这套丛书由当今国际语言教育界的权威人士Jim Scrivener, Scott Thornbury, Adrian Underhill等编著,由国内英语教育界专家、学者撰写导读。这些专家、学者在认真研读原著的基础上,结合中国英语教师的需求和现状,有针对性地用深入浅出的语言对原书做了概括、总结与评价,有助于英语教师及英语专业的研究生对原著的学习与理解。 本丛书包括《英语教学术语词典》(The New A–Z of ELT: A Dictionary of Terms and Concepts)、《打好语音教学基础》(Sound Foundations: Learning and Teaching Pronunciation)、《学会教学:英语教学必备指南》(Learning Teaching: The Essential Guide to English Language Teaching)、《英语语法教学:教什么与怎么教》(Teaching English Grammar: What to Teach and How to Teach),均涉及目前英语教师关注的教学实践中的热点话题。 本丛书从英语语言教学的理论和实践两个层面为英语教师的教学实践提供指导,并为英语教师的在职教育和终生职业发展提供丰富的资源,也可供英语专业的研究生学习、使用。
Contents 导读 i About the series xxi About the author xxii Introduction to Sound Foundations revised edition xxiii Ideas behind the phonemic chart xxiv Part 1 Discovery toolkit Level 1 Sounds in isolation 2 1 Introduction 2 2 Vowels: monophthongs 5 3 Vowels: diphthongs 22 4 Consonants 29 Level 2 Words in isolation 48 1 Introduction 48 2 Joining individual phonemes to make words 49 3 Stress in words 51 4 Unstress in words 53 5 Primary and secondary stress 54 6 Where do you put the stress in words? 55 7 Intonation and word stress 57 Level 3 Connected speech 58 1 Introduction 58 2 Overview 58 3 Sounds and simplifications in connected speech 60 4 Rhythm in connected speech 69 5 Intonation 74 Part 2 Classroom toolkit Level 1 Sounds in isolation 96 1 General applications of the chart 96 2 Using the pointer 98 3 Introducing and integrating the chart 99 4 Seven modes of chart usage 100 5 A first lesson with the chart 107 6 Four ways of giving models 110 7 Developing your internal imaging of sounds 114 8 Developing your use of mime and gesture 115 9 Working with individual sounds 118 10 Working with mistakes 132 Level 2 Words in isolation 145 1 Establishing the sound flow 145 2 Working with the spelling–pronunciation link 146 3 Word stress: working with words of two or more syllables 151 4 Word stress and Cuisenaire rods 154 5 Finger correction 160 6 Integrating the learner’s dictionary with pronunciation work 166 7 Lip reading, ventriloquism, pronunciation and vocabulary 169 Level 3 Connected speech 171 1 Overview 171 2 Simplification and reduction of sounds in connected speech 173 3 Stress, prominence and rhythm in connected speech 176 4 Intonation 194 5 Some integrative activities and suggestions 202 Appendix 1 Further thoughts 205 Appendix 2 Phonemic charts for other languages 207 Further reading 208
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