Pronunciation: Basic Skills of American English Pronunciation (CD + Book)

Author: Zhai Shizhao, Zhang Aiqing, Guan Hefeng, Wang Ruoping
Publisher: China Aviation Press
Publication Date: 2001-08-01
Features: The authors of this book pinpoint the habitual pronunciation errors made by Chinese learners of English and arrange extensive targeted corrective exercises to achieve a transformation from Chinese pronunciation to American pronunciation, creating a miracle—speaking beautiful American English in a Chinese environment. This book has the following features:
1. The writing of this book is based on the concept that the teacher's role is crucial. Only a teacher who grew up in a Chinese environment and speaks beautiful English can truly understand the root causes of Chinese pronunciation problems and propose effective solutions.
2. By comparing the differences between Chinese and English phonetics, highly targeted training is provided to eliminate habitual pronunciation errors.
3. The example sentences in this book are not only excellent materials for phonetic training but also superior language resources for learning spoken English.
4. This book is only suitable for those willing to put in hard work to speak beautiful English. Perhaps you have invested too much effort in breaking through the English listening and speaking bottleneck and have taken many detours under traditional teaching methods, but don’t despair. The authors of this book have years of living experience in the United States and deeply understand the blind spots and obstacles Chinese people face when speaking English. By adopting unique intensive and reinforced training tailored to the specific pronunciation difficulties of Chinese speakers, it is certain that the pronunciation barrier will be overcome, helping everyone find confidence and a sense of learning English and entering a virtuous cycle. With diligent practice of the unique methods and techniques provided in this book, you will undoubtedly uncover the long-buried linguistic talent within you, as everyone is originally a genius. Our belief is: if you can speak fluent Chinese, you have the potential to speak fluent English. With proper training methods, anyone can speak beautiful English.