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Teaching Pronunciation: A Reference for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
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The sound system of North American English has been studied extensively as discussed by the authors, including the consonant system, the vowel system, stress, rhythm, and connected speech, and the prominence and intonation.Abstract:
I. PRONUNCIATION INSTRUCTION IN PERSPECTIVE 1 The history and scope of pronunciation teaching 2 What research reveals about pronunciation II.THE SOUND SYSTEM OF NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH: AN OVERVIEW 3 The consonant system 4 The vowel system 5 Stress, rhythm, and connected speech 6 Prominence and intonation III. INTERSECTIONS OF THE SOUND SYSTEM WITH OTHER AREAS OF LANGUAGE 7 The sound system and listening 8 The sound system and inflectional morphology 9 The sound system and orthography IV. ISSUES IN IMPLEMENTATION 10 Alternative teaching techniques 11 Curriculum design 12 Testing and evaluationread more
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