Well said : pronunciation for clear communication /
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| Author / Creator: | Grant, Linda. |
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Imprint: | Boston : Heinle & Heinle Publishers, c2001. |
| Description: | x, 229 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8291729 |
Table of Contents:
- To the Instructor
- Special Features of the Second Edition
- To the Student
- Part I. Introductory Chapters
- 1. Your Pronunciation Profile
- The Speech Profile
- Speech Profile Summary Form
- Needs and Attitudes Assessment
- Setting Personal Goals
- 2. Using a Dictionary for Pronunciation
- Introduction to Dictionary Symbols
- Exercises
- Pronunciation Key for Well Said, Second Edition
- Part II. Getting Started with Sounds and Syllables
- 3. Sound/Spelling Patterns
- Listen!
- Rules and Practices 1: Unusual Consonant Spelling Patterns
- Rules and Practices 2: Final Consonant Sounds and Spellings
- Communicative Practice: Evacuate!
- Extend Your Skills ... to Reporting an Emergency
- Oral Review: Sound and Spelling Patterns
- 4. Syllables and Word Endings
- Listen!
- Rules and Practices 1: Syllables and -s Endings
- Communicative Practice 1: Stockroom Inventory
- Rules and Practices 2: Syllables and -ed Endings
- Communicative Practice 2: Revealing Your Past
- Extend Your Skills ... to Descriptions of Graphs
- Explaining a Graph/Self-Evaluation Form
- Oral Review: Syllables and Word Endings
- Part III. Stress, Rhythm, and Intonation
- 5. Stress in Words
- Listen!
- Rules and Practices: Using Parts of Speech to Predict Stress
- Communicative Practice: Solving a Problem
- 6. Stress in Words (Part 2)
- Listen!
- Rules and Practices: Using Suffixes to Predict Stress
- Communicative Practice: Library Orientation
- Extend Your Skills ... to Small-Group Discussions
- Oral Review: Stress in Words
- Beyond the Pronunciation Classroom: Applying for a Library Card
- Mid-Course Self-Evaluation
- 7. Rhythm in Sentences
- Listen!
- Rules and Practices: Stressed and Reduced Words
- Communicative Practice: Scheduling an Appointment
- Extend Your Skills ... to Recording a Message
- Oral Review: Rhythm in Sentences
- Beyond the Pronunciation Classroom: Knock! Knock! Jokes
- 8. Intonation and Focus in Discourse
- Listen!
- Rules and Practices: Placement of Focus
- Communicative Practice: Announcing Schedule Changes
- Extend Your Skills ... to a Contrastive Analysis
- Oral Review: Intonation and Focus in Discourse
- Beyond the Pronunciation Classroom: Comparing Business Practices
- 9. More Functions of Intonation
- Listen!
- Rules and Practices
- Communicative Practice: Mini-Dramas
- Extend Your Skills ... to Interviews and Surveys
- Oral Review: More Functions of Intonation
- Beyond the Pronunciation Classroom: Placing a Food Order
- 10. Phrasing, Pausing, and Linking
- Listen!
- Rules and Practices 1: Phrases and Thought Groups
- Rules and Practices 2: Linking
- Communicative Practice: Driving Test
- Extend Your Skills ... to a Process Presentation
- Process Presentation/Self-Evaluation Form
- Oral Review: Phrasing, Pausing, and Linking
- Beyond the Pronunciation Classroom: Checking Air Fares
- InfoGap Activities
- Appendixes
- A. Strategies for Independent Learning
- B. Consonants
- An Overview of the Consonant Sounds of American English
- The 24 Consonant Sounds
- Voiced and Voiceless Consonants
- Forming Consonant Sounds
- Consonant Chart
- Consonant Practices
- 1.. Consonant 1. /[theta]/ as in think (vs./s/, /t/, and /f/)
- 2.. Consonant 2. /f/ as in fine (vs./p/)
- 3.. Consonant 3. /[function of]/ as in she (vs./t[function of]/ and /s/)
- 4.. Consonant 4. /r/ as in right (vs./l/)
- 5.. Consonant 5. /[v]/ as in vote (vs./w/, /b/, and /f/)
- C. Vowels
- An Overview of the Vowel Sounds of American English
- Front Vowels
- Central Vowels
- Back Vowels
- Diphthongs
- Vowel Chart
- Tense and Lax Vowels
- Vowel Practices
- 1.. Vowel 2: /[I]/ as in hit (vs. Vowel 1: /i[superscript y]/ as in he)
- 2.. Vowel 4: /[varepsilon]/ as in met (vs. Vowel 3: /e[superscript y]/ as in made; Vowel 5: /ae/ as in mad)
- 3.. Vowel 7: /[characters not reproducible]/ as in nut (vs. Vowel 8: /[alpha]/ as in not)
- 4.. Vowel 10: /[characters not reproducible]/ as in took (vs. Vowel 9: /u[superscript w]/ as in too)
- 5.. Vowel 8: /[alpha]/ as in not (vs. Vowel 11: /o[superscript w]/ as in no)
- Answer Key for Appendix B
- Answer Key for Appendix C
- Index