Rhymes and Rhythm: A Poem-Based Course for English Pronunciation Study - Softcover

Michael Vaughan-Rees

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1859645283 ISBN 13: 9781859645284

Publisher: Garnet Education, 2010

Synopsis

Rhymes and Rhythm: A poem-based course for English pronunciation Rhymes and Rhythm provides targeted pronunciation and listening practice through the medium of verse. Featuring lively, engaging poems ranging from limericks to raps, it offers an innovative and effective way for students of English to improve their understanding, and to be better understood. Focusing on areas such as syllable length, linking, weak forms and stress placement, tasks and poems allow students to practise the understanding and production of fast, natural speech. A key to the tasks is included. The accompanying CD-ROM contains detailed notes for teachers and ideas for additional activities, as well as extra material in the form of clearly presented complementary visuals. Pronunciation is woefully neglected in all mainstream language courses but it is the one area in which we can have lots of fun with patterning of sounds in a way which is acceptable even to teenagers and adults. The only book which I know that has systematically tried to do this is the wonderful Rhymes and Rhythm [...]' - David A. Hill, Language Play and Creative Language Learning Key Features - CD-ROM containing extensive material for teacher use, including visuals for OHTs or interactive whiteboards; suggestions for using the visuals; ideas for pronunciation lessons and games and ideas for other follow-up activities - vocabulary notes - audio material on DVD - uses a variety of different types of poem - can be used by learners of most ages and capabilities. Contents General introduction Part I: Syllables, stress and rhythm Chapter 1: Syllables, stress and rhythm Part II: Stress in words and phrases Chapter 2: Stress in verbs Chapter 3: Stress in nouns and adjectives Chapter 4: Stress in compounds and phrases Chapter 5: Stress patterns in words and phrases Chapter 6: Stress shift Part III: Fast, natural speech Chapter 7: Introduction to fast, natural speech Chapter 8: Elision Chapter 9: Assimilation Part IV: Playing with poems Chapter 10: Limericks Chapter 11: Other types of poem Chapter 12: Similes, sayings and sounds Appendices Appendix 1: Key to the tasks Appendix 2: Completed poems Appendix 3: Book map Appendix 4: CD-ROM thumbnails

About this title

About the Author

Michael Vaughan-Rees founded the IATEFL Pronunciation Special Interest Group, which he co-ordinated for over 20 years as well as editing its journal/newsletter, Speak Out. He has taught languages and linguistics up to university level, most recently at the Free University, Berlin, and is the author of several books and dozens of articles. He is currently writing raps for a Berlin-based EFL publisher.

From the Back Cover

Rhymes and Rhythm provides targeted pronunciation and listening practice through the medium of verse. Featuring lively, engaging poems ranging from limericks to raps, it offers an innovative and effective way for students of English to improve their understanding and to be better understood.

Focusing on areas such as syllable length, linking, weak forms and stress placement, tasks and poems allow students to practice the understanding and production of fast natural speech. A key to the tasks is included.

The accompanying CD-ROm contains detailed notes for teachers and ideas for additional activities, as well as extra material in the form of clearly presented complementary visuals.

`Pronunciation is woefully neglected in all mainstream language courses but it is the one area in which we can have lots of fun with patterning of sounds in a way which is acceptable even to teenagers and adults. The only book which I know that has systematically tried to do this is the wonderful Rhymes and Rhythm [...]' - David A. Hill 'Language Play and Creative Language Learning'

Edition details

• Publisher: Garnet Education
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1859645283
• ISBN 13: 9781859645284
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 120