Focus on pronunciation 2

Author

• Lane, Linda

Additional Author(s)

-

Publisher

White Plains, N.Y.: Longman, 2005

Language

English

ISBN

0130978779

Series

Subject(s)

• ENGLISH LANGUAGE-PRONUNCIATION-PROBLEMS, EXERCISES, ETC.
• ENGLISH LANGUAGE-TEXTBOOKS FOR FOREIGN SPEAKERS

Notes

• Appendix : p. 191-196.
• Cassette
• CD-ROM

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Abstract

Focus on Pronunciation 2 gives intermediate students the tools, tips, and techniques to help them speak English clearly and accurately. The variety of activities and accessible style makes learning fun. A five-part structure allows focused practice in individual sound areas: Vowels; Consonants; Syllables and Stress in Words; Rhythms; and Intonation.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

viii, 196 p.

Dimension

25 cm.

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

Introduction PART 1 VOWELS Unit 1 Vowel overview Unit 2 [ iy ] sheep and [ I ] ship Related Units: 1, 3, 22, 26 Unit 3 [ ey ] late, [ ? ] let, and [ I ] lit Related Units: 1, 2, 4, 7, 22, 26 Unit 4 [ ae ] black and [ ? ] red Related Units: 1, 3, 7, 33 Unit 5 [Y] cup Related Units: 1, 6, 7, 22, 26-31, 33, 34, 35 Unit 6 [ Q ] cop and [Y] cup Related Units: 1, 5, 7, 8, 22, 26-31, 33, 34, 35 Unit 7 Review: [ [ ] net, [ ae] Nat, [ Y] nut, and [ Q ] not Related Units: 1, 3-6, 9, 26, 30, 31, 36, 37 Unit 8 [ r ] after vowels Related Units: 1, 11, 20, 33, 34 Unit 9 [ ow ] boat, [ Q ] pot, and [ T ] bought Related Units: 1, 6, 7, 22, 26 Unit 10 [ uw ] food and [ ? ] book Related Units: 1, 9, 15, 22, 26 PART 2 CONSONANTS Unit 11 Consonant overview Unit 12 Beginning and final consonants Related Units: 11, 13, 19, 24, 25, 26 Unit 13 Past tense endings Related Units: 11, 12, 19, 25, 26, 30, 31 Unit 14 "TH" sounds: [ ] thanks and [ d ] that Related Units: 11, 12, 19, 24, 25 Unit 15 [ p ] pie, [ b ] buy, [ f ] fine, [ v ] vine, and [ w ] wine Related Units: 11, 12, 24, 25 Unit 16 [ s ] seven and [ z ] zero Related Units: 11, 12, 17, 19, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 36 Unit 17 [ ? ] shoe and [ ? ] television Related Units: 11, 12, 17, 22, 24, 25, 30, 36 Unit 18 [ ] chicken and [ ] jacket Related Units: 11, 12, 17, 22, 24, 25, 30, 36 Unit 19 "S" endings: plurals, present tense, and possessives Related Units: 11-17, 25, 26 Unit 20 [ r ] right and [ l ] light Related Units: 8, 11, 12, 24, 25, 31 Unit 21 [ m ] mouse, [ n ] nose, and [ K ] sing Related Units: 11, 12, 24, 25, 31 Unit 22 [ y ] yet and [ ] jet; Consonant clusters with [y] regular Related Units: 1, 11, 12, 18, 24, 25, 31 Unit 23 [ h ] hat; Reduction of "H" words Related Units: 11, 12, 30, 31, 34 Unit 24 Beginning consonant clusters Related Units: 11, 12, 14-17, 20, 21, 25, 26, 31 Unit 25 Final consonant clusters; Joining final consonants to the next word Related Units: 11-21, 24, 31, 32, 36, 37 PART 3 STRESS IN WORDS Unit 26 Stress in words: overview Unit 27 Stressed syllables; Vowel length; Vowel reduction Related Units: 1, 5, 11, 13, 19, 26, 28-35 Unit 28 Parts of speech; Suffixes; Numbers Related Units: 26, 27, 29 Unit 29 Compounds; Noun-verb pairs Related Units: 16, 26, 27, 28 PART 4 RHYTHM AND INTONATION Unit 30 Rhythm and intonation: overview Unit 31 Content and function words; Thought groups Related Units: 26-30, 32, 33, 34, 35 Unit 32 Highlighting important words Related Units: 30, 31, 36, 37 Unit 33 Reduced words: bacon `n eggs Related Units: 4, 5, 26-31, 34 Unit 34 Contractions and reductions of verbs Related Units: 5, 19, 23, 26, 27, 30-32, 36, 37 Unit 35 Rhythm patterns of prepositions and particles Related Units: 5, 12, 25, 27, 30-34 Unit 36 Rising intonation; Falling intonation Related Units: 7, 16, 18, 24-26, 29, 30, 32, 34, 37 Unit 37 Intonation: expressing feelings and attitudes Related Units: 7, 16, 25, 30, 32, 34, 36 Unit exercise answers Appendix I: for team 1 playersAppendix II: for team 2 players

Exemplar(s)

#	Accession No.	Call Number	Location	Status
1.	00501/05	- 428.34 Lan F-II	Library - 7th Floor	Available