Sound Foundations: Learning and Teaching Pronunciation (2nd Edition: 2005)

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 2
Copyright......Page 3
Contents......Page 4
Macmillan Books for Teachers......Page 6
Introduction to Sound Foundations......Page 8
Ideas behind the phonemic chart......Page 9
Key to phonemic symbols......Page 13
Part 1 Discovery toolkit......Page 14
1 Introduction......Page 15
2 Vowels: monophthongs......Page 18
3 Vowels: diphthongs......Page 35
4 Consonants......Page 42
1 Introduction......Page 61
2 Joining individual phonemes to make words......Page 62
3 Stress in words......Page 64
4 Unstress in words......Page 66
5 Primary and secondary stress......Page 67
6 Where do you put the stress in words?......Page 68
7 Intonation and word stress......Page 70
2 Overview......Page 71
3 Sounds and simplifications in connected speech......Page 73
4 Rhythm in connected speech......Page 82
5 Intonation......Page 87
Part 2 Classroom toolkit......Page 108
1 General applications of the chart......Page 109
2 Using the pointer......Page 111
3 Introducing and integrating the chart......Page 112
4 Seven modes of chart usage......Page 113
5 A first lesson with the chart......Page 120
6 Four ways of giving models......Page 123
7 Developing your internal imaging of sounds......Page 127
8 Developing your use of mime and gesture......Page 128
9 Working with individual sounds......Page 131
10 Working with mistakes......Page 145
1 Establishing the sound flow......Page 158
2 Working with the spelling – pronunciation link......Page 159
3 Word stress: working with words of two or more syllables......Page 164
4 Word stress and Cuisenaire rods......Page 167
5 Finger correction......Page 173
6 Integrating the learner’s dictionary with pronunciation work......Page 179
7 Lip reading, ventriloquism, pronunciation and vocabulary......Page 182
1 Overview......Page 184
2 Simplification and reduction of sounds in connected speech......Page 186
3 Stress, prominence and rhythm in connected speech......Page 189
4 Intonation......Page 207
5 Some integrative activities and suggestions......Page 215
Appendix 1 Further thoughts on using the cassette player, blackboard, and pointer......Page 218
Appendix 2 Phonemic charts for other languages......Page 220
Further reading......Page 221
R......Page 222
W......Page 223