Includes index and appendices.

"Focus on Pronunciation 2 gives intermediate students the tools, tips and techniques to help them speak English clearly and accurately. The variety of activities and accessible style make learning fun. A four-part structure allows focused practice in individual sound areas: Vowels; Consonants; Stress in Words; and Rhythm and Intonation" (Book cover).

CONTENTS:

Introduction

Part 1 Vowels

Unit 1: Vowel overview

Unit 2: sheep and ship

Unit 3: late, let and lit

Unit 4: black and red

Unit 5: cup

Unit 6: cop and cup

Unit 7: Review: net, nat, nut, and not

Unit 8: after vowels

Unit 9: boat, pot and bought

Unit 10: food and book

Part 2 Consonants

Unit 11: Consonant overview

Unit 12: Beginning and final consonants

Unit 13: Pat tense endings

Unit 14: "TH: sounds: thanks and that

Unit 15: pie, buy, fine, vine, and wine

Unit 16: seven and zero

Unit 17: shoe and television

Unit 18: chicken and jacket

Unit 19: "S" endings: plurals, present tense, and possessives

Unit 20: right and light

Unit 21: mouse, nose and sing

Unit 22: yet and jet

Unit 23: hat, reduction of "H" words

Unit 24: Beginning consonant clusters

Unit 25: Final consonant clusters; Joining final consonants to the next word

Part 3 Stress In Words

Unit 26: Stress in words: overview

Unit 27: Stressed syllables; Vowel length; Vowel reduction

Unit 28: Parts of speech; Suffixes; Numbers

Unit 29: Compounds; Noun-verb pairs

Part 4 Rhythm and Intonation

Unit 30: Rhythm and intonation: overview

Unit 31: Content and function words; Thought groups

Unit 32: Highlighting important words

Unit 33: Reduced words: bacon 'n eggs

Unit 34: Contractions and reductions of verbs

Unit 35: Rhythm patterns of prepositions and particles

Unit 36: Rising intonation; Falling intonation

Unit 37: Intonation: Expressing feelings and attitudes

Unit exercise answers

Appendix I: for team 1 players

Appendix II: for team 2 players

Intended for English language learners at the intermediate level.