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Well Said Intro: Pronunciation for Clear Communication

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This book is very good. However, this paperback version is associated with 4 audio CDs. The book without CDs is useless. So, bear in mind that you will pay extra $35 for the audio CDs unless you can get them another way.

I received the CDs and they are working fine. However, CD 4 is kind of bad. It took longer time for me to copy it.

I bought the book and then found that it doesn't include CDs, and I need to spend 30 bucks extra to get these CDs.

It is a good book for international students or scholars whose first language is not English. Begin with Articulation and then go on with rhythm and stress in sentences. You can learn somethings that is different from you learned in your own country. Especially good for learning by oneself.

I am lucky enough to have studied phonetics and phonology under this wonderful woman, and feel that she is quite possibly one of the few in the field with this level of expertise. Aside from having an incredibly warm personality, she is an absolute expert on English pronunciation, from segmentals to suprasegmentals. I feel that any ESL classroom or any ESL student struggling with "sounding native" or who wishes to reduce their accent would benefit greatly from this book. There is a lot of emphasis on intonation and sentence patterns, and they are presented in an easy to learn fashion without making the reader feel stupid.