Focus on Pronunciation 1 (with 2 Student Audio CDs)

by Lane, Linda

• ISBN13: 9780130978738
• ISBN10: 0130978736
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-06-04
• Publisher: Pearson Education ESL

Summary

Focus on Pronunciation 1gives beginning to high-beginning students the tools, tips, and techniques to help them speak English clearly and accurately. The variety of activities and accessible style makes learning fun. A five-part structure allows focused practice in individual sound areas: Vowels; Consonants; Syllables and Stress in Words; Rhythms; and Intonation. Features Clear explanations and diagrams make the text easy to use. Engaging activities, including games and high-interest listening and speaking tasks, guide students from controlled practice to communicative interaction. Self-study material and audio CDs offer students a wealth of practice outside the classroom.

Table of Contents

Introduction	v
PART 1 VOWELS	1	(32)
Vowel overview	2	(4)
[iy] eat and [I] it	6	(6)
Related Units: 1, 26
[æ] bad and [ε] bed	12	(6)
Related Units: 1, 5
[a] cop and [e] cup	18	(5)
Related Units: 1, 5
Review of [e], [æ], and [a]	23	(4)
Related Units: 1, 3, 4
Vowels + r: [ar] car, [or] four, and [er] bird	27	(6)
Related Units: 1, 12
PART 2 CONSONANTS	33	(56)
Consonant overview	34	(3)
[θ] three and [ð] this	37	(4)
Related Units: 7, 16
[p] pen, [b] boy, [f] foot, [v] very, and [w] wet	41	(7)
Related Units: 7, 16
[s] sun, [z] zoo, [∫] shoe, and [3] television	48	(6)
Related Units: 7, 14, 16, 17, 25
[t∫] chair and [d3] jet; [d3] jet and [y] yet	54	(4)
Related Units: 7, 10
[r] road and [I] love	58	(6)
Related Units: 6, 7, 16, 17, 25
[m] mouth, [n] nose, and [n] sing	64	(7)
Related Units: 7, 16, 17, 25
Word endings: plurals and present tense	71	(7)
Related Units: 7, 10, 15, 16, 17, 25
Word endings: past tense	78	(4)
Related Units: 7, 14, 16, 17
Consonant groups	82	(7)
Related Units: 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17, 25
PART 3 STRESS, RHYTHM, AND INTONATION	89	(60)
Stress, rhythm, and intonation overview	90	(5)
Strong stress and secondary stress in words	95	(5)
Related Units: 4, 5, 17, 20
Weak syllables in words	100	(5)
Related Units: 4, 5, 7, 17, 18
Stress in compound nouns and numbers	105	(5)
Related Units: 17, 18, 25
Strong words and weak words in sentences	110	(6)
Related Units: 17, 25
Highlighting the strongest word	116	(4)
Related Units: 17, 27, 28
Common weak words	120	(5)
Related Units: 4, 5, 6, 7, 17, 27, 28
Contractions	125	(4)
Related Units: 6, 14, 17
Word groups	129	(5)
Related Units: 17, 21
Joining final sounds to beginning sounds	134	(6)
Related Units: 1, 7, 14, 15, 16, 17
Rising and falling intonation	140	(4)
Related Units: 17, 22, 28
Using your voice to show your feelings	144	(5)
Related Units: 17, 22, 27
Self-Study	149	(26)
Self-Study answer key	175	(5)
Unit exercise answers	180	(1)
Appendix I: for team 1 players	181	(2)
Appendix II: for team 2 players	183