books about: phonetics     books:       Voices13 reviews Anne Garber KQ Publishing, 2000 Memorable Anne Garber's book, Voices, is phenominal! The pages kept turning. The characters seemed so real. I loved John, disliked Allen and was annoyed with Anthony. The women; I admired Carol's devotion to her children and have known women like Linda and Debbie. I look forward to reading more by this author.             Tabloid Prodigy: Dishing the Dirt, Getting the Gossip, and Selling My Soul in the Cutthroat World of ...9 reviews Marlise Elizabeth Kast Running Press, 2007 Fantastic Read! Many people are attracted to this book because of the celebrity factor. I was drawn to this book to read about the inner struggles of a young woman trying to to identify who she was between her conservative upbringing and the allure of Hollywood. Anyone who has walked the road of trying to figure themselves out can identify with the author. I will admit learning about the tactics tabloid ...             Explode the Code 113 reviews Nancy Hall Educators Pub Service, 1984 Where were these books when I was a child????? This series is amazing!!!!! My four year old has completed explode the code 1 and is sounding words out, reading and SPELLING!!!!! These books are engaging and she loves them. Where were these books when I was a child? The author has broken down phonics, reading and spelling into a very easy, very user friendly system. I use it and my best friend who also homeschools in using these books ...             The American Accent Guide: A complete and comprehensive course on the pronunciation and speaking style of ...9 reviews Beverly A. Lujan Lingual Arts, 1999 Best of the Bests I have studied through many American English pronunciation guides and programs and own many of the relavant products. I found the following extremely useful: 1. The American Accent Guide (the one being reviewed) by Beverly Lujan, edited by C. J. S. Wallia of U.C. Berkely. This is one of the authorities existed in the market. It is extremely comprehensive and clear. You will learn every essential ...             Voice and Articulation11 reviews Kenneth C. Crannell Wadsworth Pub Co, 1996 First Rate This text has become the guide and standard that other authors are using in updating their books on the same subject! Crannell's analysis and exercises for accent reduction have been especially helpful to me in my work with international clients. The additional material on voice and presentation is of great value for everyone looking to improve their oral skills. The format of the book ...             The ABC's and All Their Tricks14 reviews M. Bishop Mott Media (MI), 1986 HIGHLY Recommmended for any family with children learning to SPELL!!! This book far exceeded my expectations! It unravels the mystery of the so-called unexplainably strange ways of spelling so many of our English words. Clear & concise format. EXCELLENT for young children learning to read & spell...it answers any questions you might have about the rules of the way letters are put together in words & pronounced. A must have for any home library...             Baby's First Steps in French23 reviews Erika Levy Living Language, 2001 Excellent for newborns! This CD is wonderful! I find a lot of products for children 2 and older but this product is geared specifically towards children ages 2 and younger who are learning another language. My degree is in French, so I understand the CD, and I think that the things that it teaches are excellent! It exposes children to sounds specific to french, like the double l which is pronounced y, the ...             Figures of Speech: 60 Ways To Turn A Phrase13 reviews Arthur Quinn, Barney R. Quinn Routledge, 1995 Good Starting Point I can't remember how I came upon this book or even how I got interested in the obscure realm of Classical figures of speech. Anyway, Quinn delivers a brief but effective introduction to this overlooked corner of the art of writing, and shows that much of basic Western literature, i.e. Shakespeare and the Bible, was written with generous use of the "formulas" of Classical figures of speech. ...             Exercises in French Phonics11 reviews Francis W. Nachtman Stipes Pub Llc, 1981 MUST HAVE!!!! Wow! Wow! Really breaks it down for you on how to properly pronounce French words. Must have for anyone learning French.... I now have confidence in pronouncing words that I was previously hesitant about because I was guessing.... Now, bring it on. Again a MUST have!!!!             American Accent Training: A Guide to Speaking and Pronouncing American English for Anyone Who Speaks English ...13 reviews Ann Cook Barrons Educ Series Inc Audio, 1991 Amazing all the way! American Accent Training is really an amazing porgram! I love it! I will use it as the textbook in our English Club for advanced-level class! And by the way, the English Club is in National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. I strongly recommend this program to everyone learning American English!             