Contents: Part one: The sound system of English: spelling and pronunciation; individual sounds of English; English sounds in context; the shape of English words 5. Word stress and vowel reduction; connected speech; Part two: the identification and correction of specific pronunciation problems: common pronunciation problems 8. Problems of selected language groups; Part three: classroom activities; a communicative approach to pronunciation teaching; pronunciation syllabus design: a question of focus; suprasegmentals in the pronunciation class: setting priorities; pronunciation - based listening exercises for the multi-level class; teaching pronunciation: an inventory of techniques; developing self-correcting and self-monitoring strategies; developing natural and confident speech: drama techniques in the pronunciation class; unintelligibility and the ESL learner.