International Business Professionals: Speak & Be Understood
The following recordings accompany the ebook by the same name.
Part 1 - Patterns of Spoken English
1-1 syllables
1-2 word stress
1-3 unstressed syllables
1-4 one-syllable stress pattern
1-5 two-syllable stress pattern 1
1-6 two-syllable stress pattern 2
1-7 three-syllable stress pattern 1
1-8 three-syllable stress pattern 2
1-9 three-syllable stress pattern 3
1-10 four-syllable stress pattern 1
1-11 four-syllable stress pattern 2
1-12 four-syllable stress pattern 3
1-13 five-syllable stress pattern 1
1-14 five-syllable stress pattern 2
1-15 five-syllable stress pattern 3
1-16 five-syllable stress pattern 4
Part 2 - Sounds in Connected Speech
2-1 stress in sentences
2-2 rhythm
2-3 intonation and structure
2-4 intonation and emphasis
2-5 thought groups
2-6 linking in phrases - consonants with vowels
2-7 linking in phrases - consonants with consonants
2-8 reducing h
2-9 reduced function words
Part 3 - Vowels, Consonants & Comparisons
3-1 /i/ Vowel
3-2 /ɪ/ Vowel
3-3 Compare /i/ and /ɪ/ Vowels
3-4 /e/ Vowel
3-5 /ɛ/ Vowel
3-6 Compare /e/ and /ɛ/ Vowels
3-7 /æ/ Vowel
3-8 /ɑ/ Vowel
3-9 Compare /æ/ and /ɑ/ Vowels
3-10 /o/ Vowel
3-11 /ɔ/ Vowel
3-12 Compare /o/ and /ɔ/ Vowels
3-13 /u/ Vowel
3-14 /ʊ/ Vowel
3-15 Compare /u/ and /ʊ/ Vowels
3-16 /ʌ/ Vowel
3-17 /ai/, /au/, /oi/ Dipthongs
3-18 /ᶕ/ Vowel
3-19 /ᶕ/ Dipthongs
3-20 /ð/ and /θ/ Consonants
3-21 /θ/ + /r/ Consonant Blends
3-22 Compare /ð/ with /d/ and /θ/ with /t/
3-23 /r/ Consonant
3-24 /l/ Consonant
3-25 Compare /l/ and /r/ Consonants
3-26 /v/ Consonant
3-27 /w/ Consonant
3-28 /f/ Consonant
3-29 /f/ Consonant Blends
3-30 Compare /v/, /w/ and /f/ Consonants
3-31 /g/ Consonant
3-32 /k/ Consonant
3-33 /g/ and /k/ Consonant Blends
3-34 /ŋ/ Consonant
3-35 Compare /g/, /k/, and /ŋ/ Consonants
3-36 /m/ Consonant
3-37 /n/ Consonant
3-38 Compare /m/ and /n/ Consonants
3-39 /z/ Consonant
3-40 /s/ Consonant
3-41 /s/ Consonant Blends
3-42 Compare /z/ and /s/ Consonants
3-43 /ʃ/ Consonant
3-44 /tʃ/ Consonant
3-45 Compare /ʃ/ and /tʃ/ Consonants
3-46 /dʒ/ Consonant
3-47 Compare /ʒ/ and /dʒ/ Consonants
3-48 /y/ Consonant
3-50 /h/ Consonant
3-51 Compare /y/, /h/ and No Consonant
3-52 /b/ Consonant
3-53 /p/ Consonant
3-54 /b/ and /p/ Consonant Blends
3-55 Compare /b/ and /p/ Consonants
3-56 /d/ Consonant
3-57 /t/ Consonant
3-58 /d/ and /t/ Consonant Blends
3-59 Compare /d/ and /t/ Consonants
3-60 Final Consonant Clusters
Part 4 - Key Sound & Spelling Patterns
4-1 American Optional ‘t’
4-2 American ‘t’ as ‘d’
4-3 omitted ‘t’
4-4 -ed endings
4-5 -s endings
4-6 Hidden-y
4-7 Linking with ‘y’ and ‘w’
4-8 Omitted Consonants
4-9 Silent Letters
4-10 Pronouncing ‘x’
4-11 Pronouncing ‘cc’
4-12 Spelling for ‘kw’
4-13 Spellings for /ʃ/
4-14 Spellings for /tʃ/
4-15 Spellings for /ʒ/
4-16 Spellings for /dʒ/
Part 5 - Word Patterns
5-1 Phrasal Verbs
5-2 Nouns & Verbs
5-3 Proper Nouns
5-4 Compound Nouns
5-5 Acronyms/Initials
5-6 Numbers
5-7 Omitting syllable before -ic Endings
5-8 Two pronunciations for –ate endings
5-9 No Stress Change with Added Suffix
5-10 Stress the Suffix
5-11 Shifts in Word Stress
5-12 Stress in Second Syllable from the End
5-13 Stress in Third Syllable from the End