English Pronunciation for Speakers of Spanish: From Theory by María de los Ángeles Gómez González,Teresa Sánchez Roura PDF

English Pronunciation for audio system of Spanish fills a gaping gap out there for books on English phonetics and pronunciation since it not just combines theoretical concerns and purposes to perform, however it additionally adopts a contrastive English-Spanish method of higher go well with the wishes of Spanish-speaking beginners of English (SSLE), allowing them to construct progressively at the wisdom received in each one chapter.
The booklet covers the major ideas of English phonetics and phonology in seven chapters written in an available and fascinating variety:

1. Phonetics and Phonology
2. The construction and type of Speech Sounds
3. Vowels and Glides
4. Consonants
5. section Dynamics: features of hooked up Speech
6. past the phase: pressure and Intonation
7. Predicting Pronunciation from Spelling (and vice versa)

Features:

• in-text audio illustrations, in addition to over 100 written and audio workouts with corresponding keys and other forms of art (Tables, Figures, illustrations, spectrograms, etc.)
• classic readings within the self-discipline within the additional examining part of each one bankruptcy
• highlights the phonetic contrasts and particular cues which are extra very important to help comprehension in English and provides guidance on "correct" pronunciation conduct to aid SSLE sound as shut as attainable to local English

The book's significant other web site, EPSS Multimedia Lab, can be utilized on desktops, smartphones and capsules, and turns out to be useful for the self-taught scholar and the busy lecturer alike.

Features of the web site:

• a entire sound financial institution defining and illustrating the sounds of English RP in comparison with these of Peninsular Spanish
• written definitions and lively diagrams, movies and unique recordings (by local audio system of English and Spanish) exhibiting the articulation of every sound, along its most typical spellings, in addition to pronunciation perform for person phrases and entire sentences
• a entire choice of over 100 written and audio routines (with their keys) for perform either at domestic or within the language lab
• audio records reminiscent of the audio illustrations given within the written ebook
• a repository of necessary assets through subject matters and an inventory of on-line glossaries and pronunciation dictionaries