TY - BOOK AU - Miller, Sue F. TI - Targeting Pronunciation: Communicating Clearly in English / SN - 9780618444182 (Student Book) PY - 2007/// CY - Boston, MA PB - National Geographic Learning KW - English language KW - Textbooks for foreign speakers KW - Studying and teaching KW - Pronunciation KW - Spoken English KW - Problems and exercises KW - English languge KW - Speaking and listening KW - Audio aid. N1 - Includes index and appendices.; "Targeting Pronunciation provides intermediate and advanced ESL students with a comprehensive program and the tools they need to communicate effectively in English. It makes pronunciation easy to teach and fun to learn through engaging activities and a communicative, interactive approach. Students build independence by refining their listening and self-monitoring skills. They gain confidence as they watch their progress and target the improvement of their suprasegmentals - stress, intonation, and speech rhythm - as well as their segmental sounds - consonants and vowels" (Book cover). ; To the Student ; To the Teacher; Key to Symbols; Acknowledgements; CONTENTS; Unit I: Getting Started; Chapter 1: Improving Your Pronunciation; Part 1: Setting Goals ; Pronunciation Targets ; Goals Survey ; Your Speech-Effectiveness Level; Part 2: Assessing Your Pronunciation Priorities; Listening to English Survey; Pronunciation Survey: Making a Speech Tape; Part 3: Making Your New Pronunciation a Habit; Where Do I Start? ; Self-Monitoring ; "Use It Or Lose It" Making Small Talk ; Making the Most of the Targeting Pronunciation Audio Program ; Reflection Journals ; Overview of Your Plan of Action ; Finishing Up; Chapter 2: Intonation; Moving Your Mouth for English ; Thought Groups ; Focus Words ; Final Sounds ; Linking ; Finishing Consonant Clusters ; Speech Rhythm: Stress and Unstree ; More Practice ; Finishing Up; Unit II: Words; Chapter 3: Stressing Syllables and Speaking Clearly ; Word Stress; Compound Nouns; Finishing Up; Chapter 4: More Intonation Patterns: More Words; Predicting Stress: Which Syllable Should I Stress? ; Dictionaries and Pronunciation ; Descriptive Phrases ; Phrasal Verbs ; Names ; Finishing Up; Unit II Progress Check; Unit III: Phrases and Sentences; Chapter 5: Speech Rhythm: Stress and Unstress ; Sentence Rhythm: Strong Stress, Normal Stress, Unstress ; Predicting Stress: Chart ; Focus Words: The Basic Stress Pattern ; Changes in Focus ; Finishing Up ; Conversation Strategies ; Chapter 6: Vowels and Speech Music; Unstress: Shortening the Vowels in Weak Syllables ; Reductions and Schwa Vowels ; Clear Vowels ; Moving Your Mouth for English: Contrast Three Long Vowels ; Moving Your Mouth for English: Contrast Three Short Vowels ; Moving Your Mouth for English: Contrast Two More Short Vowels ; More Practice ; Finishing Up ; Chapter 7: Sing Along: The Melody of Speech; How Much Melody Do People Use? ; The Four Pitch Levels of English Speech ; Some Guidelines for Intonation ; Intonation Variations ; Longer Sentences ; Finishing Up; Unit III: Progress Check; Unit IV: Sounds: Consonants and Vowels; Chapter 8: The Speech Pathway - What's Happening Where?; Follow the Speech Pathway ; Stops: The Air Stops Along the Speech Pathway; Continuants: The Air Flows Out the Pathway; Are you ready for "R" and "L"?; Finishing Up; Chapter 9: Important Endings; Part 1: "Ed" Endings; Part 2: "S" Endings; Finishing Up; Chapter 10: More about Vowels and Consonants; More about vowels ; More about consonants ; More Practice with "R" and "L" ; Finishing Up; Unit IV Progress Check; Unit V: Putting It All Together ; Chapter 11: More about Conversational Speech; Reviewing Reductions and Chunks of Speech ; Practice with Authentic Speech ; Finishing Up; Chapter 12: More about Thought Groups; Presenting New Information ; Thought Groups in Conversational Speech ; Finishing Up; Unit V Progress Check; What's Next?; Appendix A Consonants; Appendix B Vowels; Index of Topics; Index of Activities; Intended for English language learners at the intermediate and advances levels UR - https://goo.gl/UdGFTg ER -