Teaching Pronunciation Audio Cassette : A Reference for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages

List of Figures and Tables vii Preface ix Acknowledgments xi Transcription Key xii Part I Pronunciation Instruction in Perspective 1(34) The History and Scope of Pronunciation Teaching 2(12) Research on the Teaching and Acquisition of Pronunciation Skills 14(21) Part II The Sound System of North American English: An Overview 35(186) The Consonant System 37(56) The Vowel System 93(38) Stress, Rhythm, and Adjustments in Connected Speech 131(44) Prominence and Intonation in Discourse 175(46) Part III Intersections of the Sound System with Other Areas of Language 221(68) The Sound System and Listening 222(25) The Sound System and Grammar: Inflectional Morphology and Parts of Speech 247(22) The Sound System and Orthography 269(20) Part IV Issues in Implementation 289(118) New Directions in the Teaching of Pronunciation 290(29) Pronunciation in the Language Curriculum 319(22) Testing and Evaluation 341(66) Appendices Appendix 1 Differences Between NAE (North American English) and British English 363(8) Appendix 2 Comparison of Phonetic and Phonemic Alphabets 371(2) Appendix 3 Positional Occurrence of NAE Consonants 373(2) Appendix 4 English Syllable Structure 375(1) Appendix 5 Distribution of Vowels Before Nasal Consonants 376(1) Appendix 6 Commonly Reduced Function Words 377(3) Appendix 7 Constraints on Contraction and Blending 380(2) Appendix 8 Irregular Verbs in English 382(5) Appendix 9 Tense-Lax Vowel Alternations in Stressed Syllables of Base Forms and Derived Words 387(2) Appendix 10 Consonant Letter-Sound Correspondences and Variations (including digraphs) 389(6) Appendix 11 Systematic Differences in British and American Spelling 395(1) Appendix 12 Profile Questionnaire Used at UCLA 396(2) Appendix 13 Diagnostic Passage and Accent Checklist 398(2) Appendix 14 ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines for Speaking 400(3) Appendix 15 Speech Intelligibility/Communicability Index for Describing Speech and Evaluating Its Impact on Communication 403(1) Appendix 16 Speaking Performance Scale for UCLA Oral Proficiency Test for Nonnative TAs 404(1) Appendix 17 Self-Evaluation Form: Interview Role Plays 405(2) Bibliography 407(13) Answer Key for ``On the Cassette'' Exercises 420(7) Author Index 427(2) Subject Index 429