Clear Speech from the Start Teacher's Resource Book with CD: Basic Pronunciation and Listening Comprehension in North American English - Softcover

Gilbert, Judy B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 052163735X ISBN 13: 9780521637350

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2001

Synopsis

Clear Speech from the Start concentrates on basic pronunciation and listening comprehension in North American English stressing features that will have the most significant impact on a student's ability to understand and communicate with others.  These features include rhythm, stress, intonation, and speech sounds that carry specific grammatical meaning. The text presents these features through kinesthetic exercises and visual and auditory modeling, thus making them accessible even to beginners. Each Student's Book comes with a student Audio CD that contains roughly one third of the exercises included in the class audio program.

About this title

Book Description

Clear Speech from the Start gives beginning students immediate help in mastering the crucial elements of English pronunciation.

Synopsis

This text concentrates on topics such as rhythm, intonation and sounds as grammar cues, which together make the biggest difference in students' ability to understand and communicate. The Student's Book now includes an audio CD, so students can practise many of the exercises in the book on their own.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 052163735X
• ISBN 13: 9780521637350
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160