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A Test in Phonetics

500 Questions and Answers on English Pronunciation and How to Teach it in West Africa

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  • © 1959

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  1. B. Siertsema

    1. University College, Ibadan, Nigeria

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages III-VII
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-5

  3. Methods of Teaching

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    Pages 5-7

  4. The Teaching of Intonation

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    Pages 8-11

  5. Tone Marking

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    Pages 11-13

  6. The Use of Phonetic Transcription

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    Pages 13-14

  7. List of Phonetic Symbols

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    Pages 15-15

  8. Specimens of Phonetic Transcription (1)

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    Pages 16-17

  9. Specimens of Phonetic Transcription (2)

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    Pages 18-18

  10. Specimens of Phonetic Transcription (3)

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    Pages 19-19

  11. Questions

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    Pages 20-43

  12. Answers

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    Pages 44-87
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About this book

If Phonetics is a comparatively recent subject for European students of foreign languages and is eyed by them with some sus­ picion as an invention that is meant to make their studies difficult, it is even more so with English Phonetics for African students. Have not Africans been learning English for over a century, and with good results in many cases, without giving a thought to its phonetics? Why introduce this new subject and add to the number of books they have to read and the number of examinations they have to pass before they can get their degree? Yet if the study of a foreign language is to be up to date its phonetics cannot be neglected; on the contrary, it is as important as the study of its spelling, if not more so. With the invention of radio and telephone, of gramophone and tape-recorders, the importance of the spoken word has increased immensely and it is far more essential now than it was a hundred years ago that those who learn a foreign language should learn to speak it properly. Thus a new subject has been added to the schedule of language students and teachers: the study and practice of the sounds of the language, and for the teachers also the study of how to teach these sounds.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University College, Ibadan, Nigeria

    B. Siertsema

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: A Test in Phonetics

  • Book Subtitle: 500 Questions and Answers on English Pronunciation and How to Teach it in West Africa

  • Authors: B. Siertsema

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7752-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1959

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-247-0699-0Published: 31 July 1959

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-7752-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 87

  • Topics: Phonology and Phonetics

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