This text offers both learning and doing: first, students read to discover how their vocal apparatus works and
find ways to recognize a variety of speech patterns; then, as they practice with the numerous and varied exercises
provided in the text, they develop the skills needed for personal and professional success.
Only text on the market to offer book-specific audiotapes created by author of main text that contain all exercises
from the text with time for student responses. Both a sold student supplement and free to adopters of the text
for in-class use.
Only text on the market to include extensive information on regional and national accents (Chapters 12 and
13, Appendix A), extremely beneficial to schools that have high enrollments of non-native speakers.
Strong Chapter 2 on Breathing provides more in-depth coverage than any other text for the course.
Additional material on nasal resonance, recidivism, and relaxation sections in Chapters 3 and 4.
New Appendix B, "News Copy and Commercials" included to expose students to news broadcasting.
New material on news presentation/delivery includes working with microphones and cameras in Chapter 11.
Table of Contents
PART I. VOICE.
1. Motivation and Expectation.
2. Breathing.
3. The Voice.
4. Vocal Relaxation.
5. Common Voice Problems.
PART II. SPEECH.
6. The Production of Vowels.
7. The Production of Consonants.
8. Pronunciation.
9. Vocal Dynamics.
10. Kinetics.
11. Application to the Speech Occasion.
12. The Four Major Dialects of American English.
13. Stage Speech and Selected Foreign Accents.
Appendix A. English Pronunciation for Asian-Language Speakers.
Appendix B. News Copy and Commercials.
Appendix C. Voice and Speech Evaluation Forms
Glossary.
Index of Names and Topics.
Index of Authors and Selections.
