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• To the Instructor(p. vi)
• Special Features of the Second Edition(p. vii)
• To the Student(p. ix)
• Part I Introductory Chapters
• 1 Your Pronunciation Profile(p. 1)
• The Speech Profile(p. 1)
• Speech Profile Summary Form(p. 4)
• Needs and Attitudes Assessment(p. 5)
• Setting Personal Goals(p. 7)
• 2 Using a Dictionary for Pronunciation(p. 9)
• Introduction to Dictionary Symbols(p. 9)
• Exercises(p. 13)
• Pronunciation Key for Well Said, Second Edition(p. 15)
• Part II Getting Started with Sounds and Syllables
• 3 Sound/Spelling Patterns(p. 17)
• Listen!(p. 18)
• Rules and Practices 1: Unusual Consonant Spelling Patterns(p. 19)
• Rules and Practices 2: Final Consonant Sounds and Spellings(p. 25)
• Communicative Practice: Evacuate!(p. 29)
• Extend Your Skills ... to Reporting an Emergency(p. 30)
• Oral Review: Sound and Spelling Patterns(p. 32)
• 4 Syllables and Word Endings(p. 33)
• Listen!(p. 33)
• Rules and Practices 1: Syllables and -s Endings(p. 35)
• Communicative Practice 1: Stockroom Inventory(p. 40)
• Rules and Practices 2: Syllables and -ed Endings(p. 41)
• Communicative Practice 2: Revealing Your Past(p. 43)
• Extend Your Skills ... to Descriptions of Graphs(p. 45)
• Explaining a Graph/Self-Evaluation Form(p. 46)
• Oral Review: Syllables and Word Endings(p. 50)
• Part III Stress, Rhythm, and Intonation
• 5 Stress in Words(p. 51)
• Listen!(p. 51)
• Rules and Practices: Using Parts of Speech to Predict Stress(p. 53)
• Communicative Practice: Solving a Problem(p. 61)
• 6 Stress in Words (Part 2)(p. 63)
• Listen!(p. 63)
• Rules and Practices: Using Suffixes to Predict Stress(p. 65)
• Communicative Practice: Library Orientation(p. 69)
• Extend Your Skills ... to Small-Group Discussions(p. 70)
• Oral Review: Stress in Words(p. 73)
• Beyond the Pronunciation Classroom: Applying for a Library Card(p. 74)
• Mid-Course Self-Evaluation(p. 75)
• 7 Rhythm in Sentences(p. 77)
• Listen!(p. 78)
• Rules and Practices: Stressed and Reduced Words(p. 81)
• Communicative Practice: Scheduling an Appointment(p. 91)
• Extend Your Skills ... to Recording a Message(p. 92)
• Oral Review: Rhythm in Sentences(p. 93)
• Beyond the Pronunciation Classroom: Knock! Knock! Jokes(p. 94)
• 8 Intonation and Focus in Discourse(p. 95)
• Listen!(p. 96)
• Rules and Practices: Placement of Focus(p. 98)
• Communicative Practice: Announcing Schedule Changes(p. 106)
• Extend Your Skills ... to a Contrastive Analysis(p. 107)
• Oral Review: Intonation and Focus in Discourse(p. 107)
• Beyond the Pronunciation Classroom: Comparing Business Practices(p. 108)
• 9 More Functions of Intonation(p. 109)
• Listen!(p. 109)
• Rules and Practices(p. 110)
• Communicative Practice: Mini-Dramas(p. 117)
• Extend Your Skills ... to Interviews and Surveys(p. 118)
• Oral Review: More Functions of Intonation(p. 119)
• Beyond the Pronunciation Classroom: Placing a Food Order(p. 120)
• 10 Phrasing, Pausing, and Linking(p. 121)
• Listen!(p. 121)
• Rules and Practices 1: Phrases and Thought Groups(p. 124)
• Rules and Practices 2: Linking(p. 127)
• Communicative Practice: Driving Test(p. 130)
• Extend Your Skills ... to a Process Presentation(p. 131)
• Process Presentation/Self-Evaluation Form(p. 133)
• Oral Review: Phrasing, Pausing, and Linking(p. 134)
• Beyond the Pronunciation Classroom: Checking Air Fares(p. 135)
• InfoGap Activities(p. 137)
• Appendixes
• A Strategies for Independent Learning(p. 153)
• B Consonants(p. 157)
• An Overview of the Consonant Sounds of American English(p. 157)
• The 24 Consonant Sounds(p. 157)
• Voiced and Voiceless Consonants(p. 157)
• Forming Consonant Sounds(p. 160)
• Consonant Chart(p. 162)
• Consonant Practices(p. 162)
• 1. Consonant 1. /[theta]/ as in think (vs./s/, /t/, and /f/)(p. 163)
• 2. Consonant 2. /f/ as in fine (vs./p/)(p. 168)
• 3. Consonant 3. /[function of]/ as in she (vs./t[function of]/ and /s/)(p. 172)
• 4. Consonant 4. /r/ as in right (vs./l/)(p. 177)
• 5. Consonant 5. /[v]/ as in vote (vs./w/, /b/, and /f/)(p. 183)
• C Vowels(p. 189)
• An Overview of the Vowel Sounds of American English(p. 189)
• Front Vowels(p. 189)
• Central Vowels(p. 190)
• Back Vowels(p. 190)
• Diphthongs(p. 190)
• Vowel Chart(p. 191)
• Tense and Lax Vowels(p. 191)
• Vowel Practices(p. 193)
• 1. Vowel 2: /[I]/ as in hit (vs. Vowel 1: /i[superscript y]/ as in he)(p. 194)
• 2. Vowel 4: /[varepsilon]/ as in met (vs. Vowel 3: /e[superscript y]/ as in made; Vowel 5: /ae/ as in mad)(p. 198)
• 3. Vowel 7: /[characters not reproducible]/ as in nut (vs. Vowel 8: /[alpha]/ as in not)(p. 203)
• 4. Vowel 10: /[characters not reproducible]/ as in took (vs. Vowel 9: /u[superscript w]/ as in too)(p. 207)
• 5. Vowel 8: /[alpha]/ as in not (vs. Vowel 11: /o[superscript w]/ as in no)(p. 211)
• Answer Key for Appendix B(p. 215)
• Answer Key for Appendix C(p. 221)
• Index(p. 227)