Pronunciation

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This book tackles all the basic problems of pronunciation teaching and suggests ways students can improve their techniques.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• The summary below aims to give a general idea of the book's organization
• The author and series editor
• Foreword
• Introduction
• How to use this book
• 1 Tuning in to the language (13 activities)
• Activities to help students gain confidence and get used to looking and sounding different when speaking a second language
• 2 The beat and tune of English (25 activities)
• Activities to develop an awareness of the stress and rhythm of English
• The first activities aim at arousing a sense of rhythm in general
• Then rhythm is associated with stress and language, and a variety of activities gradually approach utterances in terms of rhythm, tune, voice quality, bodylanguage, sensory perception, affective response, and aesthetic sense
• 3 Approaching speech sounds (19 activities)
• Activities which help learners become more aware of the sounds of English
• There are activities which give learners the opportunity to approach the actual production of sounds, and activities which show ways to approach the links between spelling and pronunciation
• Many activities in this chapter also try to generate a personal relationship with the sounds of the language by activating the learners' sense of beauty
• 4 Correcting (11 activities)
• Activities which aim to help learners get rid of wrong imprinting, and correct mistakes
• Several activities tackle the fear of making mistakes
• Bibliography
• Further reading
• Appendix: Phonemic symbols
• Index