunciation / [print] Peter Avery and Susan Ehrlich. - Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, (c)1992. - xvi, 254 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Introduction: Preliminary considerations in the teaching of pronunciation -- Part One: The sound system of English -- Spelling and pronunciation -- Individual sounds of English -- English sounds in context -- The shape of English words -- Word stress and vowel reduction -- Connected speech -- Part Two: The identification and correction of specific pronunciation problems -- Common pronunication problems -- Problems of selected language groups: Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Hindi and Punjabi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Vietnamese -- Part Three: Classroom activities -- A communicative approach to teaching pronunciation -- Pronunciation syllabus design: a question of focus -- Suprasegmentals in the pronunciation class: setting priorities -- Pronunciation-based listening exercises for the multi-level class -- Teaching pronunciation: an inventory of techniques -- Developing self-correcting and self-monitoring strategies -- Developing natural and confident speech: drama techniques in the pronunciation class -- Unintelligibility and the ESL learner -- Glossary.
This is a comprehensive introduction to teaching the pronunciation of North American English. It includes an illustrated description of the sound system of English, ideas for overcoming pronunciation problems specific to fifteen different languages, and a variety of approaches and techniques for use in the classroom.
93167445
GB92-24519
English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.
English language--Pronunciation.--United States
PE1137 PE1137.E33.T433 1992
Teaching American English pronunciation / [print] Peter Avery and Susan Ehrlich. - Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, (c)1992. - xvi, 254 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Introduction: Preliminary considerations in the teaching of pronunciation -- Part One: The sound system of English -- Spelling and pronunciation -- Individual sounds of English -- English sounds in context -- The shape of English words -- Word stress and vowel reduction -- Connected speech -- Part Two: The identification and correction of specific pronunciation problems -- Common pronunication problems -- Problems of selected language groups: Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Hindi and Punjabi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Vietnamese -- Part Three: Classroom activities -- A communicative approach to teaching pronunciation -- Pronunciation syllabus design: a question of focus -- Suprasegmentals in the pronunciation class: setting priorities -- Pronunciation-based listening exercises for the multi-level class -- Teaching pronunciation: an inventory of techniques -- Developing self-correcting and self-monitoring strategies -- Developing natural and confident speech: drama techniques in the pronunciation class -- Unintelligibility and the ESL learner -- Glossary.
This is a comprehensive introduction to teaching the pronunciation of North American English. It includes an illustrated description of the sound system of English, ideas for overcoming pronunciation problems specific to fifteen different languages, and a variety of approaches and techniques for use in the classroom.
93167445
GB92-24519
English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.
English language--Pronunciation.--United States
PE1137 PE1137.E33.T433 1992