Description: Preface to the Instructor. 1. Introduction. 2. Language and Linguistics. 3. Language and Dialects. 4. Producing Speech Sounds: Phonation. 5. The Melody of Spanish (Suprasegmentals). 6. Stress in Spanish. 7. Intonation in Spanish. 8. The Rhythm of Spanish. 9. Spanish Sounds Beyond the System. 10. Reviewing the Melody of Spanish (Chapters 5-9). 11. Producing Speech Sounds: Articulation. 12. Contrasting the Sounds of Spanish. 13. Sound Groups in Spanish. 14. Introducing the Vowels of Spanish. 15. The Low Vowel /a/ and the Mid Vowels /e/ and /o/. 16. The High Vowel /i/. 17. The High Vowel /u/. 18. Vowel Combinations in Spanish. 19. Reviewing the Vowels of Spanish (Chapters 14-18). 20. Introducing the Consonants of Spanish. 21. The Voiceless Consonants /p t k/. 22. The Voiced Consonants /b d g/. 23. The Voiced Consonants /y/ and /w/. 24. The Voiceless Consonants /s/ and /O/ 25. The Voiceless Consonants /c f x (h)/. 26. The Nasal Consonants /m n /. 27. The Lateral Consonants /l/ and /l/. 28. The Tap and Trill Consonants /r/ and /r/. 29. Consonant Combinations in Spanish. 30. Reviewing Consonants of Spanish (Chapters 20-29). 31. The Orthography of Spanish. 32. A Final Look at Mastering the Sounds of Spanish. Appendix A: Glossary of Linguistic Terms. Appendix B: Sound Charts. Appendix C: Answer Key. Appendix D: Practice Dialogs. Appendix E: Bibliography. Vocabulary. Index.

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