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Accent Modification Training Materials For Non-Native English Speakers

Just Released! RULES To Go! Our new "go to" product for
trainers/teachers!

Included in this portable 2-CD package:

Our top 12 rules from the RULES program featuring 3-5 minute video lessons, tip sheets, PowerPoint slides, pre- and post quizzes with answer keys for selected exercises, expansion exercises for in-class and independent practice, summary sheet of rules, and more!

RULES BY THE SOUND Online Platform

RULES BY THE SOUND
By Marjorie Feinstein-Whittaker and Lynda Katz Wilner

Features:

• 63 sound-loaded sentences and stories addressing:
  • Pronunciation of all of the consonants, vowels, diphthongs and R-Influenced vowels
  • Stress and Intonation
  • Phrasing and linking
  • Vocabulary
  • Rate
  • Aspects of American culture
• Foreign language pronunciation pattern charts
• Pronunciation charts for various letter combinations

A CD of downloadable PDFs of the stories is available for duplication and electronic distribution to individuals and classes.

Rules for Using Linguistic Elements of Speech By Marjorie Feinstein-Whittaker and Lynda Katz Wilner

Innovative, comprehensive, “cutting-edge” approach to accent modification

Take communication training to the next level.

• Field-tested with students and clients in the business/financial, high-technology, scientific and medical professions
• Incorporates vocabulary development activities into many of the units
• Includes rules for pronunciation of compound nouns, phrasal verbs, adjective + nouns, proper nouns, heteronyms, acronyms and initializations, syllable and sentence stress, numbers, reflexive pronouns, voicing and syllable length, linking, /t/ variations, Y-insertions, syllable reductions, past tense endings, -s endings, consonant blends and clusters, articles and demonstrative pronouns, and prepositions.
• Provides a comprehensive unit for practical activities designed for small groups incorporating the featured stress, intonation, and grammar rules.

Teacher's Edition

• Extensive explanations of pronunciation, intonation/stress, and grammar rules
• Teaching notes and suggestions
• CD of PowerPoint slides and/or transparencies for classroom instruction
• CD of printable files of activities and answer keys for selected units
• Over 75 practical activities including telephone role-plays, conversational exchanges, calendar and appointment book communications, floor plans, menus, train schedules, doctor's appointments, To Do Lists, etc.
• Answer keys
• Pre- and post-testing in selected units
• Icons and italicized text for audio-accompanied items

Student Edition

• Summary chart for RULES
• 23 rules for stress and intonation, pronunciation, and grammar
• Pronunciation exercises
• Personal Introduction script for public speaking practice
• Options for personalizing social, academic, and work-related vocabulary
• Icons and italicized text for audio-accompanied items

Five Audio CD Package

• Over 5 hours of repetition exercises from each unit
• All audio items are in the student edition

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LDS & Associates announces the publication of a brand new series by Lorna D. Sikorski and Marjorie Whittaker.

MIAE - Mastering Idioms of American English

#4601SS Volume 1 The Front Vowels $22.00 workbook

#4602SS Volume 2 /r/-colored Vowels & Diphthongs $22.00 workbook

There are many great books on learning idioms, but few take the approach our clients really need: to teach idiomatic expressions functionally for conversational speech.

Having idiomatic speech enhances your communication only when it is pronounced correctly and with a ‘flow’ like that of a native speaker. Put another way, the idiomatic speech must obey the unique, often hidden rules of American English speech! The Mastering Idiomatic American Expression Series is a multi-pronged resource for intermediate+ language learners who would like to participate in natural, colloquial North American English as well as broaden their understanding of business and social expressions.

Utilizes strategies that focus on oral expression

• Volumes are organized by the vowels most commonly used in American English – ones that strongly impact the top 1000 basic core words of day-to-day speech
• Units are organized by vowel in the stressed word of the expression – makes the learning process far more functional
• Grammar as well as usage hints give the user realistic strategies for applying them to conversational speech

Considers the verbal ‘flow’ of the message

• Keycodes the stress characteristics
• Identifies unique, ‘insider trade secrets’ for linking word-to-word issues

Features

• K80+ expressions in each volume, plus an extensive bonus list of idioms with the same vowel in each unit!
• 90+ pages in each volume
• Unit expressions are organized by grammar function and keyed with icons
• Idioms are defined with both business and social usage examples
• Units have a blend of self-study written activities and oral practice opportunities – great for in class and homework applications
• Utilizes the IPA and the Sound Features concepts of the MEEC - The Vowel System of American English
• Utilizes the Key Codes and philosophy of the MEEC – The Intonation Patterns
• Highlights the key consonant linking and sound variation signals of the MEEC – The Consonant Variations of American English

Practice and reinforce idioms with engaging activities

• Stress, Vowel and Linking Organization at the start of each unit
• Exercise 1 - Getting the Gist - meaning, usage examples and practical, “Write Your Own” Segment
• Exercise 2 – Matching
• Exercise 3 – Sentence Completions
• Exercise 4 – Real Time Conversations – Adult, challenging conversational roleplays to practice