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| English Pronunciation Made Simple Paulette Dale & Lillian Poms About the Authors Preface To the Student | |
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| Vowels | |
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| Pronouncing the Vowels of American English | |
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| [i] as in me, team and bee and [I] as in it and pin | |
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| [e I ] as in ate, game, and they | |
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| [] as in egg, pet, and head | |
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| [] as in at, fat, and happy | |
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| [a] as in arm, hot, and father | |
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| Contrast and Review of [e I ], [], [], and [a] | |
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| [u] as in you, too, and rule and [ U ] as in cook and put | |
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| [ ] as in up, but, and come | |
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| [ OU ] as in oh, no, and boat | |
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| [ ] as in all, caught, and boss | |
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| Contrast and Review of [ ], [ OU ], ], and [a] | |
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| [Y] as in a, upon, and soda | |
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| [ ] as in turn, first, and serve and [ ] as in father and actor | |
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| [a U ] as in out, house, and cow | |
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| [a I ] as in I, my, and pie | |
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| [ I ] as in oil, noise, and boy | |
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| Stress, Rhythm, and Intonation | |
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| Introducing Stress, Rhythm, and Intonation | |
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| Stress Within the Word | |
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| Stress Within the Sentence | |
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| Rhythm | |
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| Intonation | |
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| Consonants | |
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| Pronouncing the Consonants of American English | |
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| [s] as in sit, basket, and kiss and [z] as in zoo, busy, and buzz | |
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| [t] as in top, return, and cat | |
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| [d] as in day, ladder, and bed | |
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| [] as in think, bathtub, and mouth | |
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| as in the, father, and smooth | |
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| Contrast and Review of [s], [z], [t], [d], [], and | |
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| [ + ] as in shoe, nation, and wish and [t + ] as in chair, teacher, and witch | |
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| Contrast and Review of [s], [ + ], [t], and [t + ] | |
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| [ 7 ] as in measure, vision, and rouge | |
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| [d 7 ] as in jam, magic, and age and [j] as in you and yes | |
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| Contrast and Review of [t + ], [d 7 ], and [j] | |
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| Additional Contrasts | |
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| [p] as in pay, apple, and stop | |
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| [b] as in boy, rabbit, and tub | |
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| [f] as in fun, office, and if | |
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| [v] as in very, over, and save | |
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| [h] as in hat and behind | |
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| [w] as in we and away | |
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| [l] as in lamp, yellow, and pool | |
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| [r] as in red, marry, and far | |
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| Contrast and Review of [l] and [r] | |
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| [k] as in cake, car, and book | |
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| [g] as in go, begin, and egg | |
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