Teaching Pronunciation: A Course Book and Reference Guide

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Teaching Pronunciation Second edition is a comprehensive treatment of pronunciation pedagogy. This new edition of Teaching Pronunciation - a reference and activity book in one - has been revised to reflect recent research into the sound system of North American English, as well as new practices in pronunciation pedagogy. Audio CDs with additional examples are now packaged with the book.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Part I Pronunciation Instruction in Perspective
• Chapter 1 The History and Scope of Pronunciation Teaching
• Chapter 2 Research on the Teaching and Acquisition of Pronunciation Skills
• Part II The Sound System of North American English: An Overview
• Chapter 3 The Consonant System
• Chapter 4 The Vowel System
• Chapter 5 Connected Speech, Stress, and Rhythm
• Chapter 6 Prominence and Intonation in Discourse
• Part III Issues in Implementation
• Chapter 7 Pronunciation in the Language Curriculum
• Chapter 8 Testing and Evaluation
• Chapter 9 Techniques, Tools, and Technology
• Part IV Intersections of the Sound System with Other Areas of Language
• Chapter 10 Pronunciation and Listening
• Chapter 11 The Sound System and Morphology
• Chapter 12 The Sound System and Spelling
• Appendices
• Bibliography
• Answer Key
• Author Index
• Subject Index