Well Said Pronunciation for Clear Communication

by Grant, Linda

• ISBN13: 9780838402085
• ISBN10: 0838402089
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-15
• Publisher: Heinle ELT

Summary

Text component of WELL SAID.

Table of Contents

To the Instructor	vi
Special Features of the Second Edition	vii
To the Student	ix
Part I: Introductory Chapters
Your Pronunciation Profile	1	(8)
The Speech Profile	1	(3)
Speech Profile Summary Form	4	(1)
Needs and Attitudes Assessment	5	(2)
Setting Personal Goals	7	(2)
Using a Dictionary for Pronunciation	9	(8)
Introduction to Dictionary Symbols	9	(4)
Exercises	13	(2)
Pronunciation Key for Well Said, Second Edition	15	(2)
Part II: Getting Started with Sounds and Syllables
Sound/Spelling Patterns	17	(16)
Listen!	18	(1)
Rules and Practices 1: Unusual Consonant Spelling Patterns	19	(6)
Rules and Practices 2: Final Consonant Sounds and Spellings	25	(4)
Communicative Practice: Evacuate!	29	(1)
Extend Your Skills... to Reporting an Emergency	30	(2)
Oral Review: Sound and Spelling Patterns	32	(1)
Syllables and Word Endings	33	(18)
Listen!	33	(2)
Rules and Practices 1: Syllables and -s Endings	35	(5)
Communicative Practice 1: Stockroom Inventory	40	(1)
Rules and Practices 2: Syllables and -ed Endings	41	(2)
Communicative Practice 2: Revealing Your Past	43	(2)
Extend Your Skills... to Descriptions of Graphs	45	(1)
Explaining a Graph/Self-Evaluation Form	46	(4)
Oral Review: Syllables and World Endings	50	(1)
Part III: Stress, Rhythm, and Intonation
Stress in Words (Part 1)	51	(12)
Listen!	51	(2)
Rules and Practices: Using Parts of Speech to Predict Stress	53	(8)
Communicative Practice: Solving a Problem	61	(2)
Stress in Words (Part 2)	63	(14)
Listen!	63	(2)
Rules and Practices: Using Suffixes to Predict Stress	65	(4)
Communicative Practice: Library Orientation	69	(1)
Extend Your Skills... to Small-Group Discussions	70	(3)
Oral Review: Stress in Words	73	(1)
Beyond the Pronunciation Classroom: Applying for a Library Card	74	(1)
Mid-Course Self-Evaluation	75	(2)
Rhythm in Sentences	77	(18)
Listen!	78	(3)
Rules and Practices: Stressed and Reduced Words	81	(10)
Communicative Practice: Scheduling an Appointment	91	(1)
Extend Your Skills... to Recording a Message	92	(1)
Oral Review: Rhythm in Sentences	93	(1)
Beyond the Pronunciation Classroom: Knock! Knock! Jokes	94	(1)
Intonation and Focus in Discourse	95	(14)
Listen!	96	(2)
Rules and Practices: Placement of Focus	98	(8)
Communicative Practice: Announcing Schedule Changes	106	(1)
Extend Your Skills... to a Contrastive Analysis	107	(1)
Oral Review: Intonation and Focus in Discourse	107	(1)
Beyond the Pronunciation Classroom: Comparing Business Practices	108	(1)
More Functions of Intonation	109	(12)
Listen!	109	(1)
Rules and Practices	110	(7)
Communicative Practice: Mini-Dramas	117	(1)
Extend Your Skills... to Interviews and Surveys	118	(1)
Oral Review: More Functions of Intonation	119	(1)
Beyond the Pronunciation Classroom: Placing a Food Order	120	(1)
Phrasing, Pausing, and Linking	121	(94)
Listen!	121	(3)
Rules and Practices 1: Phrases and Thought Groups	124	(3)
Rules and Practices 2: Linking	127	(3)
Communicative Practice: Driving Test	130	(1)
Extend Your Skills... to a Process Presentation	131	(2)
Process Presentation/Self-Evaluation Form	133	(1)
Oral Review: Phrasing, Pausing, and Linking	134	(1)
Beyond the Pronunciation Classroom: Checking Air Fares	135	(18)
IntoGap Activities	137	(16)
Appendixes
A Strategies for Independent Learning	153	(4)
B Consonants	157	(32)
An Overview of the Consonant Sounds of American English	157	(1)
The 24 Consonant Sounds	157	(1)
Voiced and Voiceless Consonants	157	(3)
Forming Consonant Sounds	160	(2)
Consonant Chart	162	(1)
Consonant Practices	162	(1)
1. Consonant 1. /θ/ as in think (vs./s/,/t/, and /f/)	163	(5)
2. Consonant 2. /f/ as in fine (vs./p/)	168	(4)
3. Consonant 3. /ƒ/ as in she (vs./tƒ/ and /s/)	172	(5)
4. Consonant 4. /r/ as in right (vs./1/)	177	(6)
5. Consonant 5: /v/ as in vote (vs./w/,/b/, and /f/)	183	(6)
C Vowels	189	(26)
An Overview of the Vowel Sounds of American English	189	(1)
Front Vowels	189	(1)
Central Vowels	190	(1)
Back Vowels	190	(1)
Diphthongs	190	(1)
Vowel Chart	191	(1)
Tense and Lax Vowels	191	(2)
Vowel Practices	193	(1)
1. Vowel 2: /I/ as in hit (vs. Vowel 1: /i/ as in he)	194	(4)
2. Vowel 4: /ϵ/ as in met (vs. Vowel 3: /ey/ as in made; Vowel 5: /ae/ as in mad)	198	(5)
3. Vowel 7: /Λ/ as in nut (vs. Vowel 8: /a/ as in not)	203	(4)
4. Vowel 10: /u/ as in took (vs. Vowel 9: /uw/ as in too)	207	(4)
5. Vowel 8: /a/ as in not (vs. Vowel 11: /ow/ as in no)	211	(4)
Answer Key for Appendix B	215	(6)
Answer Key for Appendix C	221	(6)
Index	227