Pronunciation (+ Audio CD)

A university preparation course developed in collaboration with the University of Reading, EAS: Pronunciation helps students improve accuracy in pronunciation and builds understanding of sound/spelling relationships. It also focuses on words and phrases that commonly occur in an academic context. Key features: • audio CD included with Course Book; • pronunciation of individual sounds; • syllables and word stress; • understanding word stress patterns; • sentence stress and speaker choice; • sounds in connected speech. Content: • Vowel sounds 1, word stress and weak forms • Vowel sounds 2, word stress patterns • Consonant sounds 1, sentence stress • Consonant sounds 2, word stress on two-syllable words • Diphthongs 1, sounds in connected speech • Consonant clusters 1: tone units 1 • Diphthongs 2, tone units 2 • Consonant clusters 2, intonation