Phonetics being the study of speech sound needs to be studied and mastered by every English learner, user and speaker for effective pronunciation, accentuation, intonation and speech delivery. For these reasons, the knowledge of English phonetics should and must be taught and acquired at every level of formal education. The book, "The A-Z of English Phonetics" has been carefully written to teach the rudiments of English phonetics necessary for high school and college level education. The purpose is to help deficient learners become proficient in that aspect of English. As the title suggests, the book is an all-encompassing phonetics handbook with 15 chapters. The book covers areas like: "Organs of Speech, Monophthongs, Diphthongs, Consonant sounds, Silent Letters, Consonant Contrast, Pronunciation of singular & plural markers, possessive marker & past tense marker, Consonant Cluster, Digraphs, Trigraphs, Rhymes, English stress, Syllabic Stress, Emphatic Stress, Stress Pattern, English Phonemic Transcription, and lots more".
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