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http://lc.ust.hk/~sac/advice/english/pronunciation/P5.htm ... Before you start the
exercises, it's a good idea to read the INTRODUCTIONS on pages ... Unit 13 (pp.
185-7) gives good ideas on how to practise and improve your pronunciation.

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Sentence Stress
|Details |Location |
|Title: Pronunciation Advice Sheet |http://lc.ust.hk/~sac/a|
|Units/pgs: P5: Recognising Phonetic Symbols |dvice/english/pronuncia|
|Type: Web |tion/P5.htm |
|Accent: UK | |
|Features: Shows letters of the alphabet and their IPA sound | |
|symbol. Also shows commonly used words and how they are | |
|represented using IPA sound symbols. You can choose to listen | |
|to a female or a male voice. | |
|Title: Pronunciation Advice Sheet |HKUST SAC |
|Units/pgs: P5: Recognising Phonetic Symbols | |
|Type: Sheet / Cassette / CD-ROM |Area A and Area B: |
|Accent: UK |Advice Sheets Shelf |
|Features: Shows letters of the alphabet and their IPA sound |(Pronunciation) |
|symbol. Also shows commonly used words and how they are | |
|represented using IPA sound symbols. You can choose to listen | |
|to a female or a male voice. | |
|Title: Pronouncing English Phonetic Symbols |HKUST SAC |
|Units/pgs: ALL | |
|Type: Book + Cassette |Area A: Pronunciation |
|Accent: UK |Shelf |
|Features: Presents all the vowel sounds and consonant sounds | |
|in English. Shows the sounds in words, in different positions | |
|in words and in sentences. | |
|Title: Pronunciation Lessons |http://lc.ust.hk/~mater|
|Units/pgs: Lesson 2: Syllables and word stress; Lesson 3: Weak|ial/pl/ |
|syllables; Lesson 4: The rhythm of English; Lesson 5: Syllable| |
|structure in English and Chinese; Lesson 8: Sentence Stress; | |
|Lesson 14: Sentence stress and intonation to convey a writer's| |
|message; Lesson 15: Making keywords stand out; Lesson 16: | |
|Using sentence stress to contradict or correct; Practice 16 | |
|and 17: Stress | |
|Type: Web | |
|Accent: UK | |
|Features: Gives a brief explanation and exercises to practise | |
|with. Click the 'Key' button for feedback. | | |Title: In Tempo |HKUST SAC |
|Units/pgs: Unit 5: 69-84; Unit 7: 99-116; Unit 9: 141-154; | |
|Unit 13: 185-187 |Area A: Pronunciation |
|Type: Book + Cassette |Shelf |
|Accent: Australian | |
|Features: Explains about stressed and unstressed words and the| |
|main information focus in a sentence, and gives practice in | |
|listening to and speaking short conversations. Answer key at | |
|the back. | |
| | |
|Before you start the exercises, it's a good idea to read the | |
|INTRODUCTIONS on pages 69-70 and page 85. Unit 13 (pp.185-7) | |
|gives good ideas on how to practise and improve your | |
|pronunciation. | |
| | |
|Doing Units 5, 7 and 9 will give you a good sense of how | |
|'information' words and 'grammar' words are stressed | |
|differently in English. | |
|Title: Better English Pronunciation |HKUST SAC |
|Units/pgs: 90-91 | |
|Type: Book + Cassette |Area A: Pronunciation |
|Accent: UK |Shelf |
|Features: If you can read phonetic symbols, this book will be | |
|useful. It explains how 'picture' and 'grammar' words are | |
|stressed differently. There are no practice tasks but there is| |
|detailed explanation. | |
|Title: Sound Advantage |HKUST SAC |
|Units/pgs: Unit 1: 1-14; Unit 8: 111-125; Unit 9:126-136 | |
|Type: Book + Cassette |Area A: Pronunciation |
|Accent: US |Shelf |
|Features: Explains and gives practice examples of syllable | |
|recognition, sentence stress and information focus. It | |
|provides both listening and speaking practice. There's a | |
|useful section at the end of each unit for speaking on your | |
|own, which includes paragraph reading and giving a short | |
|presentation. Answer key at the back. | |
|Title: Targeting Pronunciation |HKUST SAC |
|Units/pgs: Unit 2: 22-41; Unit 3: 48-50; Unit 4: 59-80 | |
|Type: Book + Cassette |Area A: Pronunciation |
|Accent: US |Shelf |
|Features: Explains and provides listening and speaking | |
|practice. Includes poems, songs, dialogues and role-plays. | |
|Provides useful tips and strategies and an 'On Your Own' | |
|section at the end of each unit, which suggests ways of | |
|practising and evaluating your progress. Answers in the | |
|Instructor's Resource Manual. | |
|Title: Speaking Clearly |HKUST SAC |
|Units/pgs: Unit 1: 4-9; Unit 2: 10-14; Unit 3: 5-16; Unit 4: | |
|17-20; Unit 6: 28-30 |Area A: Pronunciation |
|Type: Book + Cassette |Shelf |
|Accent: UK | |
|Features: Provides listening and speaking practice and brief | |
|explanations. Use the 'Check your progress' tasks at the end | |
|of each unit so that you can easily see your progress and | |
|improvement. Answers are in the Teacher's Book. | |
|Title: Phrase by Phrase |HKUST SAC |
|Units/pgs: 37, 39, 41, 49, 50, 80-82, 100-101, 104, 113, 126, | |
|134-138, 147 |Area A: Pronunciation |
|Type: Book + Cassette + Video |Shelf (Book & Cassette)|
|Accent: US | |
|Features: Going through the pages mentioned above, you can get| |
|good practice in stressing content words and unstressing |Area A: Pronunciation |
|function words. You can practise reading out the whole passage|Booth (Video) |
|'phrase by phrase' in the 'Sounds in Context' section. This | |
|book gives explanations and practice exercises for listening | |
|and speaking. Answers are in the Instructor's Manual. | |
| | |
|Tip: If you practise each 'Sounds in Context: Phrase by | |
|Phrase' passage several times (e.g. page 82, pages104-6, | |
|pages136-8) you can gradually build up from saying short | |
|phrases to saying whole sentences and you'll be ready to try | |
|the 'On your own' section at the end of the unit. | |
|Title: Sound Advice |HKUST SAC |
|Units/pgs: Unit 1: 4-12; Unit 8: 84-98; Unit 11: 129-138 | |
|Type: Book + Cassette |Area A: Pronunciation |
|Accent: US |Shelf |
|Features: F