English Pronunciation, Intonation, and Accent Reduction for Japanese Speakers: American English PDF
Preview English Pronunciation, Intonation, and Accent Reduction for Japanese Speakers: American English
INSIGHTS FOR TEACHERS; ANSWERS FOR STUDENTS!
Pronunciation teacher and accent reduction coach, Peggy Tharpe, M.A. TESOL, shares her insights and strategies for helping students with the specific challenges brought by their own first language. She has been teaching ESL/EFL students, and training ESL, EFL teachers, her entire career, specializing in pronunciation and accent reduction since 2007.
Ms. Tharpe answers the question: What actually helps Japanese speakers improve their sound in English? Her insights and unique strategies have answered that very question for many puzzled teachers, frustrated students and tutors.
This guide is packed with information and loads of recordings, practice materials, and resources, hosted on a private webpage for your easy access.
Based on current research and years of successful teaching experience, the materials are student-tested and approved. The content is laser-focused on the specific problems faced by Japanese speakers of English, and gives solutions that will help Japanese students speak more easily and fluently in English.
You’ll find answers to everything from comprehensibility problems like R and L, to lessons on how to master speaking in a stress-based language. Chapters have accompanying audio recordings for student practice.
Here are a few of the chapter topics
How to speak in a stress-based language
What is a Soundprint and why does it matter
How does the Butterfly position create a better -ER sound
How to say consonant clusters more smoothly and easily
How to separate all the A vowel sounds.
How to get rid of extra vowel sounds
And many more strategies to address the issues that affect your sound in English
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