Teaching Pronunciation: A Course for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
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This course includes an overview of current theory and practice.
List of Figures and TablesPrefaceAcknowledgmentsTranscription KeyPt. IPronunciation Instruction in Perspective1Ch. 1The History and Scope of Pronunciation Teaching2Ch. 2Research on the Teaching and Acquisition of Pronunciation Skills14Pt. IIThe Sound System of North American English: An Overview35Ch. 3The Consonant System37Ch. 4The Vowel System93Ch. 5Stress, Rhythm, and Adjustments in Connected Speech131Ch. 6Prominence and Intonation in Discourse175Pt. IIIIntersections of the Sound System with Other Areas of Language221Ch. 7The Sound System and Listening222Ch. 8The Sound System and Grammar: Inflectional Morphology and Parts of Speech247Ch. 9The Sound System and Orthography269Pt. IVIssues in Implementation289Ch. 10New Directions in the Teaching of Pronunciation290Ch. 11Pronunciation in the Language Curriculum319Ch. 12Testing and Evaluation341Appendix 1Differences Between NAE (North American English) and British English363Appendix 2Comparison of Phonetic and Phonemic Alphabets371Appendix 3Positional Occurrence of NAE Consonants373Appendix 4English Syllable Structure375Appendix 5Distribution of Vowels Before Nasal Consonants376Appendix 6Commonly Reduced Function Words377Appendix 7Constraints on Contraction and Blending380Appendix 8Irregular Verbs in English382Appendix 9Tense-Lax Vowel Alternations in Stressed Syllables of Base Forms and Derived Words387Appendix 10Consonant Letter-Sound Correspondences and Variations (including digraphs)389Appendix 11Systematic Differences in British and American Spelling395Appendix 12Profile Questionnaire Used at UCLA396Appendix 13Diagnostic Passage and Accent Checklist398Appendix 14ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines for Speaking400Appendix 15Speech Intelligibility/Communicability Index for Describing Speech and Evaluating Its Impact on Communication403Appendix 16Speaking Performance Scale for UCLA Oral Proficiency Test for Nonnative TAs404Appendix 17Self-Evaluation Form: Interview Role Plays405Bibliography407Answer Key for "On the Cassette" Exercises420Author Index427Subject Index429
