The purpose of this guide is to teach English speakers accurate pronunciation of the Modern Standard Arabic phonemes. Included are discussions concerning attitudes toward language learning in general, basic linguistic concepts, a descriptive survey of the phonemes with detailed instructions for their production, and lists of minimal pairs…

Suggests that teaching of Russian phonology and morphology be based on the twelve vowel-units and twenty consonant-units that are the basis of conventional Russian spelling. Paradigms of inflected words should be presented in terms of stems plus endings. (CHK)

Asserts that the traditional, segmental approach to phonetics in language teaching is faulty, since speech is not segmented in actual pronunciation. A model of a sequential progression of consonants and vowels is proposed, in which the sound system is presented in a dynamic mode. (CHK)

This transcript and guide of a two-cassette course is designed to assist immigrants from the Asian-Pacific areas of China, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, and Vietnam eliminate their foreign accents. The course is appropriate for both individual and group study. The guide includes narrative and taped demonstrations of American English that pinpoint typical…

This paper discusses ways in which the findings of phonetic research, especially in the area of articulatory phonetics, can be applied to language teaching. Phonetic descriptions of a relatively sophisticated sort are seen to be useful in language pedagogy in several ways: (1) by providing the student with a knowledge of what he's trying to do…

This transcript and guide of a two-cassette course is designed to assist native Arabic-speaking immigrants eliminate their foreign accents. The course is appropriate for either individual or group study. The guide includes narrative and taped demonstrations of American English that pinpoint typical phonological barriers and pronunciation…

In this study, non-French participants learned gender-appropriate adjectives for 24 French nouns. Findings indicate that learning the same set of feminine French nouns could be made more or less difficult when the nouns in the masculine category created more or less competition. (45 references) (Author/CK)

Observations are reported of the pronunciation of English by Japanese immigrants in British Columbia. It is argued that although predictions of syllable pronunciations have been based on vowels, in certain cases whether the hearer will try to retain features of the vowel or consonant is unpredictable. (RM)

This transcript and guide of a two-cassette course is designed to assist Hispanic immigrants erase their foreign accents. The course is appropriate for either individual or group study. The guide includes narrative and taped demonstrations of American English that pinpoint typical phonological barriers and pronunciation difficulties and provide…