Fluent Forever
Fluent Forever

Author: Gabriel Wyner

Publisher: Harmony

Published: 2014-08-05

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 038534810X

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • For anyone who wants to learn a foreign language, this is the method that will finally make the words stick. “A brilliant and thoroughly modern guide to learning new languages.”—Gary Marcus, cognitive psychologist and author of the New York Times bestseller Guitar Zero At thirty years old, Gabriel Wyner speaks six languages fluently. He didn’t learn them in school—who does? Rather, he learned them in the past few years, working on his own and practicing on the subway, using simple techniques and free online resources—and here he wants to show others what he’s discovered. Starting with pronunciation, you’ll learn how to rewire your ears and turn foreign sounds into familiar sounds. You’ll retrain your tongue to produce those sounds accurately, using tricks from opera singers and actors. Next, you’ll begin to tackle words, and connect sounds and spellings to imagery rather than translations, which will enable you to think in a foreign language. And with the help of sophisticated spaced-repetition techniques, you’ll be able to memorize hundreds of words a month in minutes every day. This is brain hacking at its most exciting, taking what we know about neuroscience and linguistics and using it to create the most efficient and enjoyable way to learn a foreign language in the spare minutes of your day.

Seeing Speech
Seeing Speech

Author: Sharynne McLeod

Publisher: Plural Publishing

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781597563222

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This flip chart enables ready comparison of key images for each consonant and vowel. It is of particular importance for speech-language pathologists working with adults and children to change their articulation of sounds and for students of phonetics as they develop an understanding of the similarities and differences between sounds.

Alfred's IPA Made Easy
Alfred's IPA Made Easy

Author: Anna Wentlent

Publisher: Alfred Music

Published: 2014-02-12

Total Pages: 67

ISBN-13: 1470624230

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How many years has it been since your last diction class? This handy guidebook is an easy reference for the symbols used in IPA: what they look like and how they are pronounced. Example words for every symbol are included in English, Latin, Italian, German, French, and Spanish. And an online resource includes recorded demonstrations of every sound. A clear and concise tool for singing in foreign languages, equally useful in the choir room and the vocal studio.

Phonetic Symbol Guide
Phonetic Symbol Guide

Author: Geoffrey K. Pullum

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2013-02-22

Total Pages: 359

ISBN-13: 0226924882

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An indispensable comprehensive reference guide to the phonetic alphabet symbols, revised and expanded. Phonetic Symbol Guide is a comprehensive and authoritative encyclopedia of phonetic alphabet symbols, providing a complete survey of the hundreds of characters used by linguists and speech scientists to record the sounds of the world’s languages. This fully revised second edition incorporates the major revisions to the International Phonetic Alphabet made in 1989 and 1993. Also covered are the American tradition of transcription stemming from the anthropological school of Franz Boas; the Bloch/Smith/Trager style of transcription; the symbols used by dialectologists of the English language; usages of specialists such as Slavicists, Indologists, Sinologists, and Africanists; and the transcription proposals found in all major textbooks of phonetics. With sixty-one new entries, an expanded glossary of phonetic terms, added symbol charts, and a full index, this book will be an indispensable reference guide for students and professionals in linguistics, phonetics, anthropology, philology, modern language study, and speech science. Praise for the First Edition of Phonetic Symbol Guide “A useful and convenient reference work in dictionary form.” —Marc Picard, Canadian Journal of Linguistics “Pullum and Ladusaw have compiled a unique . . . and very enjoyable book. . . . I expect that this guide will prove to be very useful to very many people.” —Keren D. Rice, Phonology “The attention to detail is exemplary, as is the clarity of exposition. . . . The authors have produced a book in which there is much to be admired.” —Richard Coates, Journal of Linguistics

Handbook of the International Phonetic Association
Handbook of the International Phonetic Association

Author: International Phonetic Association

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 9780521637510

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An essential, comprehensive guide to the International Phonetic Alphabet, for phoneticians and others concerned with speech.

How to Teach Phonics
How to Teach Phonics

Author: Douglas T. Roman

Publisher: Trafford Publishing

Published: 2012-11

Total Pages: 171

ISBN-13: 1466955406

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"Learning American English is a big challenge for ESL students as well as native American students. Sometimes students have difficulty understanding how to read, write and speak American English properly because some words and English grammar rules are quite complex and can be difficult to understand. Without a proper teaching method and instructional guide, teaching American English can present a huge challenge even for the most experienced teachers. It may take years to establish a sure approach in teaching the correct way of reading, writing, and speaking American English correctly unless an effective method is found to help. After many years of research, I finally found an positive rewarding approach that will effectively help students quickly engage their understanding of phonetics easily and will assure their English skills in a short period of time. I applied this teaching method to my students, and the results were tremendous. So in order to reduce teachers' worry, frustration or stress, I decided to share my best proven practices in this book."--Back cover.

Phonetics For Dummies
Phonetics For Dummies

Author: William F. Katz

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2013-09-05

Total Pages: 397

ISBN-13: 1118505085

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The clear and easy way to get a handle on the science of speech The science of how people produce and perceive speech, phonetics has an array of real-world applications, from helping engineers create an authentic sounding Irish or Canadian accent for a GPS voice, to assisting forensics investigators identifying the person whose voice was caught on tape, to helping a film actor make the transition to the stage. Phonetics is a required course among students of speech pathology and linguistics, and it's a popular elective among students of telecommunications and forensics. The first popular guide to this fascinating discipline, Phonetics For Dummies is an excellent overview of the field for students enrolled in introductory phonetics courses and an ideal introduction for anyone with an interest in the field. Bonus instructional videos, video quizzes, and other content available online for download on the dummies.com product page for this book.

The Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet in the Choral Rehearsal
The Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet in the Choral Rehearsal

Author: Duane R. Karna

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0810881691

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In The Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet in the Choral Rehearsal, Duane R. Karna brings together 30 essays by experts from around the world to describe how the character symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) can be used by singers in the choral rehearsal. Holding firmly to the belief that basic instruction in IPA character is part of a choir's training, Karna and his contributors see enormous potential for choirs to expand considerably their foreign-language repertoire and save considerable rehearsal time. The Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet in the Choral Rehearsal is the ideal primer for choral directors and choirmasters as well as choir members.

How to Learn Phonics
How to Learn Phonics

Author: Douglas T. Roman

Publisher: Trafford Publishing

Published: 2013-05

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13: 1466985569

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Learning American English is a big challenge for ESL students as well as native American students. Sometimes students have difficulty understanding how to read, write, and speak American English properly because some words and English grammar rules are quite complex and can be difficult to understand. Without a proper teaching method and instructional guide, teaching American English can present a huge challenge even for the most experienced teachers. It may take years to establish a sure approach in teaching the correct way of reading, writing, and speaking American English correctly unless an effective method is found to help. After many years of research, I finally found a positive and rewarding approach that will effectively help students quickly engage their understanding of phonetics easily and will improve their English skills in a short time. I applied this teaching method to my students, and the results were tremendous. So in order to reduce teachers’ worry, frustration, or stress, I decided to share my best, proven practices in this book.