Description:

Addressed to an educated user of English, the book, together with a set of two audio cassettes, offers a 'Teach Your-self' course in the pronunciation of English words. Written in a non-technical language, it contains considerable amount of practice materials too.Part I deals with important facts about the pronunciation of English words and the principal attributes of good speech; Part II contains a pronouncing dictionary of some 2,500 commonly used, but often mispronounced, words of English and about 60 foreign words and phrases often used in Eng-lish. The selection of the words and phrases is based partly on research and partly on the authors' long experience.

Key Features:

· The book takes into account the socio-linguistic realities of the use of English, and accordingly attempts the task of remediation of English pronunciation.· A chart highlights the problems faced by Indian learners.· It provides an exhaustive treatment of the relationship between sound and spelling in English.· A chapter is specially devoted to some general rules of pronunciation including the treatment of double letters and 'silent' letters, and the pronunciation of the past and plural suffixes and contracted forms such as I've, she'd, shan't, mightn't.· The Dictionary is meant not only for reference, but also for regular learning.· Both the practice materials and the Dictionary are recorded on two 90-minute audio cassettes available with the book.