Well said : pronunciation for clear communication / Linda Grant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grant, Linda

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Pronunciation.

English language.

Physical Description:

x, 230 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Heinle & Heinle Publishers, ©2001.

Summary:

Offering a lively and communicative approach for increasing pronunciation and speaking skills, Well Said second edition provides students with the pronunciation and speaking tools they need to communicate in social, academic, business, and professional settings.

Contents:

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

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

4. Syllables and Word Endings

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

Part III. Stress, Rhythm, and Intonation

5. Stress in Words

Rules and Practices: Using Parts of Speech to Predict Stress

Communicative Practice: Solving a Problem

6. Stress in Words (Part 2)

Rules and Practices: Using Suffixes to Predict Stress

Communicative Practice: Library Orientation

Beyond the Pronunciation Classroom: Applying for a Library Card

Mid-Course Self-Evaluation

7. Rhythm in Sentences

Rules and Practices: Stressed and Reduced Words

Communicative Practice: Scheduling an Appointment

Extend Your Skills ... to Recording a Message

Beyond the Pronunciation Classroom: Knock! Knock! Jokes

8. Intonation and Focus in Discourse

Rules and Practices: Placement of Focus

Communicative Practice: Announcing Schedule Changes

Extend Your Skills ... to a Contrastive Analysis

Beyond the Pronunciation Classroom: Comparing Business Practices

9. More Functions of Intonation

Rules and Practices

Communicative Practice: Mini-Dramas

Extend Your Skills ... to Interviews and Surveys

Beyond the Pronunciation Classroom: Placing a Food Order

10. Phrasing, Pausing, and Linking

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

Beyond the Pronunciation Classroom: Checking Air Fares

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).

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0838402089

9780838402085

OCLC:

43851565