Sound Bites : Pronunciation Activities /
Pronunciation activities
Joann Rishel Kozyrev.
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2005.
- xiv, 241 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. + 2 sound discs (4 3/4 in.).
"Sound Bites is designed to help the low-intermediate-level ESL pronunciation student improve fluency and attain a higher comprehensibility threshold. In addition to chapters focusing on the stress, rhythm, and intonations of North American English, Sound Bites contains 25 short, concise chapters covering the individual vowel and consonant sounds most often used and confused by ESL students at this level. Sound Bites also reaches beyond individual sounds to include thorough attention to suprasegmentals, which, together with the equal practice of listening and speaking, makes this book a powerful learning tool." (Book Cover) CONTENTS To the Teacher To the Student Acknowledgments Prononciation Improvement Plan Using a Dictionary to Improve Your Pronunciation My Pronunciation Notes Part One STRESS AND RHYTHM Chapter 1 Syllables Chapter 2 Syllable Stress Chapter 3 Rhythm and Sentence Stress Chapter 4 Focal Stress in Sentences Chapter 5 Reduced Vowels in Unstressed Syllables Chapter 6 Contractions Part Two INTONATION Chapter 7 Thought Groups and Pausing Chapter 8 Introduction to Intonation Chapter 9 Question and Answer Intonation Chapter 10 Intonation for Tag Questions Chapter 11 Intonation for Choices Chapter 12 Intonation for Lists Chapter 13 Intonation, Emotions, and Attitude Part Three VOWELS Chapter 14 Vowels that End in [y] and [w] Glides Chapter 15 Diphthongs Chapter 16 [iy] as in seen and [ɪ] as in did Chapter 17 [ey] as in play, [ɛ] as in send, and [æ] as in bad Chapter 18 [ɑ] as in not, [ow] as in know, and [aw] as in brown Chapter 19 [ɑ] as in not, [ʌ] as in fun, and ]æ] as in bad Chapter 20 [ɑ] as in not and [ay] as in fly Chapter 21 [ow] as in know, [ɔ] as in saw, and [ʌ] as in fun Chapter 22 [ɔy] as in coin, [ɑ] as in not, and [ɔ] as in saw Chapter 23 [uw] as in blue, [ʊ] as in should, and [ʌ] as in fun Part Four CONSONANTS Chapter 24 Voiced and Voiceless Sounds Chapter 25 [ɾ] as in red and [l] as in light Chapter 26 [θ] as in thing and [ð] as in that Chapter 27 [b] as in big and [v] as in van Chapter 28 [b] as in big, [p] as in pig, and [f] as in fight Chapter 29 [v] as in van and [w] as in wait Chapter 30 [s] as in sign and [z] as in zero Chapter 31 [s] as in sing, [ʃ] as in shop, and [tʃ] as in cheap Chapter 32 [tʃ] as in cheap, [dʒ] as in job, and [y] as in year Chapter 33 [n] as in nice and [l] as in light Chapter 34 [m] as in map, [n] as in nice, and [ŋ as in bring Chapter 35 [h] as in help Part Five PUTTING SOUNDS TOGETHER Chapter 36 Final Consonants Chapter 37 Vowel Length and Endings Chapter 38 Can and Can't Chapter 39 Linking Chapter 40 Numbers Ending in -teen and in -ty Chapter 41 Voicing and -ed, -s, and -es Endings Chapter 42 [ʌ] + [ɾ] Chapter 43 Consonant Clusters Chapter 44 Adjustments in Fast Speech Chapter 45 More Adjustments in Fast Speech
Sound Bites is designed to help the low-intermediate-level ESL pronunciation student improve fluency and attain a higher comprehensibility threshold. In addition to chapters focusing on the stress, rhythm, and intonations of North American English, Sound Bites contains 25 short, concise chapters covering the individual vowel and consonant sounds most often used and confused by ESL students at this level -- from cover.