TY - BOOK AU - Grant, Linda. TI - Well Said: Pronunciation for Clear Communication SN - 9781305641365 (Student Book) PY - 2017/// CY - Boston, MA PB - National Geographic KW - English language KW - Textbooks for foreign speakers KW - Studying and teaching KW - Foreign speakers. KW - Conversation and phrase books KW - Problems and exercises KW - Communication KW - Pronunicaiton KW - Problems and exercises. N1 - 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. ; 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 ; 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. ; 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 ; 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 UR - https://goo.gl/hPCzM8 UR - http://ngl.cengage.com/sites/well-said/student/well-said/audio ER -