Lane, Linda <br/><br/>
Focus on Pronunciation / 
Linda Lane. 
 - 3rd ed. 
 - viii, 264 p. ;  ill.  1 CD-ROM. 
 - Focus on Pronunciation .
<br/><br/>''The new edition of Focus on Pronunciation 3 gives high-intermediate to advanced students the tools, tips, and techniques they need to speak clearly, accurately, and fluently. All aspects of pronunciation are included - consonants, vowels, stress, rhythm, and intonation. The variety of activities and flexible, accessible style make learning fun.<br/> Focus on Pronunciation features  'Presentation' sections feature clear explanations and diagrams.  'Focused Practice' sections build accuracy with high-interest listening and speaking tasks and engaging games.<br/>  'Communication Practice' sections integrate pronunciation and fluency practice in a  communicative, thematic context.<br/>  'Natural English' boxes illustrate how to speak English more naturally and fluently.<br/>  'The Student Audio CD-ROM' in the back of the book provides MP3 audio for the Extended Practice sections.<br/>  'Classroom Audio CDs' provide the complete audio program.<br/>  Complete online 'Answer Keys' and 'Audioscripts' can be  downloaded.  Go to www.personELT.com/focusonpronunciation for more information.'' (Book Cover) <br/><br/> CONTENTS<br/> Introduction <br/> PART I - VOWELS<br/> Unit 1 - Vowel Overview<br/> Unit 2 - /iy/ sleep and /I/ slip<br/> Unit 3 - /ey/ wait, /e/ wet, and /i/ wit; Alternating Vowels<br/> Unit 4 - /ae/ man and /e/ men; Alternating Vowels<br/> Unit 5 - /a/ lock and  luck; Reduction of Unstressed Vowels<br/> Unit 6 - Review: /e/ head, /ae/ hat, hut, and /a/ hot<br/> Unit 7 - Vowels Followed by; The Complex Sound in world<br/> Unit 8 - /ow/ boat, bought, and /a/ pot; Alternating vowels /ow/ /a/; Dialects<br/> Unit 9 - /uw/ cool, /u/ could, and /yuw/ cute; Alternating Vowels: /uw/ or /yuw/; The Sequence /wu/ woman<br/> Unit 10 - /ay/ wide, /aw/ house, and /oy/ boy; Joining Vowels Together; Alternating Vowels: /ay/ /I/ PART II - CONSONANTS<br/> Unit 11 - Consonant Overview<br/> Unit 12 - Beginning and Final Consonants; Joining Final Consonants Unit 13 - -ed Endings; Flapped /t/ and /d/<br/> Unit 14 - TH sounds: think and these<br/> Unit 15 - /p/ pack, /b/ back, /f/ fan, /v/ van, and /w/ west<br/> Unit 16 - /s/ sign, /z/ zero, shop, and television<br/> Unit 17 - /ts/ check and /dz/ judge<br/> Unit 18 - -s endings<br/> Unit 19 - /y/ yet and /dz/ jet; Joining Vowels with /y/; Clusters with /y/: regular<br/> Unit 20 - /r/ rate; Consonant Clusters with /r/: growth <br/> Unit 21 - Beginning /l/: light; Consonant Clusters with /l/: blue; Contrasts: /l/ and /r/, /l/ and /n/<br/> Unit 22 - Final /I/ feel; Contrastions of will<br/> Unit 23 - /m/ some, /n/ sun, and sing; Syllabic Nasals: sudden; Glottalized t and Syllabic Nasals: cotton<br/> Unit 24 - /h/ heavy; Reduction of H-words<br/> Unit 25 - Beginning Consonant Clusters<br/> Unit 26 - Final Consonant Clusterss; Joining Final Consonants<br/> PART III - SYLLABLES AND STRESS WITHIN WORDS<br/> Unit 27 - Syllable and Stress in Words: Overview<br/> Unit 28 - Primary and Secondary Stress; Unstressed Syllables, Movable Stress<br/> Unit 29 - Predicting Stress; Parts of Speech and Suffixes<br/> Unit 30 - Compound Noun; Stress in Numbers<br/> Unit 31 - Words Used as Nouns or Verbs; Words with Prepositional Prefixes<br/> PART IV - RHYTHM<br/> Unit 32 - Rhythm Overview<br/> Unit 33 - Stressed and Unstressed Words<br/> Unit 34 - Highlighting<br/> Unit 35 - Thought Groups<br/> Unit 36 - Rhythm Patterns and Personal Pronouns<br/> Unit 37 - Rhythm Patterns: Articles<br/> Unit 38 - Rhythm Patterns: Prepositional Phrases; Halfta, Gonna, Wanna<br/> Unit 39 - Rhythm Patterns: Phrasal Verbs<br/> Unit 40 - Rhythm Patterns: as, than, if<br/> Unit 41 - Rhythm Patterns: Conjunction that; Intonation and Clauses<br/> Unit 42 - Contractions and Reductions of Verbs; Can and Can't<br/> Unit 43 - Reduction of Modal Perfect; Reduction of ''H-words''<br/> PART V - INTONATION<br/> Unit 44 - Intonation Overview<br/> Unit 45 - Final Intonation Patterns<br/> Unit 46 - Listing Intonation; Rising Intonation on Question Words<br/> Unit 47 - Checking Understanding; Low-Rising Intonation with Yes/No Questions<br/> Unit 48 - Contrastive Stress; Non-Final Intonation<br/> Unit 49 - Parentheticals and Appositives<br/> Appendix 1: For Team A Players / Student A <br/> Appendix 2: For Team B Players / Student B<br/> Appendix 3: Recording and Sending a Sound File<br/> Student Audio CD-ROM Tracking Guide<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780132315005 (pbk.) 
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