Includes index and appendices.

"Well Said, Fourth Edition, is designed to improve the pronunciation and communication skills of students from all language backgrounds, from intermediate to advanced levels. It offers a clear course plan, which progresses from structured to communicative practice and includes a pair and small group activities. It covers all the essential areas of pronunciation and provides supplemental practice for selected consonant and vowel sounds" (Book Cover).

CONTENT:

Symbols in Well Said

To the Instructor

Acknowledgments

To the Student

Part I: Introduction

Chapter 1 Your Pronunciation Profile

OBJECTIVES

You will: determine your pronunciation priorities – the features that will most improve your intelligibility.
explore your reasons for improving your pronunciation.
set personal goals for the course and beyond.

PRONUNCIATION LOG Submit recording for needs assessment.

Chapter 2 Overview: Syllables, Stress, and Sounds

OBJECTIVES

You will preview: syllables and syllable stress.
vowel sounds in stressed syllables.
the schwa /a/ sound in unstressed syllables.
vowel and consonant symbols in dictionaries and in Well Said.

Part II: Sounds and Syllables

Chapter 3 Voiceless and Voiced Sounds

OBJECTIVES

You will learn: the difference between voiceless and voiced sounds.
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the pronunciation of voiceless and voiced consonants at the beginnings of words the pronunciation of voiceless and voiced consonants at the end of words.

RULES AND PRACTICE 3.1 Initial Voiceless and Voiced Consonants
3.2 Final Voiceless and Voiced Consonants

COMMUNICATIVE PRACTICE Evacuate!
Discuss supplies needed in an emergency.
Communicate while focusing on voiceless and voiced sounds.

Chapter 4 Grammatical Endings: -s/-es and -ed

OBJECTIVES

You will learn: the pronunciation of grammatical word endings –s/-es and –ed.
the effect of grammatical endings on the number of syllables in a word.
the importance of linking the end of one word to the beginning of the next word in a phrase.

RULES AND PRACTICE 4.1 Pronouncing the –s/-es Ending
4.2 Pronouncing the –ed Ending

COMMUNICATIVE PRACTICE Two Truths and a Lie
Tell a group about your past. Guess false information about your classmates.
Communicate while using –ed endings.

PRONUNCIATION LOG Record and submit sentence completions.
Self-monitor –s/-es and –ed endings.

Part III: Stress in Words and Sentences

Chapter 5 Word Stress in Nouns, Verbs, and Numbers

OBJECTIVES

You will learn: common stress patterns in words with more than one syllable.
how to make a syllable sound stressed in English.

RULES AND PRACTICE 5.1 Word Stress in Compound Nouns
5.2 Word Stress in Numbers like 50 and 15
5.3 Word Stress in Two-Syllable Verbs
5.4 Word Stress in Two-Syllable Noun-Verb Pairs
5.5 Word Stress in Two-Word Verbs
5.6 Stress in Abbreviations

COMMUNICATIVE PRACTICE TechFest Conference Relay information in an office e-mail. Communicate while using common stress patterns in words

PRONUNCIATION LOG Record and submit a police report
Self-monitor stress in nouns, verbs, and numbers

Chapter 6 Stress in Words with Suffixes

OBJECTIVES

You will learn: where to stress words with common suffixes.
the pronunciation of longer, multisyllable words, especially academic, scientific, and technical terms.
more about vowel sounds in stressed and unstressed syllables.

RULES AND PRACTICE 6.1 Suffixes Beginning with –i
6.2 Suffixes –graphy and –logy
6.3 Suffixes from French –ee, eer, -ese, -que)

COMMUNICATIVE PRACTICE Find Someone Who…
Get to know your classmates’ interests and abilities.
Communicate while using common words with stress-shifting suffixes.

PRONUNCIATION LOG Record and submit information about the conference.
Self-monitor word stress in academic and technical terms.

Chapter 7 Rhythm in Phrases and Sentences

OBJECTIVES

You will learn: basic rhythm patterns in phrases and sentences.
the kinds of words that are generally stressed.
the kinds of words that are generally unstressed.

