Teaching American English Pronunciation
Peter Avery
Susan Ehrlich
Oxford Handbooks for Language Teachers
As an ESL teacher, have you looked at the phonetics textbooks on the market and decided that they don't directly address your needs? Unlike pronunciation books aimed at students of linguistics or at learners of English, Teaching American English Pronunciation has been written specifically for ESL teachers. It doesn't only give academic descriptions, but also helps you to improve your students' pronunciation effectively.
Peter Avery, Susan Ehrlich
Teaching American English Pronunciation
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PREFACE
This book is intended as both a textbook and a reference manual for teachers of English as a Second Language. While there are many other introductory phonetics textbooks on the market, none has been written specifically for the ESL teacher. This book attempts to fill this gap by providing an accessible introduction to the fields of phonetics and phonology as they relate to second language learning.
Part One (#n_cross_10_p01_7_10) is an introduction to the English sound system, with many of the descriptions and concepts exemplified through typical errors made by ESL students. Part Two (#litres_trial_promo) describes pronunciation problems common to most ESL