Teaching Pronunciation: A Reference for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages

by Donna M. Brinton, Marianne Celce-Murcia, Janet M. Goodwin, et al.

Book Overview

This new edition of Teaching Pronunciation - a reference and activity book in one - has been revised to reflect recent research into the sound system of North American English, as well as new... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521406943
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 447 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.3" x 1.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent source of phonology pedagogy

Accurate and easy guide for teachers or anyone who desires to understand, apply and explain phonetics. Simple tables and pictures for better comprehension. Includes NAE transcription key (consonants, stressed and unstressed vowels), and it even covers the history of teaching pronunciation in the first chapters. Totally recomend!

Language Teacher's MUST Have Book!

This book is full of excellent, research based ideas for teaching pronunciation. I have used this book many times to create lessons for students of all ages and abilities. This is an essential reference book!

The ONE! Best!

This cassette accompanying the book is really useful. It covers some important things that the book doesn't have space for. It can be guaranteed that after a thorough study of the book and the cassette one can be a much better ESL teacher or student. You probably won't regret buying them. You would love to have them on your bookshelf as references and resources for many years.

Excellent Book!

I thought this book was fantastic!!! It has clear explanations of the sometimes complex and confusing facets of English pronunciation. It gives a lot of ideas on how to present phonology in an interesting, communicative, and meaningful way. It is one of the best books in the ESL field that I have ever read. The 17 appendices included in the book are very useful. I commend the authors and highly recommend this book to any teacher of pronunciation.

One of the best ESL books on the market

This is the best introduction to pronunciation for ESL teachers. It achieves a rare balance between theory and practice, and has enough class-ready material that it also serves as a good source book. Additionally, the references are as complete an introduction to the literature as one could hope for. This volume is really a goldmine for ESL instructors (I know, I am one!)