The sounds of english : : theory and practice for Latin American Speakers / / José Vicente Abad Olaya ; fotógrafo Jorge Cano ; ilustradores José Vicente Abad Olaya y Luisa Fernanda Taborda.

• Author: Abad Olaya, José Vicente,
• TeilnehmendeR: Abad Olaya José Vicente,; Cano,Jorge, fotógrafo.; Taborda, Luisa Fernanda,
• Place / Publishing House: Medellín : : Universidad Católica Luis Amigó,, 2020.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (101 pages) :; illustrations.
• Notes: Originally published: 2014.

This book was conceived as a pronunciation course textbook to be used under the guidance of atrained instructor; however, it can also be used for independent study by learners with an English proficiency level of B1 or above. Both teachers and students can read the book in sequence if they seek towo...

Table of Contents

• PÁGINA LEGAL
• CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• 1. ESSENTIAL CONCEPTS
• 1.1 PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY
• 1.2 PHONEMES AND SPEECH SOUNDS
• 1.3 THE ENGLISH SPELLING-PRONUNCIATION MISMATCH
• 1.4 THE PHONEMIC ALPHABET
• 1.5 SPEECH PRODUCTION
• 2. VOWEL SOUNDS
• 2.1 SOUNDS [I:] AND
• 2.2 SOUNDS AND
• 2.3 SOUNDS AND
• 2.4 SCHWA: AND
• 2.5 SCHWA + R:
• 2.6 SOUNDS AND
• 2.7 SOUNDS [U:] AND
• 2.8 DIPHTHONGS: AND
• 3. CONSONANT SOUNDS
• 3.1 SOUNDS [T] AND [D]
• 3.2 PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL -ED
• 3.3 SOUNDS [P], [B], [K], AND [G]
• 3.4 SOUNDS [S] AND [Z]
• 3.5 PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL S
• 3.6 SOUNDS [F], [V], AND [H]
• 3.7 SOUNDS AND
• 3.8 SOUNDS AND
• 3.9 SOUNDS AND
• 3.10 SOUNDS [M], [N], AND
• 3.11 SOUNDS [L] AND [R]
• 3.12 SOUNDS [J] AND [W]
• ANSWER KEY
• BIBLIOGRAPHY.