Pronunciation Pairs Class Audio CDs (5)

Pronunciation Pairs Audio CDs (5)
Автор(ы): Ann Baker
Язык: English
Level: high-beginning-intermediate

This new edition of a highly successful pronunciation text covers all of the speech sounds of North American English, as well as spelling, intonation, and stress.

Pronunciation Pairs offers a variety of exercises and activities, from very controlled minimal pair and listening discrimination tasks to dialogs, games, puzzles, and guided conversations.

The Pronunciation Pairs, Second Edition, Student`s Book has updated dialogs, which include current and useful vocabulary.

Hundreds of simple, clear illustrations help students understand the dialogs and vocabulary.

An audio CD with selections from the complete class audio program is included in the back of the Student`s Book.

There are many types of listening and speaking activities in the book. Most of the units include word pairs that contrast two sounds. Word pairs are pairs of words, such as night and light, that are the same except for one sound. If your first language does not have one or both of the different sounds in the word pair, practicing the word pairs can help you learn to hear - and produce - the two different sounds.

Pronunciation Pairs is divided into two sections - one on vowels and one on consonants. Each section begins with an introductory unit that shows the basic mouth positions and movements needed to produce the sounds in that section. After the introductory unit, each unit presents a specific sound through a variety of tasks. The tasks move form highly structured practice of the target in connected speech, including guided conversations, games, puzzles, and interactive speaking tasks. There are also eight review units.