Longman Pronunciation Dictionary + CD-ROM

Автор: J.C. Wells

Уровень: Upper Intermediate – Advanced • British English

Третье издание словаря включает свыше 225 000 вариантов произношения различных слов. К изданию прилагается New Longman Pronunciation Coach CD-ROM.

С помощью этого CD-ROMa можно:

услышать британский и американский варианты произношения, а также записать и проверить свое собственное произношение.

самостоятельно работать над интонацией, используя приведенные модели ударения в словосочетаниях и идиомах, а также интерактивные упражнения, разработанные Дж. Уэллсом.

На CD-ROMе также находится раздел для преподавателей Teachers’ Resource Centre.

The Longman Pronunciation Dictionary is the most up-to-date, comprehensive, and authoritative pronunciation dictionary available. 

This expanded and completely updated new edition includes:

• full coverage of both British and American pronunciations using the International Phonetic Alphabet.
• over 225,000 pronunciations 
• clear graphs showing pronunciation preferences of British and American speakers, and how these are changing, for words like controversy, either, harass, and garage -based on Professor Wells's unique Pronunciation Preference Poll 
• recommended pronunciations clearly shown in blue for each word, as well as other pronunciations in common use.
• stress patterns for thousands of compounds and idioms.
• more than 50 Spelling-to-sound boxes and 35 Language Panels.
• thousands of proper names, including:
• people - forenames, family names, names of literary, and mythological figures.
• places - thousands of cities, towns, and rivers in Britain, North America, and Australia, as well as major towns, cities, and rivers in the rest of the world.
• commercial products and brands.
• pronunciation in the language of origin, as well as English, for words and names from foreign languages.