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This book provides students with the tools to effectively communicate in English without centering on native-speaker pronunciation models. Supported by an interactive companion website, this is an essential textbook for international learners of English who want to improve their pronunciation skills in diverse social settings.
This book provides students with the tools to effectively communicate in English without centering on native-speaker pronunciation models. Supported by an interactive companion website, this is an essential textbook for international learners of English who want to improve their pronunciation skills in diverse social settings.
Dick Smakman is a Lecturer at Leiden University, the Netherlands. He teaches and researches English language acquisition and sociolinguistics. He has taught English, Dutch, and sociolinguistics at various universities.
Preface
Acknowledgements
Your pronunciation before the course
PART A - SECOND-LANGUAGE PRONUNCIATION
2. Improving pronunciation
3. Using the speech tract
4. Using other pronunciation tools
PART B - COMBINING SOUNDS
5. Intonation
6. Vowel reduction
7. Word stress
8. Stressful words
9. Pronunciation variation
10. Sentence stress
11. Silences
12. Fortis and lenis endings
13. Contraction and assimilation
PART C - DIFFICULT CONSONANTS
14. Pronouncing pea, tea, and key [p, t, k]
15. Pronouncing teeth and teethe [¿, ð]
16. Pronouncing veer, beer, and Wear [v, b, w]
17. Pronouncing see and she [s, ¿]
18. Pronouncing veal and zeal [v, z]
19. Choosing rhotacisation
20. Pronouncing right and light [¿, l]
21. Unpronounced consonants
22. Consonant tests
PART D - DIFFICULT VOWELS
23. Pronouncing dark and Dirk [¿¿, ¿¿]
24. Pronouncing Dirk and dork [¿¿, ¿¿]
25. Pronouncing dork and Doke [¿:, ö]
26. Pronouncing Doke and dock [ö, ¿]
27. Pronouncing dock and duck [¿, ¿]
28. Pronouncing look and Luke [¿, u¿]
29. Pronouncing lick and leek [¿, i¿]
30. Pronouncing marry and merry [æ, ¿]
31. Pronouncing merry and Mary [¿, ¿¿]
32. Avoiding vowel rhotacisation
33. Avoiding vowel nasalisation
34. Vowel tests
Your pronunciation after the course
References
Index
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2019 |
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Genre: | Allg. & vergl. Sprachwissenschaft |
Rubrik: | Sprachwissenschaft |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Seiten: | 194 |
Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
ISBN-13: | 9780367366438 |
ISBN-10: | 0367366436 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Smakman, Dick |
Hersteller: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Maße: | 233 x 155 x 17 mm |
Von/Mit: | Dick Smakman |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 19.12.2019 |
Gewicht: | 0,33 kg |
Dick Smakman is a Lecturer at Leiden University, the Netherlands. He teaches and researches English language acquisition and sociolinguistics. He has taught English, Dutch, and sociolinguistics at various universities.
Preface
Acknowledgements
Your pronunciation before the course
PART A - SECOND-LANGUAGE PRONUNCIATION
2. Improving pronunciation
3. Using the speech tract
4. Using other pronunciation tools
PART B - COMBINING SOUNDS
5. Intonation
6. Vowel reduction
7. Word stress
8. Stressful words
9. Pronunciation variation
10. Sentence stress
11. Silences
12. Fortis and lenis endings
13. Contraction and assimilation
PART C - DIFFICULT CONSONANTS
14. Pronouncing pea, tea, and key [p, t, k]
15. Pronouncing teeth and teethe [¿, ð]
16. Pronouncing veer, beer, and Wear [v, b, w]
17. Pronouncing see and she [s, ¿]
18. Pronouncing veal and zeal [v, z]
19. Choosing rhotacisation
20. Pronouncing right and light [¿, l]
21. Unpronounced consonants
22. Consonant tests
PART D - DIFFICULT VOWELS
23. Pronouncing dark and Dirk [¿¿, ¿¿]
24. Pronouncing Dirk and dork [¿¿, ¿¿]
25. Pronouncing dork and Doke [¿:, ö]
26. Pronouncing Doke and dock [ö, ¿]
27. Pronouncing dock and duck [¿, ¿]
28. Pronouncing look and Luke [¿, u¿]
29. Pronouncing lick and leek [¿, i¿]
30. Pronouncing marry and merry [æ, ¿]
31. Pronouncing merry and Mary [¿, ¿¿]
32. Avoiding vowel rhotacisation
33. Avoiding vowel nasalisation
34. Vowel tests
Your pronunciation after the course
References
Index
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2019 |
---|---|
Genre: | Allg. & vergl. Sprachwissenschaft |
Rubrik: | Sprachwissenschaft |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Seiten: | 194 |
Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
ISBN-13: | 9780367366438 |
ISBN-10: | 0367366436 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Smakman, Dick |
Hersteller: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Maße: | 233 x 155 x 17 mm |
Von/Mit: | Dick Smakman |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 19.12.2019 |
Gewicht: | 0,33 kg |