"On Speaking and
Cultural Terms"
Developed by the Northeast ABLE Resource Center
"On Speaking and Cultural Terms" is the new and improved second
edition of the original "On Speaking Terms" produced over 12 years
ago. The new edition contains new linguistic and cultural
information for 27 different languages in an easy to use and reproducible
format. The sections of the book include an Overview of linguistic
sounds, Sounds of English, Culture and Language information, Practice Sentences
to be used with students and a Bibliography that includes references to
additional material you may find useful.
*On Speaking and Cultural Terms - Complete Book (PDF)
"On Speaking and Cultural Terms" also includes a CD-R containing an orientation Powerpoint/Video presentation and a multimedia presentation on the Difficult Sounds for Non-Native Speakers of English to help get you started.
The video can be downloaded below:
*On Speaking and Cultural Terms - Orientation Video (m4v)
You can also try the Difficult Sounds for Non-Native Speakers of English online, just follow the link below:
*On Speaking and Cultural Terms Difficult Sounds Audio Program
(Java based web presentation)