<Where are the books that teach spoken English ? I'm a go there? What a ya doin? Ah'll see ya domorrow. > They're on there way: English Pronunciation in Use Intermediate I doubt that's really comprehensive. I think I once took a look at that

Language teachers, could you tell us about some ways in which you are providing "learners with the tools to cope with 'real-life' communication ..."? Here in my country, they don't. And I heard it's so in most other

Jim, I hadn't thought of that, but I think I have never noticed it. I definitely pronounce words like "mountain" or "sentence" with a glottal stop in the combination "TN" and I don't include a schwa in

As far as I know, when a French word begins with a vowel, the glottal stop precedes it. This does not happen in English, but many dialects (e.g. the urban dialects of London, Edinburgh, etc.) use the glottal stop in words such as "little,

I quite understand why rhotic people would find the usual ... in the language where the combination "uh" represents this sound? Good point, "uh" doesn't really appear in traditional English words, does it? Searching on in

Both conditions are necessary.We may now list the rule that adds glottal stops before syllable final /p, t, k/, as in pronunications of "tip, pit, kick" as (tI?p, pI?t, kI?k)... This rule does not apply to all varieties of English. Some

Oh, golly. For me, it depends on both the vowel and the consonant. When followed by a pause, my /p/ is unvoiced and either unexploded stopping the breath with the lips or exploded. My /t/ is the same, but if its unexploded it pretty much coincides

I don't know from linguistics and phonetics (we're sending Young ... a vowel, however, it turns into a flap sound (*) In that case, "at the sight of" and "at the side of" become exactly the same pronunciation? Oh, no.

"In final position (t) is aspirated and shortens the vowel before it, whilst (d) is particularly weak and makes only ... do you pronounce the "t" sound when it's in the final position of the word, like "cent",