Video Handbook Contents: 110 Pages

Course Overview

Voice, Pitch, Rhythm, Intonation: In Tune with American English

Phonetics:

2.1 Mouth Positions

3.1 Tongue Positions

3.2 Tongue Placement Chart

4.1 Vowel Clock

4.2 Sound Definitions:

4.3 Sound Definitions: Consonants

4.5 Sound Roundup

4.6 Combination Sounds

5.1 The Alphabet by Mouth Positions

5.2 Speed Drill

5.3 More Practice with Initials

5.4 Easy Words

Hummingbird Key Phrases:

Groups 1 and 2

Sound Focus Activities:

ä as in father

o as in on

Sounds of N

Perfect L

T as in tea

æ as in cat

A as in name

û as in up

I as in it

th as in the

sh as in she

ch, j

zh as in usual

as in good

er as in her

w as in wait

O as in no

U as in you

V as in visa

C, S, X

Z as in zero

I as in Hi

ow as in how

oi as in coin

ng as in sing

Sounds of R

Perfect R

er as in teacher

R Blends

Sounds of L

L Blends

R / L Mixes

V / F / B Contrasts

u as in ago

Video Conversations

Welcome to L.A.!

Check-in at your hotel

Let's go shopping!

Go to a restaurant

Meet some people!

Get tickets!

Let's go to the movies!

On the phone

To the airport

Additional Dialogues

Introduce yourselves

Say Yes, No, Maybe

Meet some people

Meet more people

Numbers

More numbers and money

On the phone: Hotel reservation

On the phone: Change your appointment

On the phone: Request product information

On the phone: Call in to work

Smog check

Ask questions!

Meet lots of people

Go to the theater

Contractions and Contradictions

Tests:

Listening Tests

Hummingbird Speech Sample

More Vocabularies:

Days of the Week, Months of the Year

Airlines

Bank and Finance

Computers

Measurement

Real Estate

Personal Vocabulary Focus

Appendix

IPA Symbols

Sounds of the Letters O and A

Mastery Passages

Glossary

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