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Title: Some theory, Some technique.
Review: Why am I not surprised that there is much debate amongst researchers on how best to teach English pronunciation? And why so much argument about the best way to produce native-like speech when the author practically concedes that it is nearly impossible? I can't use this overlong overpriced book in my ESL class unless I threaten to hit students over the head with it when they use 'r' instead of 'l'.I changed my review because the book has some teaching techniques. But here are still many flaws. It has a modified phonetic system which doesn't make sense, and it places too much emphasis on minor pronunciation details. There are better texts out there.
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