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Foreign accent management / Mythri Srinivasan Menon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Menon, Mythri Srinivasan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.
- English language.
- English language--Accents and accentuation.
- English language--Pronunciation by foreign speakers--Problems, exercises, etc.
- English language--Spoken English--Problems, exercises, etc.
- Oral communication--Problems, exercises, etc.
- Oral communication.
- English language--Phonetics--Problems, exercises, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (335 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- San Diego, California ; Oxford, England ; Brisbane, [Australia] : Plural Publishing Inc., 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This guide to the management of accents for non-native speakers of the English language of European, African, Asian, or Indian origin compiles numerous valuable techniques in Speech-Language Pathology that have been in use for many years along with practical ideas gathered from workshops, tutoring, and speech therapy practice. While this book will not erase one's accent, it can increase the readers awareness of accent modification and provide the tools and techniques to enhance and manage one's accent long-term.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface: An Immigrant's Perspective; Introduction; 1. Communication: He Said, She Said, and Finally They Said!; 2. Oral-Motor Movements: Lip and Tongue Antics; 3. Language and Speech: Nuts and Bolts; 4. Phonetic Transcription: The "DNA" of the International Phonetic Alphabet; 5. Speech Sounds: Vowels; 6. Speech Sounds: Consonants; 7. Accent on Accents; 8. Auditory Discrimination: The Art of Listening; 9. Intonation: The Music of Language; 10. NonverbalCommunication: The Mime of Language; 11. Pronunciation: Eloquently Speaking
- 12. Conversation: Strategies for SuccessConclusion: Some Final Thoughts . . . and a Look Ahead; Postscript: Musings of an Immigrant; Glossary; References and Suggested Reading; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-59756-836-8
- OCLC:
- 910446974
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