English Pronunciation for Speakers of Spanish

This book covers the key concepts of English phonetics and phonology for Spanish-speaking learners of English. It combines theoretical issues (e.g. phonetics and phonological theory, segmentals and suprasegmentals, accent variation, connected speech, or spelling), as well as applications to practice (activities and challenges with suggested keys), adopting a contrastive English-Spanish approach and suggesting technology enhanced tools and other resources. Co-authored by two experienced teachers and researchers, the volume and its companion website, English Pronunciation for Speakers of Spanish Multimedia Lab (EPSSML), will appeal mostly, but not exclusively, to all Spanish-speaking students of English language and linguistics and those training for a certificate in TEFL. The book's companion website, EPSS Multimedia Lab, can be used on computers, smartphones and tablets, and is useful for the self-taught student and the busy lecturer alike. The website of the EPSS Multimedia lab can be accessed here: https://epssmultimedialab.gal/ Features of the website: a complete sound bank defining and illustrating the sounds of English RP as compared with those of Peninsular Spanish written definitions and animated diagrams, videos and original recordings (by native speakers of English and Spanish) showing the articulation of each sound, alongside its most common spellings, as well as pronunciation practice for individual words and whole sentences a comprehensive selection of over a hundred written and audio exercises (with their keys) for practice both at home or in the language lab audio files corresponding to the audio illustrations given in the written book a repository of useful resources by topics and a list of online glossaries and pronunciation dictionaries