Sound Advantage: A Pronunciation Book
This text focuses on elements essential for successful pronunciation ¿ stress, intonation, individual sounds (both vowels and consonants), linking, reductions, ellipses, consonant replacements, and inflectional endings. Also provides a variety of exercises to practice for the SPEAK test.
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Preface. To the Teacher. Pronunciation Preview: A Guide to Using the Dictionary. 1. Syllable Recognition and Reduction. 2. Lax Vowels. 3. The Tense Vowels. 4. Troublesome Consonants. 5. Linking. Part I: Linking with Vowels. Part II: Linking Identical Consonants. 6. Consonant Replacements. 7. Common Reductions. 8. Sentence Rhythm. 9. Information Focus and Intonation. 10. Inflectional Endings. 11. Reductions in Consonant Clusters. 12. Contractions. Appendix A: Consonant Practice. Appendix B: Minimal Pair Practice with Consonants. Appendix C: Minimal Pair Practice with Vowels. Appendix D: General Rules for Predicting Stress (with Supplemental Practice). Transcripts for Listening Exercises.
