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Are you looking to improve your English pronunciation or the way that your English sounds to others? No matter what your level of English is–or if you are simply trying to lessen a strong regional accent–this program will help you sound more natural and communicate with greater ease and confidence.
Key Features:
• Six hours of recordings — learn English at home or on the go
• Simple explanations of sounds,...
Key Features:
• Six hours of recordings — learn English at home or on the go
• Simple explanations of sounds,...
12) The big book of beastly mispronunciations: the complete opinionated guide for the careful speaker
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Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1999.
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English
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Oxford University Press
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English
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"Perhaps you're reading a book and stop to puzzle over absurd spelling rules, or you hear someone talking and get stuck on an expression, or your kid quizzes you on homework. Suddenly you ask yourself, "Wait, why do we do it this way?" You think about it, try to explain it, and keep running into walls. It doesn't conform to logic. It doesn't work the way you'd expect it to. There doesn't seem to be any rule at all. In Highly Irregular, Arika Okrent...
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Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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"Now in its third edition, A Handbook of Diction for Singers is a complete guide to achieving professional levels of diction in Italian, German, and French. Combining traditional approaches in the teaching of diction with new material not readily available elsewhere, author David Adams presents the sounds of each language in logical order, along with essential information on matters such as diacritical marks, syllabification, word stress, and effective...
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English
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"Developed by the author, a speech consultant and accent specialist, this book features her method, which focuses on the anatomical placement of sound and on the musculature used in articulation. Where other accent reduction/English pronunciation products rely on solely mimicking of audio sounds, this work focuses visually, audibly, and narratively on the physical ability to speak English, noting that many sounds of English may be difficult for the...
