Table of Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. List of Symbols ix
4. Foreword xiii
5. Acknowledgements xvii
6. Chapter I. General Approach and Techniques of Teaching Pronunciation 1
7. Chapter II. Human Speech Mechanism 9
8. Chapter III. Confusing Linguistic Disciplines and Identities 19
9. Chapter IV. Comparative Classification and Description of Arabic and English Consonant Systems 35
10. Chapter V. Comparative Classification and Description of Arabic and English Vowel Systems 45
11. Chapter VI. Teaching Salient Features of Arabic and English Consonantal Systems 53
12. Chapter VII. Teaching Salient Features of Arabic and English Vocalic Systems 79
13. Chapter VIII. Teaching Salient Prosodic Features of Arabic and English 93
14. Chapter IX. Instructional Significance of Phonetic vs. Phonological Accent Distinction 113
15. Chapter X. Orthography and Pronunciation Connection in Arabic and English 123
16. Chapter XI. Turning Swords into Ploughshares: Developing Arabic Transliteration of English to Improve Pronunciation 133
17. Appendix. Arab Learners of English & Vice Versa: Reinforcement Exercises 145
18. Glossary of Recurrent Terms 153
19. Bibliography 163
20. Index 169