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Well Said: Advanced English Pronunciation
Well Said is designed to improve the speech intelligibility of high intermediate to advanced ESL learners. It was written with the general ESL/EFL population in mind, but should be especially useful to learners who wish to communicate more clearly in academic, business, scientific, and professional settings. Well Said addresses the pronunciation needs of students from a variety of language backgrounds. The body of the text focuses on problems of sound/spelling patterns, syllables, word endings, linking, stress, rhythm, and intonation common to students of most language backgrounds. The appendices provide individualized practice for consonant and vowel problems, which can vary widely in most groups of students.
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First published January 1, 1993
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Linda Grant
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Linda Grant was born in Liverpool on 15 February 1951, the child of Russian and Polish Jewish immigrants. She was educated at the Belvedere School (GDST), read English at the University of York, completed an M.A. in English at MacMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario and did further post-graduate studies at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada, where she lived from 1977 to 1984.
In 1985 she returned to Britain and became a journalist. From 1995 to 2000 she was a feature writer for the Guardian, where between 1997 and 1998 she also had a weekly column in G2. She contributed regularly to the Weekend section on subjects including the background to the use of drug Ecstasy (for which she was shortlisted for the UK Press Gazette Feature Writer of the Year Award in 1996), body modification, racism against Romanies in the Czech Republic, her own journey to Jewish Poland and to her father's birthplace and during the Kosovo War, an examination of the background to Serb nationalism.
Linda Grant was born in Liverpool on 15 February 1951, the child of Russian and Polish Jewish immigrants. She was educated at the Belvedere School (GDST), read English at the University of York, completed an M.A. in English at MacMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario and did further post-graduate studies at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada, where she lived from 1977 to 1984.
In 1985 she returned to Britain and became a journalist. From 1995 to 2000 she was a feature writer for the Guardian, where between 1997 and 1998 she also had a weekly column in G2. She contributed regularly to the Weekend section on subjects including the background to the use of drug Ecstasy (for which she was shortlisted for the UK Press Gazette Feature Writer of the Year Award in 1996), body modification, racism against Romanies in the Czech Republic, her own journey to Jewish Poland and to her father's birthplace and during the Kosovo War, an examination of the background to Serb nationalism.
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January 20, 2020
Still one of the best and most comprehensive guide to pronunciation/fluency at the phoneme, word, and sentence level. The chapters on thought groups, focus words, and stress are especially useful for higher level students who still can't get the rhythm of English down.
September 24, 2009
Great textbook for advanced pronunciation. I'm using it in my Advanced Oral Presentations class this semester.
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