Download or read book Pronunciation Resource Books for Teachers written by Clement Laroy and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-09-27 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a rich resource of imaginative ideas and techniques for teaching pronunciation.
Download or read book Teaching Pronunciation written by Marianne Celce-Murcia and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-10-13 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This course includes an overview of current theory and practice. The paperback edition offers current and prospective teachers of English a comprehensive treatment of pronunciation pedagogy, drawing on current theory and practice. The text provides an overview of teaching issues from the perspective of different methodologies and second language acquisition research. It has a thorough grounding in the sound system of North American English, and contains insights into how this sound system intersects with listening, morphology, and spelling. It also contains diagnostic tools, assessment measures, and suggestions for syllabus design. Discussion questions encourage readers to draw on their personal language learning/teaching experiences as they assimilate the contents of each chapter. Follow-up exercises guide teachers in developing a range of classroom activities within a communicative framework.
Download or read book The Book of Pronunciation written by Jonathan Marks and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of Pronunciation is a definitive account of the key role pronunciation plays in teaching and learning, providing a highly authoritative but hugely accessible overview of the essential elements of English pronunciation as well as a wide range of classroom practice.The Book of Pronunciation is accompanied by a CD, which provides models for the teacher and practice for the learners.This book is the definitive resource for language teachers:• looking for ways to incorporate pronunciation into their teaching• wishing to expand their range of pronunciation activities• wanting their learners to use language confidently and intelligiblyThe Book of Pronunciation contains three distinctive parts which focus in turn on theory, practice and development:Part A answers frequently asked questions, reassures teachers on why, when and how teaching pronunciation can be both necessary and beneficial, and gives a comprehensive account of all the elements a successful teacher should know. The CD illustrates the explanations.Part B provides classroom practice through a range of activities spread over six chapters, introducing pronunciation and covering Sounds, Symbols and Spelling, Stress and Connected Speech, Rhythm and Intonation. The CD enhances the procedures.Part C offers more to the teacher who wants more – in the form of quizzes and questionnaires, tasks and checklists – and fascinating further knowledge. For the teacher who wants to go further, The Book of Pronunciation offers the opportunity.
Download or read book Better English Pronunciation written by J. D. O'Connor and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1980-10-23 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A systematic and thorough introduction to the pronunciation of English for use by intermediate and more advanced students.
Download or read book Pronunciation Pairs Student s Book with Audio CD written by Ann Baker and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-09-24 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CD contains: selection of listening tasks from the class audio program.
Download or read book Sounds English written by J. D. O'Connor and published by Addison Wesley Longman ELT Division (a Pearson Education Company). This book was released on 1989 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sounds English consists of a coursebook (which is available separately) and this set of three cassettes. It aims to train students to pronounce effectively - including the accurate production of individual sounds as well as stress and intonation. Each unit starts with intensive practice in hearing and saying particular sounds, then moves on to real life contexts where stress, intonation and sounds are all involved.
Download or read book Focus on Pronunciation 3 Student Book and Classroom Audio CDs written by Linda Lane and published by Allyn & Bacon. This book was released on 2010 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focus on Pronunciation 3 gives high-intermediate to advanced students the tools, tips, and techniques to help them speak English clearly and accurately. The variety of activities and accessible style makes learning fun. A five-part structure allows focused practice in individual sound areas: Vowels; Consonants; Syllables and Stress in Words; Rhythms; and Intonation. Features Clear explanations and diagrams make the text easy to use. Engaging activities, including games and high-interest listening and speaking tasks, guide students from controlled practice to communicative interaction. Self-study material and audio CDs offer students a wealth of practice outside the classroom.
Download or read book Pronunciation Practice Activities written by Martin Hewings and published by Ernst Klett Sprachen. This book was released on 2004 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Activities on topics ranging from sounds, syllables, stress and rhythm to voice quality and testing pronunciation with an accompanying audio CD.
Download or read book Test your English Vocabulary in Use Upper Intermediate written by Michael McCarthy and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-08-09 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Varied vocabulary tests with answers; new to the popular English Vocabulary in Use series. Varied vocabulary tests with answers; new to the popular English Vocabulary in Use series.
