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1 online resource (331 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Acknowledgments; Preface: An Immigrant's Perspective; Introduction; 1. Communication: He Said, She Said, and Finally They Said!; 2. Oral-Motor Movements: Lip and Tongue Antics; 3. Language and Speech: Nuts and Bolts; 4. Phonetic Transcription: The "DNA" of the International Phonetic Alphabet; 5. Speech Sounds: Vowels; 6. Speech Sounds: Consonants; 7. Accent on Accents; 8. Auditory Discrimination: The Art of Listening; 9. Intonation: The Music of Language; 10. NonverbalCommunication: The Mime of Language; 11. Pronunciation: Eloquently Speaking |
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12. Conversation: Strategies for SuccessConclusion: Some Final Thoughts . . . and a Look Ahead; Postscript: Musings of an Immigrant; Glossary; References and Suggested Reading; Index |
| Summary |
This guide to the management of accents for non-native speakers of the English language of European, African, Asian, or Indian origin compiles numerous valuable techniques in Speech-Language Pathology that have been in use for many years along with practical ideas gathered from workshops, tutoring, and speech therapy practice. While this book will not erase one's accent, it can increase the readers awareness of accent modification and provide the tools and techniques to enhance and manage one's accent long-term. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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English language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers.
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English language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers. |
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English language -- Accents and accentuation.
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English language -- Accents and accentuation. |
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English language -- Pronunciation by foreign speakers -- Problems, exercises, etc.
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English language -- Pronunciation by foreign speakers. |
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Problems and exercises.
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English language -- Spoken English -- Problems, exercises, etc.
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English language -- Spoken English. |
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Oral communication -- Problems, exercises, etc.
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Oral communication. |
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English language -- Phonetics -- Problems, exercises, etc.
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English language -- Phonetics. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Textbooks -- for foreign speakers.
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Textbooks.
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Textbooks.
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Problems and exercises.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Menon, Mythri Srinivasan. Foreign accent management. San Diego, California ; Oxford, England ; Brisbane, [Australia] : Plural Publishing Inc., c2007 xiii, 314 pages 9781597560689 2006031943 |
| ISBN |
9781597568364 electronic book |
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1597568368 electronic book |
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9781597560689 |
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