Addressed to an educated user of English, the book, together with a set of two audio cassettes, offers a 'Teach Your-self' course in the pronunciation of English words. Written in a non-technical language, it contains considerable amount of practice materials too.Part I deals with important facts about the pronunciation of English words and the principal attributes of good speech; Part II contains a pronouncing dictionary of some 2,500 commonly used, but often mispronounced, words of English and about 60 foreign words and phrases often used in Eng-lish. The selection of the words and phrases is based partly on research and partly on the authors' long experience.

Key Features:

· The book takes into account the socio-linguistic realities of the use of English, and accordingly attempts the task of remediation of English pronunciation.· A chart highlights the problems faced by Indian learners.· It provides an exhaustive treatment of the relationship between sound and spelling in English.

Contents
Preface.
PART I: PRONUNCIATION OF ENGLISH WORDS
Introduction.
English Sounds and Symbols.
Some General Rules of Pronunciation.
Word Accent in English.
Attributes of Good Speech.
PART II: DICTIONARY_
The Dictionary.
Select Bibliography.
Index.