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An introduction to the English phonological system. This work serves as a useful resource to teach pronunciation courses or to improve the quality of your work on pronunciation as it comes up in the classroom.
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Adrian Underhill trains teachers, teacher trainers, academic managers and personnel managers. He was president of IATEFL 1999-2001. He is an advisor in the development of the new Macmillan English Dictionary, and wrote the workbook that accompanies it. Adrian promotes a holistic approach to personal and professional development and is currently exploring ways to transform whole organisations, and develop a culture of continual staff development.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is an essential resource book to have for any type of English language training. It contains a CD, with clear IP pronunciation examples. I have found it particularly useful to learn the IP phonemic script, strong forms and weak forms, connected speech etc. It contains the essential information that I needed to learn and complete my TESOL teaching course. It can be a little technical at times, but has an easy quick index reference guide at the back which refers to any particular area of phonology you are looking for.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Sound Foundations by Adrian Underhill is an absolute must-have. The name says it all.
I seem to be in the minority in that I absolutely love teaching pronunciation, and it's mainly thanks to this book, which has a very holistic approach. Pronunciation is not intellectual and abstract, it's the physical aspect of language, involving the breath, muscles and so on. It's actually very practical and great fun...students and teachers alike seem to fear it, but there is no need to, as this book will show you. It becomes a pleasure to teach and learn once you grasp the essential simplicity of it, and it's very motivating for students as they can enjoy instant results...they, like you, will be excited by how quickly you progress.
Underhill's phonemic chart is definitive - it's so intuitive, being based on mouth shapes and tongue placement. Move along the chart in any direction and you can FEEL the subtle shifts in your mouth. There's a plan in the book for a first lesson with the chart.
In Sound Foundations you make a natural progression from sounds to words to connected speech. It's a book that restores you, the teacher, to your rightful place as a learner with a wealth of discovery activities which you can immediately share with your students, adapted or not as you see fit. The beauty of it is in this humanistic dynamic, which sets you and your students off on a journey of exploration and discovery. Soon they'll be involved in the process of finding their own English voice - not through drills, mimicking and repetition but rather through awareness, experimentation and curiosity.
Highly recommended, then! ;)
I seem to be in the minority in that I absolutely love teaching pronunciation, and it's mainly thanks to this book, which has a very holistic approach. Pronunciation is not intellectual and abstract, it's the physical aspect of language, involving the breath, muscles and so on. It's actually very practical and great fun...students and teachers alike seem to fear it, but there is no need to, as this book will show you. It becomes a pleasure to teach and learn once you grasp the essential simplicity of it, and it's very motivating for students as they can enjoy instant results...they, like you, will be excited by how quickly you progress.
Underhill's phonemic chart is definitive - it's so intuitive, being based on mouth shapes and tongue placement. Move along the chart in any direction and you can FEEL the subtle shifts in your mouth. There's a plan in the book for a first lesson with the chart.
In Sound Foundations you make a natural progression from sounds to words to connected speech. It's a book that restores you, the teacher, to your rightful place as a learner with a wealth of discovery activities which you can immediately share with your students, adapted or not as you see fit. The beauty of it is in this humanistic dynamic, which sets you and your students off on a journey of exploration and discovery. Soon they'll be involved in the process of finding their own English voice - not through drills, mimicking and repetition but rather through awareness, experimentation and curiosity.
Highly recommended, then! ;)
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
the book is very useful if you're doing a TESOL course.
an essential book for Phonology. it comes with a CD for sound pronunciation activity.
i recommend it.
delivery with amazon was very prompt, i received it a few days(tueday) after ordering it(on friday).
an essential book for Phonology. it comes with a CD for sound pronunciation activity.
i recommend it.
delivery with amazon was very prompt, i received it a few days(tueday) after ordering it(on friday).
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I had the chance this summer to meet the author, and he was great. I thought that learning phonics and the english pronunciation was unable for me, I've tried for years and nothing... Read more
Published 8 months ago by lau108
Very useful
I found this book extremely useful for learning phonetic script (IPA) for English. It also explains how the mouth makes different sounds. Read more
Published on 21 Dec 2009 by Sally Chung
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