Focus on Pronunciation: Principles and Practice for Effective Communication

by Linda Lane

Book Overview

Focus on Pronunciation, a comprehensive pronunciation course, is designed to help students enjoy speaking English well. Written for advanced ESL students, Focus on Pronunciation addresses the crux of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201592843
• ISBN13: 9780201592849
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Great Resource for teachers and very Aware students

As an instructor of Accent Achievement for several years at corporate and educational settings, I can recommend this student book and teacher's manual as a follow up for a basic accent course for intermediate or even advanced student levels. It is also a great resource book and possible alternative text to the more popular Clear Speech by Judy Gilbert. I believe it requires a high level of expertise on the instructor's part because this text looks deceptively easier than the underlying principals represented in it. So to make it work as a tool, the instruct must be able to present it and supplement it effectively.For the individuals looking for a self-study program, this is an especially good text when purchased with the cassettes and done as prescribed by the author. I believe that the benefit would be tripled as a self-study program, after an individual has completed some type of formal class with a trained instructor initially. I would recommend it for the high intermediate, advanced students and or those who have been in the US for 12+ years, again, if you pay close attention, know your target errors you need to work on and use the book with the tapes, it can be an effective self-study program.