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| Preface |
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| Acknowledgments |
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Part I Pronunciation Instruction in Perspective |
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Chapter 1 The History and Scope of Pronunciation Teaching |
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Chapter 2 Research on the Teaching and Acquisition of Pronunciation Skills |
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Part II The Sound System of North American English: An Overview |
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Chapter 3 The Consonant System |
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Chapter 4 The Vowel System |
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Chapter 5 Connected Speech, Stress, and Rhythm |
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Chapter 6 Prominence and Intonation in Discourse |
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Part III Issues in Implementation |
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Chapter 7 Pronunciation in the Language Curriculum |
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Chapter 8 Testing and Evaluation |
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Chapter 9 Techniques, Tools, and Technology |
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Part IV Intersections of the Sound System with Other Areas of Language |
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Chapter 10 Pronunciation and Listening |
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Chapter 11 The Sound System and Morphology |
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Chapter 12 The Sound System and Spelling |
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Appendix 1 Teaching Pronunciation: Methodological Variation |
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Appendix 2 Differences Between North American English (NAE) and British English |
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Appendix 3 Comparison of Phonetic and Phonemic Alphabets |
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Appendix 4 Positional Occurrence of NAE Consonants |
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Appendix 5 English Syllable Structure |
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Appendix 6 Distribution of Vowels Before Nasal Consonants |
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Appendix 7 Written Contractions in English |
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Appendix 8 Commonly Reduced Function Words |
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Appendix 9 Constraints on Contractions and Blendings |
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Appendix 10 Functional Load |
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Appendix 11 Integrating Pronunciation into a Textbook Speaking Activity: Two Examples |
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Appendix 12 Gilbert's Priorities for the Beginning Learner |
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Appendix 13 Jenkins's Lingua Franca Core (LFC) for Communication Between Nonnative Speakers |
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Appendix 14 Student Profile Questionnaire Used at UCLA |
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Appendix 15 Sources of Authentic Language That Can Be Used for Pronunciation Practice |
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Appendix 16 Diagnostic Passage and Accent Checklist |
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Appendix 17 Overview of Formal Oral Proficiency Exams and Rating Scales |
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Appendix 18 Morley's Speech Intelligibility / Communicability Index for Describing Speech and Evaluating Its Impact on Communication |
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Appendix 19 Speaking Performance Scale for UCLA Oral Proficiency Test for Nonnative TAs (TOP) |
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Appendix 20 Self-Evaluation Form: Interview Role Plays |
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Appendix 21 A Dramatic Imitative Approach Using Video Clips |
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Appendix 22 Discussion Gambit Cards |
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Appendix 23 Digital Resources for Pronunciation |
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Appendix 24 Irregular Verbs in English |
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Appendix 25 Tense---Lax Vowel Alternations in Stressed Syllables of Base Forms and Derived Words |
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Appendix 26 Consonant Letter---Sound Correspondences and Variations (Including Digraphs) |
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Appendix 27 Systematic Differences in British and American Spelling |
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| Bibliography |
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| Answer Key |
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| Author Index |
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| Subject Index |
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| CD Track Listing |
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