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ESL Pronunciation

Pronunciation is often the final frontier for ESL learners. While private tutors tend to cost upwards of $25/hr., good pronunciation courses are available for the price of a few hours of lessons. We have compiled a listing of courses that will help you pronounce English correctly! If you have any questions or if you don't see what you want, please e-mail us at .

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Ford Language Institute American Accent Program Interactive CD-ROM This excellent accent training course, acclaimed by educators from reknowned institutions such as Cornell University and Berlitz, comes on a Windows and Macintosh CD-ROM, and is a comprehensive, results oriented interactive software program designed to improve spoken English. Students are taken step-by-step through the pronunciation and intonation of all American sounds. Designed by speech and ESL professionals, this program provides instructions and exercises in all the vowel and consonant sounds, as well as intonation, the "melody" of American English. Exercises are presented by male and female native speakers and students record and compare their voices with the ease of interactive learning. $199   More about the Ford Language Institute American Accent Program...

Ford Language Institute American Accent Program Interactive CD-ROM This excellent accent training course, acclaimed by educators from reknowned institutions such as Cornell University and Berlitz, comes on a Windows and Macintosh CD-ROM, and is a comprehensive, results oriented interactive software program designed to improve spoken English. Students are taken step-by-step through the pronunciation and intonation of all American sounds. Designed by speech and ESL professionals, this program provides instructions and exercises in all the vowel and consonant sounds, as well as intonation, the "melody" of American English. Exercises are presented by male and female native speakers and students record and compare their voices with the ease of interactive learning. $199   More about the Ford Language Institute American Accent Program...

Ford Language Institute American Accent Program Audio Packages This excellent accent training course, acclaimed by educators from reknowned institutions such as Cornell University and Berlitz, is now available in two new formats: a set of 8 CDs with an accompanying book for $169; and a digital CD-ROM with the audio files in MP3 format, and the book in PDF format for $99! American Accent Program Audio CDs and Student Book Includes 8 audio CDs and one Student Book. $169   American Accent Program Digital Edition CD-ROM Includes CD-ROM with MP3 audio files and a PDF text of the Student Book. $99   And now get both the Software CD-ROM and the MP3/PDF Digital Edition in one package: Ford Language Institute American Accent Program Combination Package $269   More about the Ford Language Institute American Accent Program...

Speech Works Pronunciation CD-ROM for Windows Speech Works is key to opening the door to clear, confident pronunciation in English. It maximizes the effectiveness of multimedia by focusing on the key skills necessary to improve clarity and confidence in English: listening and speech repetition. With the help of an on-screen video model, Speech Works quickly and easily teaches you the "standard American" accent. There are 24 scientifically developed interactive lessons, each with 3 easy steps: Listen to the model - just point and click on an individual word or an entire sentence to hear the correct pronunciation. Watch the way the model moves their mouth as they pronounce the word. Repeat - the program will record you saying the same word or sentence. Play back and hear your own pronunciation compared to the model's, and save your recordings so that you can hear the difference over a short time. It's easy to hear your progress! Speech Works comes in two versions: a personal version, and a professional version designed for instructors with diagnostic assessment tools and progress tracking features. Speech Works Personal $139   Speech Works Professional $495   More about Speech Works...

Teaching Pronunciation
Marianne Celce-Murcia, Donna Brinton, Janet Goodwin
A comprehensive treatment of pronunciation pedagogy designed to provide teachers with the following:

• An overview of the issues involved in teaching pronunciation
• A thorough grounding in the system of North American English, both the segmental and suprasegmental aspects.
• Insight into to the ways in which this sound system intersects with other areas of language, such as listening, morphology, orthography, grammar/discourse.
• Teaching techniques, ranging from structured exercises to more holistic and communicative classroom activities and including recent teaching innovations which address the accuracy to fluency continuum
• A treatment of pronunciation diagnosis and assessment measures
• A discussion of options in syllabus design as it relates to the teaching of pronunciation.

Each chapter contains discussion questions and exercises. A training cassette provides opportunities to assess learner's pronunciation.
Book
$39.95  
Cassette
$29.95  

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