Phrase by Phrase Pronunciation and Listening in American English
Phrase by Phrase helps English learners sharpen their pronunciation skills and speak more intelligibly. By focusing on rhythm, stress, intonation, and connected speech, the course guides students to speak phrase by phrase rather than stumbling word by word. This user-friendly program also integrates presentation, demonstration, and practice of vowels and consonants in stories and dialogs. Watching the mouth in motion, in addition to hearing and practicing the melody of English, supports learners as they gain confidence in speaking with greater accuracy and comfort.
Description
Phrase by Phrase Pronunciation text, audio and videos are designed for non-native speakers of English who wish to make their speech more intelligible. The lessons are presented in a systematically organized learning program. The videos help learners develop auditory sensitivity–to hear sounds and sound patterns better. The exercises facilitate improvement in accuracy, fluency, and ease in oral production of English in order to speak more clearly and confidently. Students enjoy interesting stories, lively dialogs, and vivid demonstrations of how to produce sounds.
In 16 lessons, you will learn the key characteristics of accent: stress, intonation, reduction, and linking. These characteristics are reinforced and expanded upon throughout the curriculum. These features–called suprasegmentals–are essential in giving English its distinct rhythm and melody. Stress, rhythm and intonation are also the key factors in making pronunciation intelligible. No matter what your native language is, you will profit from an understanding and mastery of these oral language features. In addition, you will practice all of the American English vowel and consonant groups throughout the learning program.
Student Book 216 pages
5 audio CDs
5 DVDs
Digital access available
Table of Contents
Phrase by Phrase provides pre-listening activities, listening comprehension exercises, and detailed presentations of how to pronounce all the sounds in the English language. Each lesson builds upon previous lessons.
- Vocabulary Focus exercises and illustrations help you predict the content of the passages you will listen to.
- A Listening Passage begins each lesson. All the sounds in each lesson are contextualized in an interesting story, dialog or monolog.
- Listening Comprehension exercises help you test your ability to understand main ideas and details as well as make inferences based on the listening passage.
- Listening Cloze exercises focus your attention on listening to specific words and sounds in the listening passage.
- Sound Focus exercises present specific sound features to train your ears to hear and your mouth to pronounce. Instructions are clearly explained and demonstrated.
- Sounds in Context: Phrase by Phrase exercises allow you to listen holistically for sounds in context, and practice pronouncing short phrases, longer phrases, and finally complete sentences.
- The On Your Own pronunciation component encourages you to practice and analyze your pronunciation..
- End-of-chapter Topics for Composition provide expanded speaking and writing opportunities.
- Expansion Activities provide opportunities to interact and practice using your new skills in varied contexts.
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The Video Files
The five DVDs and online video files provide you with the “teacher in a box”. The teacher guides learners through the learning material in a systematic way. The video lessons will help learners develop auditory sensitivity - to hear sounds and sound patterns better. The exercises help learners improve accuracy, fluency, and ease in the oral production of English - to speak more clearly and confidently. Learners will hear interesting stories, lively dialogues, and vivid demonstrations of how to produce sounds. The teacher gives listening quizzes so that learners can test their ability to hear different intonation patterns and specific sounds. Using the videos, learners will be able to select any part of a chapter lesson, such as a particular Sound Focus.
The Audio Files
The five audio CDs and online sound files provide a complete listening and speaking program to accompany the text. Each lesson includes:
- the opening Listening Passage, with instructions for Listening Comprehension and Listening Cloze
- five to seven Sound Focus exercises featuring consonants, vowels, stress, intonation, rhythm and linking
- all of the Sounds in Context: Phrase by Phrase segments, which allow learners to build up accuracy and fluency in speaking, from shorter to longer phrases.
The audio files contain
- The story or dialog for each lesson
- All Sound Focus presentations, explanations, and examples
- Sounds in Context: Phrase by Phrase
- All phrases of the story or dialog, with pauses for repetition
The video files contain
- The story or dialog for each lesson, presented twice
- All Sound Focus presentations, explanations, and examples
- Text of explanations and examples
- Visual cues for sounds and sound patterns
- Listening quizzes
- A summary of the lesson, including a third repetitions of the story or dialog
Testimonials
Praise for Phrase by Phrase: Pronunciation and Listening in American English
Phrase by Phrase enjoys wide recognition among professionals.
I like the high-interest topics, CLEAR explanations, sound pedagogy and comprehensiveness of Phrase by Phrase, along with its measured presentation of material in logical sequence. My ESL students enjoy using the audio and video materials and tell me they use them for years after the class ends. That's a real testimonial to the effectiveness of Phrase by Phrase. I heartily recommend the techniques and approach to teaching pronunciation. Even if you're not an expert on phonetics, you can teach a sound course in accent reduction with these materials. - Susan Stann, ESL Department, DeAnza College
I've used Phrase by Phrase for years and love its clarity as well as its variety. Segmentals and suprasegmentals are included in each lesson so that they aren't seen as unrelated and so that they're not boring or dry. Another excellent feature is the recycling of important concepts throughout the learning material. International doctoral students in the basic medical sciences respond very positively to Phrase by Phrase; they really see improvement in their oral communication. In addition, I strongly recommend the videos for teacher training, as basic pronunciation concepts are demonstrated by the author, who is an excellent teacher. - Dr. Susan Eggly, Wayne State University School of Medicine
We used Phrase by Phrase videos every day of every year. The videos are an integral, and a successful, part of the International Teaching Assistants (ITA) training course. Students interact with Phrase by Phrase videos right away. Chan's conversational and melodic voice is charged with an energy that engages and stimulates students. They are as close to *authentic* speech as one can get! - Dr. Joy M. Reid, Professor, University of Wyoming, TESOL Past President, and author of many books for English language learners
The exercises in Phrase by Phrase stress language concepts such as syllables, lessons that aid the viewer in improving oral English skills and pronunciation. The lessons have a logical progression and build upon previous concepts. They contain clear explanations that are repeated to aid comprehension. These videos are a useful and effective choice for ESL students. - Denise A. Garofalo, Mid-Hudson Library System, Poughkeepsie, NY, as reviewed in the Library Journal
Phrase by Phrase is useful and fun. It's very appropriate for people like me that understand the basics of English but still struggle with vocabulary because of hearing and distinguishing words in sentences. The lessons teach you how to listen to and use stress and intonation for better understanding both of what you hear and what you say. You learn proper tongue and teeth positioning, and the video especially adds comedy to the lessons. Any time learning can be lightened with laughter, it's good! - Ms. Mayfield, Teacher's Aide, South Lake Tahoe School District
I have used Phrase by Phrase, with the video and audio recordings, in my classroom. and I am very pleased with the results. My students love it, and several did quite well on the SPEAK test just after one semester! - Susan Boland, Tidewater Community College
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