Foreign accent management

Foreign accent management / Mythri Srinivasan Menon.

This guide to the management of accents for non-native speakers of the English language of European, African, Asian, or Indian origin compiles numerous valuable techniques in Speech-Language Pathology that have been in use for many years along with practical ideas gathered from workshops, tutoring,...

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Main Author: Menon, Mythri Srinivasan (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Diego, California ; Oxford, England ; Brisbane [Australia] : Plural Publishing Inc., 2007.
Subjects:
English language > Textbooks for foreign speakers.
English language > Accents and accentuation.
English language > Pronunciation by foreign speakers > Problems, exercises, etc.
English language > Spoken English > Problems, exercises, etc.
Oral communication > Problems, exercises, etc.
English language > Phonetics > Problems, exercises, etc.
Voice culture.
Phonetics.
Speech, Intelligibility of.
phonetics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.
Voice culture
Speech, Intelligibility of
Phonetics
English language
English language > Accents and accentuation
English language > Phonetics
English language > Pronunciation by foreign speakers
English language > Spoken English
Oral communication
exercise books.
Problems and exercises
Textbooks > for foreign speakers
Problems and exercises.
Problèmes et exercices.
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Preface: An Immigrant's Perspective; Introduction; 1. Communication: He Said, She Said, and Finally They Said!; 2. Oral-Motor Movements: Lip and Tongue Antics; 3. Language and Speech: Nuts and Bolts; 4. Phonetic Transcription: The "DNA" of the International Phonetic Alphabet; 5. Speech Sounds: Vowels; 6. Speech Sounds: Consonants; 7. Accent on Accents; 8. Auditory Discrimination: The Art of Listening; 9. Intonation: The Music of Language; 10. NonverbalCommunication: The Mime of Language; 11. Pronunciation: Eloquently Speaking.
  • 12. Conversation: Strategies for SuccessConclusion: Some Final Thoughts ... and a Look Ahead; Postscript: Musings of an Immigrant; Glossary; References and Suggested Reading; Index.

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