Tongue Twisters, Rhymes, and Songs to Improve Your English Pronunciation

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Author House, 14 нояб. 2007 г. - Всего страниц: 128
Okay. You are living and working in the United States, or perhaps you are living and working in your home country using English on a daily basis for business. You have basic English language fluency. I admire you because it has been a dream of mine to be able to speak another language--any language--as well as you speak English.

But darn it! Don't you get a little tired of those funny looks? Doesn't it get annoying to hear, "Could you repeat that please?"

The purpose of this workbook and accompanying CDs, is to help you realize why you get those occasional reactions from your listeners, and to take the good English you already have and polish it enough to keep those questions to a bare minimum. And while we're at it, I'd like for you to have some fun!

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Part IConsonants
7
Final Voiced Consonants
9
Initial Unvoiced Consonants
13
Two Special t Sounds
17
v and w
21
Unvoiced th 9
27
Voiced th 5
31
Nasal consonant I
35
Front Vowel I
73
The short u vowel U
77
Back VowelCl
81
Central Vowel A
85
Front Vowel
89
the Schwa 9
93
Back Vowel o
97
Back Vowel D
101

Consonant Z
39
sblends
45
Glottal Glide h
49
Affricate 313
53
Semivowel l
57
Consonant r
63
Part IIVowels
67
Vocalic r 3 81
69
Cli and Clu diphthongs
105
Appendices
109
Cues for the Production of Speech Sounds
110
Index of Practice Materials by Language
112
Glossary
113
1000 most frequently used words in English
116
Suggested Resources
120
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Стр. 99 - OLD King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three.
Стр. 95 - A SWARM of bees in May Is worth a load of hay; A swarm of bees in June Is worth a silver spoon; A swarm of bees in July Is not worth a fly.
Стр. 25 - As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives, Every wife had seven sacks, Every sack had seven cats, Every cat had seven kits — Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were going to St. Ives?
Стр. 20 - Will make my batter better. So she bought a bit of butter Better than her bitter butter, And she put it in her batter And the batter was not bitter.
Стр. 52 - The blacksmith hammers the whole day long, His hammer is heavy, but his arm is strong. Here comes a horse — what will the blacksmith do? He will hammer out a strong iron shoe.
Стр. 79 - How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Стр. 103 - I saw Esau kissing Kate and the fact is we all three saw For I saw Esau, he saw me and she saw I saw Esau.
Стр. 52 - Happy hearts and happy faces, Happy play in grassy places— That was how in ancient ages, Children grew to kings and sages.
Стр. 114 - ... speech sound produced, with or without laryngeal vibration, by certain successive contractions of the articulatory muscles which modify, interrupt, or obstruct the expired air stream to the extent that its pressure is raised.

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Theresa (Terri) Bareither has been a Speech-Language Pathologist for 37 years. During those years she has worked in public and private schools and universities, hospitals, clinics, homes, and corporate settings. Over the past 12 years she has helped 725 people from more than 40 language backgrounds with their spoken and written English. She has a Bachelor of Science Degree from Purdue University in Audiology and Speech Sciences, and a Master of Science degree in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology from Southern Illinois University. Terri is Past-Division Governor for Toastmasters International and Past-President of the Greater Indianapolis Speech and Hearing Association. She holds the American Speech and Hearing Association's Certificate of Clinical Competence, and was manager of St. Francis Hospital and Health Centers' Speech Pathology and Audiology Department from 1979-1995. She has published articles on Speech and Language Development and has been a guest on local radio and television programs. Since 1995, Terri has been in private practice specializing in English enhancement and pronunciation skills for the foreign-born. Since that time, she has worked with hundreds of people who represent more than 40 Mother Tongues.

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