Clear Speech from the Start Student's Book with Audio CD: Basic Pronunciation and Listening Comprehension in North American English (Clear Speech)

It is beautul book! It big help for my English. My teacher, when she look it for her said my: "It best prenansiation book!" Clear Speech from the Start Student's Book with Audio CD: Basic Pronunciation and Listening Comprehension in North American English

I was looking for something I could use as an SLP. I didn't realize that buying this as a package with the other Clear Speech book was redundant, since they are different volumes for the same book.

Now, I've seen some pretty innovative approaches to illustrating pronunciation. But this takes the prize so far. From the author's letter to teachers: "For years, teachers have been asking me to write a version of my intermediate level book, Clear Speech, that would be usable for beginners. They said that it would make more sense to help students with pronunciation early, rather than wait until they have developed habits... Read Full Review

If you have some problem of English pronounciation,You should use it.Because it is really useful for them, and it is really helpful.So, you should use it if you have some problems.

Conventional wisdom in the ESL/EFL world holds that pronunciation should not be taught at the beginning level. It's just too technical, requiring complicated descriptions and explanations for which beginning students don't have the vocabulary.But if there were a way to make the material accessible? Even beginners need to communicate clearly -- intelligible speech fosters successful academic, work, and social interactions,... Read Full Review