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Record Nr.

UNINA9910433231603321

Autore

Abad Olaya José Vicente

Titolo

The sounds of english : theory and practice for Latin American Speakers / / José Vicente Abad Olaya ; fotógrafo Jorge Cano ; ilustradores José Vicente Abad Olaya y Luisa Fernanda Taborda

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Medellín : , : Universidad Católica Luis Amigó, , 2020

ISBN

958-8943-53-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (101 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

Cano, Jorge, fotógrafo

Disciplina

421.54

Soggetti

Inglés - Enseñanza - Estudiantes extranjeros

English language

English language - Phonology

Inglés - Métodos de enseñanza

Inglés - Fonética

Libros electronicos.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2014.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

PÁGINA LEGAL -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. ESSENTIAL CONCEPTS -- 1.1 PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY -- 1.2 PHONEMES AND SPEECH SOUNDS -- 1.3 THE ENGLISH SPELLING-PRONUNCIATION MISMATCH -- 1.4 THE PHONEMIC ALPHABET -- 1.5 SPEECH PRODUCTION -- 2. VOWEL SOUNDS -- 2.1 SOUNDS [I:] AND -- 2.2 SOUNDS  AND -- 2.3 SOUNDS AND  -- 2.4 SCHWA:  AND  -- 2.5 SCHWA + R: -- 2.6 SOUNDS  AND  -- 2.7 SOUNDS [U:] AND  -- 2.8 DIPHTHONGS:  AND -- 3. CONSONANT SOUNDS -- 3.1 SOUNDS [T] AND [D] -- 3.2 PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL -ED -- 3.3 SOUNDS [P], [B], [K], AND [G] -- 3.4 SOUNDS [S] AND [Z] -- 3.5 PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL S -- 3.6 SOUNDS [F], [V], AND [H] -- 3.7 SOUNDS  AND  -- 3.8 SOUNDS  AND  -- 3.9 SOUNDS  AND  -- 3.10 SOUNDS [M], [N], AND  -- 3.11 SOUNDS [L] AND [R] -- 3.12 SOUNDS [J] AND [W] -- ANSWER KEY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Sommario/riassunto

This book was conceived as a pronunciation course textbook to be used under the guidance of atrained instructor; however, it can also be used for independent study by learners with an English proficiency level



of B1 or above. Both teachers and students can read the book in sequence if they seek towork comprehensively on pronunciation, or they can use it as reference material by looking into anyone of the English sounds for which they may need specific information and practice.The text is aimed at Spanish speakers who are in pursuit of improving their English pronunciation.It specifically targets pre-service and in-service English teachers who are required to know how English sounds are pronounced.