Here's How to Do Accent Modification: A Manual for Speech-language Pathologists - Softcover

McKinney, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1635500079 ISBN 13: 9781635500073

Verlag: Plural Publishing Inc, 2019

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This manual is aimed at speech-language pathologists working with clients on accent modification in American English. McKinney, a speech language pathologist and professor, explains the nature of accents and why people have them; the practicalities and efficacy of accent modification, the professionals who provide it, and their settings, training, and skills; assessment; how to develop clients’ phonemic awareness and work with the individual sounds of the language; intonation and rate of speech; consonants; vowels; syllables and stress; the rhythm and phrasing of English; the elements of natural spontaneous oral communication and features like linking and elision; and the next steps in accent modification, such as planning to enter the field and working in university clinics. Access to a companion website with worksheets, audio files, and video clips is included. Annotation ©2019 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

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Robert (Bob) McKinney, M.A., CCC-SLP, is the lead Speech-Language Pathologist at the Sweetwater Union High School District in San Diego, California, USA. His caseload includes adolescents and adults with a range of disabilities, and he heads the district's Culturally/Linguistically Diverse Assessment team. He is on the part-time faculty at San Diego State University, where he supervises graduate students in the clinic and teaches undergraduate Phonetics. He also teaches and trains teachers at the University of California, San Diego's English Language Institute. He holds an M.A. in Communicative Disorders, an M.A. in Education/TESOL, and an M.A. in International Relations. Bob is active in the California Speech-Language Hearing Association and has served on its board of directors.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Plural Publishing Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1635500079
• ISBN 13: 9781635500073
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 306
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