Download or read book Gimson s Pronunciation of English written by Alan Cruttenden and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-05 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its first publication in 1962, Gimson’s Pronunciation of English has been the essential reference book for anyone studying or teaching the pronunciation of English. This eighth edition has been updated to describe General British (GB) as the principal accent, rather than RP, and the accompanying transcriptions have been brought into line with recent changes in pronunciation. This latest edition also includes completely rewritten chapters on the history of the language and the emergence of a standard, alongside a justification for the change from RP to GB. A further bonus to this important text is its extensive and attractive new Companion Website (www.routledge.com/cw/cruttenden), which now includes moment-by-moment commentaries on videos showing the articulation of all GB consonants and vowels in spoken phrases, as well as cross-referencing between the book and these videos. The Companion Website also includes new recordings of Old English, Middle English, and Early Modern English, and features links to recordings of recent and current GB with comments and transcriptions. Comprehensive yet accessible, Gimson’s Pronunciation of English remains the indispensable reference book for anyone for anyone with an interest in English phonetics.
Download or read book Pronunciation Games written by Mark Hancock and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-12-07 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pronunciation Games is a photocopiable resource book for use with students of elementary to proficiency level.
Download or read book The Handbook of English Pronunciation written by Marnie Reed and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-02-12 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of English Pronunciation presents a comprehensive exploration of English pronunciation with essential topics for applied linguistics researchers and teachers, including language acquisition, varieties of English, historical perspectives, accent’s changing role, and connections to discourse, technology, and pedagogy. Provides thorough descriptions of all elements of English pronunciation Features contributions from a global list of authors, reflecting the finest scholarship available Explores a careful balance of issues and topics important to both researchers and teachers Provides a historical understanding of the importance of pronunciation and examines some of the major ways English is pronounced today throughout the world Considers practical concerns about how research and practice interact in teaching pronunciation in the classroom
Download or read book English Pronunciation in Use Advanced 5 Audio CDs written by Martin Hewings and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-25 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best-selling English Pronunciation in Use is a comprehensive reference and practice book suitable for self-study or classroom work. Sixty easy-to-use units cover all aspects of pronunciation, including individual sounds, word stress, connected speech and intonation. The versions with audio CDs include audio material in a range of accents, supporting each unit. An additional reference section offers a glossary of specialized terms, help with the pronunciation of numbers and geographical names and fun exercises on phonemic symbols and minimal pairs. The version with CD-ROM provides a wide variety of additional interactive activities to reinforce the pronunciation covered in the book, as well as tests, progress checks, games and animated diagrams of the mouth showing learners how to produce individual sounds. Learners can also record themselves and compare their pronunciation with one of the many models provided.
Download or read book Pronunciation and Phonetics written by Adam Brown and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-03-26 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This engaging, succinct text is an introduction to both phonetics and phonology as applied to the teaching of pronunciation to English language learners. Section 1 selectively covers the main areas of phonetics and phonology, without going into any area in more depth than the average English language teacher requires or that the average English language teacher trainee can handle. Section 2 focuses on practical issues related to learners and how they learn languages, and what represents good practice in terms of classroom activities for pronunciation—including aspects such as targets, motivation and priorities. The chapters end with activities to help the reader understand concepts. Section 3 provides innovative sample activities which put into practice the theoretical points covered in the first two sections, answers to the various exercises, recommended further reading (both print and non-print), a glossary of technical phonetic terms, and a bibliography of works on pronunciation teaching. The text is accompanied by a Companion Website with audio recordings of model pronunciations and audio material relating to the activities.
Download or read book Perfecting Your English Pronunciation written by Susan Cameron and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2011-09-02 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reduce your accent when pronouncing English, with the expertise from an acclaimed specialist in the area Developed by acclaimed speech consultant and accent specialist Susan Cameron, Perfecting Your English Pronunciation features her successful method, which focuses on the anatomical placement of sound and on the musculature used in articulation. Where other accent reduction/English pronunciation products rely on solely mimicking of audio sounds, this work focuses visually, audibly, and narratively on the physical ability to speak English, noting that many sounds of English may be difficult for you because some tongue positions used in English may not be used in your native language. The 45-minute DVD introduces you to mouth and jaw exercises to prepare you for English, then demonstrates mouth formations and tongue placement using other nonnative speakers like you. You will see and hear how English sounds--enabling you to become more and more comfortable conversing with native English speakers as you go through the program.
Download or read book Teaching Pronunciation Revised written by John Murphy and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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