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Pronunciation Pages 2: Sounds of American English

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Pronunciation Pages 2: Sounds of American English is our standard pronunciation textbook. The book includes spelling and pronunciation lessons for all 43 sounds of American English. The textbook includes MP3 audio files for lessons, exercises, and quizzes, and includes all MP3 audio and word list files from the Sound Drills MP3/PDF product. More than five hours of audio practice in over 200 MP3 files! Audio is included in digital MP3 format for ebooks, MP3 burned to CD for physical books.

Topics: English Language Sound Pronunciation, American English Accent, English Sound Examples, Mouth Positions for Proper Pronunciation, Pronunciation Lessons, Drills, and Exercises

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Pronunciation Pages 2: Sounds of American English Chapter List

  1. Introduction to Sound
  2. Introduction to American English Vowels
  3. Introduction to Approximant Sounds
  4. Introduction to Stops
  5. Introduction to Fricatives
  6. Introduction to Nasal Sounds
  7. Sound Lists

177 pages
Publisher: Seattle Learning Academy
Publication Date: March 1, 2011
Language: English
ISBN-13: 9780985559946

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Introduction to Sound
The Vocal Tract
Introduction to American English Vowels
Introduction to Long Vowels
long a sound /eɪ/
long e sound /i/
long i sound /ɑɪ/
Compare long a/long e/long i
long o sound /oʊ/
long u sound /ju/
Introduction to Short Vowels
short a sound /æ/
short e sound /ɛ/
Compare short a/short e
short i sound /ɪ/
short o sound /ɑ/
short u sound /ʌ/
Compare long e/short i/short e/short u
Introduction to Other Vowel Sounds
other u sound /ʊ/
oo sound /u/
Compare other u/oo sound
aw sound /ɔ/
Compare short a/short o/aw sound
ow sound /aʊ/
Compare long o/ow sound
oi sound /ɔɪ/
Introduction to Schwa /ə/
Introduction to Approximant Sounds
w sound /w/
y sound /j/
l sound /l/
r sound /r/
The r-controlled vowels
schwa+r /ɚ/
ar sound /ɑr/
or sound /ɔr/
air sound /ɛr/
Introduction to Stops
b sound /b/
p sound /p/
g sound /ɡ/
k sound /k/
d sound /d/
t sound /t/
The -ed ending
The t sound Allophones
d sound+l sound: Lateral Aspiration
Introduction to Affricates
j sound /ʤ/
ch sound /ʧ/
Compare t/d to ch/j
Introduction to Fricatives
voiced and unv th /ð,θ/
Compare voiced/unvoiced th to t/d
v sound /v/
f sound /f/
Compare p/b sounds to f/v sounds
sh sound /ʃ/
zh sound /ʒ/
s sound /s/
z sound /z/
Compare s/z to sh/zh
The -s, -es, -'s ending
Letter x Pronunciation: k+s or g+z
h sound /h/
Introduction to Nasal Sounds
m sound /m/
n sound /n/
d+n nasal aspiration
ng sound /ŋ/
Appendix: Sound Lists
long a /eɪ/
long e /i/
long i /ɑɪ/
long o /oʊ/
long u /ju/
short a /æ/
short e /ɛ/
short i /ɪ/
short o /ɑ/
short u /ʌ/
other u /ʊ/
oo sound /u/
aw sound /ɔ/
ow sound /aʊ/
oi sound /ɔɪ/
w sound /w/
y sound /j/
l sound /l/
r sound /r/
schwa+r /ɚ/
ar sound /ɑr/
or sound /ɔr/
air sound /ɛr/
b sound /b/
p sound /p/
g sound /ɡ/
k sound /k/
d sound /d/
t sound /t/
j sound /ʤ/
ch sound /ʧ/
voiced th /ð/
unvoiced th /θ/
v sound /v/
f sound /f/
zh sound /ʒ/
sh sound /ʃ/
z sound /z/
s sound /s/
h sound /h/
m sound /m/
n sound /n/
ng sound /ŋ/

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long e sound /i/
Compare long a/long e/long i
Compare short a/short o/aw sound
Introduction to Approximant Sounds
l sound /l/
velar l sound /ɫ/
Introduction to Stops
t sound /t/
b sound /b/
g sound /ɡ/
k sound /k/