Short description:

This resource supports TESOL preservice and in-service teachers and curriculum designers in teaching pronunciation more effectively.

Long description:

This resource supports TESOL preservice and in-service teachers and curriculum designers in teaching pronunciation more effectively. Laurie Bauer examines the patterns of pronunciation found in English, comments on common errors made by learners, provides advice on what must be taught and what can be allowed to pass, and offers commentary on which parts of the curriculum are necessary for beginners and which are of value only to advanced students. Part I introduces the phonetic background; Part II covers phonetics in more detail (consonants, vowels, prosody, phonotactics and syllables); Part III covers phonology (sound changes influenced by adjacent sounds, morphophonemics, stress rules and free variation); and Part IV covers spelling (English spelling, spelling consonants and vowels, and spelling particularly difficult words). The helpful content can be tailored to one?s teaching needs and will support an educator?s efforts to teach pronunciation seriously, whether it is a matter of pronouncing particular vowels accurately or knowing how to interpret the spelling system to get at the appropriate pronunciation.

Table of Contents:

List of Figures and Tables

Preface

Part I. Introductory material

1 Introduction

2 The phonetic background

Part II. Mostly phonetics

3 Consonants

4 Vowels

5 Prosody

6 Phonotactics and syllables

7 Extra advice for teachers

Part III. Phonology

8 Sound changes influenced by adjacent sounds

9 Morphophonemics

10 Stress rules

11 Free variation

Part IV. Spelling

12 English spelling

13 Spelling consonants

14 Spelling vowels

15 Names and other difficult words

Reading and References

Index