Part I Pronunciation Instruction in Perspective 1
Chapter 1 The History and Scope of Pronunciation Teaching 2
Chapter 2 Research on the Teaching and Acquisition of Pronunciation Skills 14
Part II The Sound System of North American English: An Overview 35
Chapter 3 The Consonant System 37
Chapter 4 The Vowel System 93
Chapter 5 Stress, Rhythm, and Adjustments in Connected Speech 131
Chapter 6 Prominence and Intonation in Discourse 175
Part III Intersections of the Sound System with Other Areas of Language 221
Chapter 7 The Sound System and Listening 222
Chapter 8 The Sound System and Grammar: Inflectional Morphology and Parts of Speech 247
Chapter 9 The Sound System and Orthography 269
Part IV Issues in Implementation 289
Chapter 10 New Directions in the Teaching of Pronunciation 290
Chapter 11 Pronunciation in the Language Curriculum 319
Chapter 12 Testing and Evaluation 341
Appendices 363
Appendix 1 Differences Between NAE (North American English) and British English 363
Appendix 2 Comparison of Phonetic and Phonemic Alphabets 371
Appendix 3 Positional Occurrence of NAE Consonants 373
Appendix 4 English Syllable Structure 375
Appendix 5 Distribution of Vowels Before Nasal Consonants 376
Appendix 6 Commonly Reduced Function Words 377
Appendix 7 Constraints on Contraction and Blending 380
Appendix 8 Irregular Verbs in English 382
Appendix 9 Tense- Lax Vowel Alternations in Stressed Syllables of Base Forms and Derived Words 387
Appendix 10 Consonant Letter- Sound Correspondences and Variations (including digraphs) 389
Appendix 11 Systematic Differences in British and American Spelling 395
Appendix 12 Profile Questionnaire Used at UCLA 396
Appendix 13 Diagnostic Passage and Accent Checklist 398
Appendix 14 ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines For Speaking 400
Appendix 15 Speech Intelligibility/Communication Index for Describing Speech and Evaluating Its Impact on Communication 403
Appendix 16 Speaking Performance Scale For UCLA Oral Proficiency Test for Nonnative TAS 404
Appendix 17 Self- Evaluation Form: Interview Role Plays 405
Bibliography 407
Answer Key for "On the Cassette" Exercises 420
Author Index 427
Subject Index 429