Newly Edited International Phonetic Alphabet Rapid Pronunciation (Revised Edition)

Author: Zheng Shiheng, Jiang Pin Gui
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: Linguists believe that the phoneme is the smallest unit that constitutes a language. However, through four decades of teaching practice, the authors boldly challenge this theory, advocating that although the phoneme is the smallest unit that constitutes a language, imitating the smallest unit of the language is the syllable. To learn a language well, one must first become familiar with its basic syllables. Based on this theory, this book adopts the method of phonetic exercises, through direct pronunciation of phonetics, synthetic pronunciation, jumping pronunciation, reading phonetic words, and discrimination training, to provide students with extensive practice in phonetics and pronunciation, cultivating their ability to correctly use the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Due to its novel and unique pronunciation method, the book has sold over 400,000 copies since its first edition. To align with curriculum reforms, the newly published Rapid Pronunciation of the International Phonetic Alphabet not only adopts new IPA symbols but also completely updates the test questions and consolidation exercises to match the current new textbooks.