Aspects of Connected Speech in English

This book offers an interesting insight into an aspect of English phonology which is often under-taught in English language lessons. It examines pronunciation of English connected speech, as opposed to individual sounds. The work gives a solid theoretical background and introduces features such as linking, weak forms, words stress, sentence stress, the peak of prominence or rhythm. It then presents results of a survey into the state of pronunciation teaching in the Czech Republic. A short intensive course aimed at improving students' speech is a substantial part of the work. The book reads very well. The structure takes the reader on a journey from the outset in a prose that is reader-friendly and academically robust.

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Petra Erbanová is a translator, interpreter and a teacher of English and Spanish currently living in Brno, Czech Republic. In 2014 she graduated in Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature at Masaryk University in Brno.