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Part 1
The sounds of the language from The Practice of Language Teaching 3rd edition by Jeremy Harmer. Pearson Education Ltd 2001.

Part 2
Pronunciation and spelling from How to Teach Pronunciation by Gerald Kelly. Pearson Education Ltd 2001.

Part 3
Teaching Pronunciation from Teaching by Principles 2nd edition by H Douglas Brown. Pearson Education Ltd 2001.

Part 4
Pronunciation issues from The Practice of English Language Teaching, 3rd Edition. Pearson Education Ltd 2001.

Part 5
For & Against: The phonemic chart by Gary Macguire Modern English Teacher 4/4/ 1995

Part 6
International Intelligibility by Robin Walker. English Teaching Professional 21. 2001

Part 7
Techniques and activities from How to Teach Pronunciation by Gerald Kelly Pearson Education 2000

Part 8
10 Holistic Ways to good pronunciation by Jim Wingate. English Teaching Professional 6. 1998

Part 9
Teaching stress and intonation patterns with Lego by Nigel Ross. Modern English Teacher 5/2. 1996

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