Teaching American English pronunciation

Introduction : Preliminary considerations in the teaching of pronunciation

Part One : The sound system of English. Spelling and pronunciation

Individual sounds of English

English sounds in context

The shape of English words

Word stress and vowel reduction

Connected speech

Part Two : The identification and correction of specific pronunciation problems. Common pronunciation problems

Problems of selected language groups

Part Three : Classroom activities. A communicative approach to pronunciation teaching

Pronunciation syllabus design : a question of focus

Suprasegmentals in the pronunciation class : setting priorities

Pronunciation-based listening exercises for the multi-level class

Teaching pronunciation : an inventory of techniques

Developing self-correcting and self-monitoring strategies

Developing natural and confident speech : drama techniques in the pronunciation class

Unintelligibility and the ESL learner.