Synopses & Reviews
Clear Speech, Second Edition, is a highly successful and innovative pronunciation course for intermediate and advanced students of English. The Student's Book emphasizes those aspects of English pronunciation that contribute most to intelligibility: rhythm, stress, and intonation. In addition, it teaches students to focus their attention on individual speech sounds that carry important grammatical meaning, such as the verb-final dthat signals the past tense, and the noun-final sthat signals plural. Students learn to use all these features to provide navigational guidesfor the listener. The focus on the relationship between speaking and listening comprehension makes this text uniquely helpful. Clear Speech is suitable as a classroom text, for laboratory use, and for self-study.
Synopsis
Clear Speech, Second Edition, is a highly successful and innovative pronunciation course for intermediate and advanced students of English.