Sounds English (A Pronunciation Practice Book)

Longman Group UK Limited, 1989.
125 pages.Pronunciation practice. Student's book.Effective pronunciation involves accurate production of individual sounds in a total language situation including stress and intonation. Sounds English is a course which trains students in this complex area of language learning. Each Unit starts with intensive practice in hearing and saying particular sounds, then moves on to real-life contexts where stress, intonation and sounds are all involved.Sounds English consists of a Students’ Book and three cassettes (which you can find here), and can be used in class or by students working on their own.Key Features
The book contains 32 Units each of which concentrates on two or three sounds, with special units on consonant clusters, linking of words and weak forms of unstressed words.Spelling boxes show how sounds are spelt.An Intonation List explains key intonation patterns of English, and shows where in the book they are practised.A special language chart for 15 languages demonstrates which English sound contrasts are difficult for speakers of each language enabling students to plan their own study programme.