Targeting Pronunciation Communicating Clearly in English
by Miller, SueEdition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-03-22
Publisher(s): Cengage
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Summary
Targeting Pronunciation uses an interactive approach and clear explanations to help students communicate effectively in English. It makes pronunciation easy to teach and fun to learn. The text features a diagnostic package for setting individual priorities. Students build independence by improving their ability to self-monitor and self-correct and by completing home assignments for practice beyond the classroom. The Second Edition includes increased coverage of consonants and vowels, enhanced Web activities, additional authentic speech samples, and indexes by chapter and activity type for easy reference.
Table of Contents
| Note: Each chapter concludes with Finishing Up and each unit concludes with a Progress Check | |
| Getting Started | |
| Improving Your Pronunciation | |
| Setting Goals | |
| Assessing Your Pronunciation Priorities | |
| Making Your New Pronunciation a Habit | |
| Pronunciation Basics Intonation Moving Your Mouth for English Thought Groups Focus Words Final Sounds Linking Finishing Consonant Clusters Speech Rhythm: Stress and Unstress More Practice | |
| Words | |
| Stressing Syllables and Speaking Clearly Word Stress Compound Nouns | |
| More Intonation Patterns: More Words Predicting Stress: Which Syllable Should I Stress? Descriptive Phrases Phrasal Verbs Names | |
| Phrases and Sentences | |
| Speech Rhythm: Stress and Unstress Sentence Rhythm: Strong Stress, Normal Stress, Unstress | |
| Predicting Stress: Chart Focus Words: The Basic Stress Pattern Changes in Focus Conversation Strategies | |
| Vowels and Speech Music Unstress: Shortening the Vowels in Weak Syllables | |
| Reductions and Schwa Vowels Clear Vowels Moving Your Mouth for English: Contrast Three Long Vowels | |
| Moving Your Mouth for English: Contrast Three Short Vowels Moving Your Mouth for English: Contrast Two More Short Vowels More Practice | |
| Sing Along: The Melody of Speech How Much Melody Do People Use? | |
| The Four Pitch Levels of English Speech Some Guidelines for Intonation Intonation Variations Longer Sentences | |
| Sounds: Consonants and Vowels | |
| The Speech Pathway--What's Happening Where? | |
| Follow the Speech Pathway Stops: The Air Stops Along the Speech Pathway Continuants: The Air Flows Out the Pathway Are You Ready for "R" and "L"? | |
| Important Endings | |
| "Ed" Endings | |
| "S" Endings | |
| More about Vowels and Consonants More about Vowels More about Consonants More Practice with "R" and "L" | |
| Putting It All Together | |
| More about Conversational Speech Reviewing Reductions and Chunks of Speech Practice with Authentic Speech | |
| More about Thought Groups Presenting New Information Thought Groups in Conversational Speech What's Next? | |
| Consonants | |
| Vowels | |
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