Prescription for Reading: Teach Them Phonics8 reviews Ernest H. Christman Tutorial Pr, 1983 Parents, this is the book for you Simple, to the point. This is a very well organized,easy to use book for parents who want to help their children learn to read using the phonics method.             Antics! An Alphabetical Anthology6 reviews C. Hepworth Turtleback Books: A Division of Sanval, 1996 Creative! Original! This is one of the most creative books I've seen in a long time. The illustrations are also warm and funny. The simple single alphabet words are hysterical and orginal. My personal favorites are the mad scientist ant who is brilliANT, the punk rocker who is a deviANT and the huddled family of immigrANTs. Well done and kudos to the author.             Words Their Way: Word Sorts for Syllables and Affixes Spellers7 reviews Francine Johnston, Marcia Invernizzi, ... Prentice Hall, 2004 Fantastic!! I would recommend this resource to any teacher using Words Their Way...it cuts down planning time in half, plus it's user friendly!             Step by Step Phonics: Makes Reading and Spelling Easy6 reviews Laurie Lee Bell Back to the Basics Publishing, 1999 A thorough, easy, and useful way to teach phonics! I have used this program with my first grade Title One children. ( These are children who do not qualify for special classes, but need extra help in Reading) It works, it is thorough, and the children really enjoy it! My ESL (English Second Language) students also have improved greatly through this program.             The Barton reading and spelling system: An Orton-Gillingham influenced simultaneously multisensory explicit ...6 reviews Susan E Barton Bright Solutions for Dyslexia, 2000 Absolutely amazing but before you buy I've been tutoring my dyslexic daughter (age 12) for about a year using this system and she has improved tremendously. She even made honor role this year. You need to be aware of several things: 1) The system has 10 Levels; each level builds on the last one. (I think Susan Barton, the system's developer, estimates that each level takes 3-4 months with regular tutoring, but you can set your ...             The Use and Training of the Human Voice: A Bio-Dynamic Approach to Vocal Life6 reviews Arthur Lessac McGraw-Hill/Mayfield, 1996 The alpha and omega in voice This is everything anybody (actors, speakers and liars) will ever need to know about discovering, developing and using with confidence the voice as a tool to communicate. Westerners especially, I believe, have trained and maimed their voices to suit ideals (The average woman speaks about 6 tones higher than her natural voice prescribes). This book, a trusted training manual in many theatre ...             Wordplay Cafe: Cool Codes, Priceless Puzzles and Phantastic Phonetic Phun8 reviews Michael Kline Ideals Children's Books,U.S., 2006 Fun for the entire family Kline has a wonderful sense of humour that can be appreciated by any age group. He really challenges kids (and adults) to look at language in a different way - the fun way! The book reads like a rollercoaster ride...or maybe a better analogy would pinball machine: it bounces off topics and tangents in a delightfully free-wheeling manner. Not for ADD kids, this book is meant for children who are ...             Public Speaking: Concepts and Skills for a Diverse Society (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac)6 reviews Clella Jaffe Wadsworth Publishing, 2003 Public Speaking Just the book I needed for my Comm 1110 class. It is easy to read and understand with pertinent information to help me succeed.             Making Sense of Phonics: The Hows and Whys (Solving Problems in the Teaching of Literacy)6 reviews Isabel L. Beck PhD The Guilford Press, 2005 Useful Ideas In this book, Beck outlines procedures for essential beginning reading activities such as letter-sound correspondences, blending, and word building. I really liked how this book focused on classroom practice, and how the author applies every concept to real students. Beck also supplies appendixes to supply the materials needed to make your own centers that were used in the classroom practice ...             Get Ready for the Code - Book a7 reviews Nancy Hall Educators Pub Service, 1992 Nice & Easy I purchased "Get Ready for the Code" Books A-C for my 4.5 yo after our attempt with "Phonic Pathways." I started with "Phonic Pathways" because it was recommended in "WTM" and because she already knew most of the letter sounds. She totally hated it, and for me it was a chore and laborious. I went looking for something different and found "Get Ready for the Code." She absolutely LOVES the ...              search for books alphabetical, anthology, approach, articulation, backgrounds, bio-dynamic, cassettes, comprehensive, cutthroat, exercises, gillingham, hollywood, individuals, influenced, infotrac, literacy, multisensory, orton-gillingham, phantastic, prescription, priceless, pronouncing, pronunciation, reporting, simultaneously, spellers, syllables, systematic, training, wordplay books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen kitchen: Stemware Wine Glass Identification Tags (50 Units) we recommend HIGHLY Recommmended for any family with children learning to SPELL!!! home  impressum - about us