RULES AND PRACTICE 7.1 Initial Stressed Words in Sentences
7.2 Unstressed Words in Sentences
7.3 Reducing Structure Words

COMMUNICATIVE PRACTICE What Makes You Happy?
Discuss what makes people happy.
Communicate while using appropriate rhythm patterns.

PRONUNCIATION LOG Write, record, and submit a phone message.
Monitor rhythm patterns.

Part IV: Thought Groups and Intonation

Chapter 8 Thought Groups

OBJECTIVES

You will learn: how to divide the stream of speech into thought groups.
how thought groups help listeners process what is being said.

RULES AND PRACTICE 8.1 Pausing
8.2 Chunking

COMMUNICATIVE PRACTICE Graduation Advice
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Discuss quotes from famous graduation speeches Analyze and mark thought groups.
Share your advice to a graduate using thought groups.

PRONUNCIATION LOG Record and submit favorite quotes and lyrics.
Self-monitor for thought groups.

Chapter 9 Rhythm: Focus Words

OBJECTIVES

You will learn: that each thought group has a key word called the focus word.
how English speakers signal focus words.

RULES AND PRACTICE 9.1 Focus Words
9.2 Structure Words after the Focus Word
9.3 Multisyllable Focus Words
9.4 Special Focus – New Information
9.5 Special Focus – Contrasting Information
9.6 Special Focus – Emphasizing Agreement
9.7 Special Focus – Correcting Information

COMMUNICATIVE PRACTICE Schedule Changes
Discuss changes to a student orientation schedule.
Communicate the changes while using focus to highlight corrections.

PRONUNCIATION LOG Record and submit a monologue about friendships in graduate school.

Self-monitor for focus in thought groups.

Chapter 10 Final Intonation

OBJECTIVES

You will learn to: recognize and use falling intonation.
recognize and use rising intonation.
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recognize the meaning of rising and falling intonation patterns

RULES AND PRACTICE 10.1 Falling Intonation in Statements
10.2 Falling Intonation in Wh- Questions
10.3 Rising Intonation in General Yes/No questions
10.4 Intonation in Questions with or
10.5 Intonation with Items in a Series

COMMUNICATIVE PRACTICE Items in a Series
Chose a personal or work situation and write a response.
Present your response to a small group using intonation for items in a series

PRONUNCIATION LOG Record and submit humorous anecdotes.
Self-monitor for final intonation.

Part V Connected Speech

Chapter 11 Linking and Sound Change

OBJECTIVES

You will learn how to: link or connect words within thought groups.

identify common sound changes when words are connected in the stream of speech.

RULES AND PRACTICE 11.1 Linking Same Consonant Sounds
11.2 Linking Consonants to Vowels
11.3 Linking Final /t/, /d/, and /n/ to Consonants
11.4 Linking /t/ to /y/
11.5 Linking /d/ to /y/

COMMUNICATIVE PRACTICE Rules of the Road
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Discuss rules and advice for driving.
Ask and answer questions while using linking

PRONUNCIATION LOG Record and submit knock! knock! jokes.
Monitor for linking.

Chapter 12 Consonant Clusters

OBJECTIVES

You will learn: to say consonant clusters at the beginning of words.
to say consonant clusters at the end of words.
to use strategies for simplifying clusters.

RULES AND PRACTICE 12.1 Initial Consonant Clusters
12.2 Final Two- and Three- Consonant Clusters

COMMUNICATIVE PRACTICE Things People Fear
Discuss common fears while using initial and final consonant clusters

PRONUNCIATION LOG Record and submit New Year’s resolutions.
Self-monitor for use of consonant clusters.

Part VI: Vowel and Consonant Sounds

Vowel Sounds 1 Vowel Overview
2 feet - fit 3 pain - pen
4 luck - lack
5 note - not

Consonant Sounds 6 Consonant Overview
7 Initial pie; buy; dime; cold; gold
8 some – sun – sung
9 thing – sing – thank – tank
10 right – light

11 very – wary; very - berry

Appendices Appendix A: Strategies for Independent Learning
Appendix B: Noun-Verb Pairs
Appendix C: Words with Omitted Syllables
Appendix D: Guidelines for Word Stress Appendix E: Guidelines for Focus Words

Index