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Introduccion a la pronunciacion del espanol familiarizes students with the sounds of the Spanish language. The text underscores the importance of accurate Spanish pronunciation for second language acquisition and mastery. Students are provided with a detailed articulatory description of each vowel and consonant sound or segment within the Spanish language, immediately followed by a review of common mistakes to avoid when trying to produce each sound. !Pronuncialo bien! boxes throughout the book highlight errors that can contribute to a strong foreign accent when speaking Spanish. Readers learn strategies to avoid pronunciation mistakes and practice correct pronunciation with the help of audio recordings. Guided transcription exercises throughout the text provide students with additional opportunities to practice listening, writing, and identifying phonetic nuances in Spanish. Developed to help students achieve greater mastery and fluency, Introduccion a la pronunciacion del espanol is an exemplary resource for courses and programs in Spanish.

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Sound Patterns of Spoken English is a concise, to-the-point compendium of information about the casual pronunciation of everyday English as compared to formal citation forms. The book examines changes that occur to certain sounds and in certain parts of words and syllables in the casual, unmonitored speech of native English speakers. It outlines major phonological processes found in conversational English; reviews and criticizes attempts to include these processes in phonological theory; and surveys experimental approaches to explaining casual English pronunciation. Among the varieties of English covered are General American and Standard Southern British, but many other accents are mentioned, especially those of mainland Britain. Sound Patterns of Spoken English is of interest to students and scholars in a wide variety of fields, including sociolinguistics, lexicography, rhetoric, language learning and speech sciences, and has an accompanying website - http://www. blackwellpublishing. com/shockey - with examples from different accents.

Choices & Connections combines current scholarship and pedagogy, developed by a diverse community of expert voices, to provide all students with foundational communication skills to support their success in the human communication classroom and the community.