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Features of connected speech
Theory and practice for English learners
by Marcelo Andrade
The purpose of this book is to describe the most common changes that occur in some English phonemes when native speakers as well as fluent speakers of English produce them in casual and fast conversations. This work presents common words, phrases and expressions that illustrate the use of the different phenomena involved in connected speech. It also encourages students to produce and understand the processes that take place when producing English fluently.
Marcelo Andrade Yañez is a Professor at Universidad Austral de Chile. He has a B.A. in English and a Master’s Degree in Higher Education. He has taught at universities in Puerto Montt in the areas of Phonetics and Phonology, Writing, ELT methodology and ICT. He has also been a teacher trainer for different initiatives and workshops carried out by the Chilean Ministry of Education and speaker in some international ELT conferences. He is the co-author of two graded readers and is currently doing research on the development oral production skills with the use of ICT.
The author would like to thank teacher Billy Forward for recording the audio files available on this website.
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