Phonetics Workbook for Students, A: Building a Foundation for Transcription The Allyn & Bacon Communication Sciences and Disorders | 1 Edition

Details about Phonetics Workbook for Students, A: Building a Foundation for Transcription The Allyn & Bacon Communication Sciences and Disorders:

This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. Understanding how sounds form—and how sounds combine to create words— is imperative to learning how to transcribe speech phonetically. Taking a "meta" approach, A Phonetics Workbook for Students by Heidi Harbers prepares students to transcribe speech phonetically by helping them become aware of the sounds of English phonology.  Following a systematic, learning-friendly organization, chapter’s progress from awareness of sounds, to articulatory phonetics and IPA symbols, to transcription. Unlike other workbooks, its exercises are varied and challenging and develop both foundational and critical thinking skills. By teaching students how to develop both an ear and eye for phonetics, the workbook provides a superior foundation from which transcription skills can develop.