Pronunciation for English as an International Language

Ee-Ling Low is Professor of English Language & Literature and Head, Office of Strategic Planning and Academic Quality at the National Institute of Education, Singapore.

• 1. Introduction and Theoretical Paradigms 2. Articulation of English Speech Sounds and Basic Transcription 3. Acoustics of English Speech Sounds 4. Vowels 5. Consonants 6. Connected Speech Processes 7. Stress 8. Rhythm 9. Intonation 10. Current Issues in EIL Pronunciation Teaching 11. Multimedia in EIL Pronunciation Practice 12. Using Speech Analysis Software to Investigate Pronunciation Features 13. Bibliography on Phonetic Features and EIL Pronunciation Teaching

"This book offers a comprehensive resource for teachers, student-teachers and researchers, providing the necessary concepts and skills needed to develop sound practices for the teaching of pronunciation." -- Professor Jack C Richards"This book’s greatest strength is in connecting the research and terminology in EIL, WE and ELF. ELF currently dominates pronunciation discussions, but rarely is the historical background of ELF evident, even though that historical background (EIL and WE) is alive and well (as in Nelson, 2011). Second, the topical organization of pronunciation research in each chapter will help researchers push forward research in particular areas. Some of these chapters are particularly valuable, such as the chapter on rhythm, an area that is especially difficult to research but which is critical in discussions of EIL." -- John M. Levis, Iowa State University