Actors who want to get inside the script and make it come alive now have a step-by-step guide from a Broadway director and renowned acting teacher. Honed by the author's 35 years of teaching, this advanced book offers different warm-up exercises concentrating on the actor's sense of smell, sound, sight, and touch; sensory tools for conveying the climate and environment of the text; tips for suggesting a character's physical conditions; and much more.
Meeting Excellence is a comprehensive resource that provides a wide range of ready-to-use tools that have been developed and tested by a meeting initiative within Novartis Pharmaceuticals. It is based on years of research observing team meetings, examining existing meeting documents, and conducting a number of intensive individual interviews in the U.S. and Europe. This important book offers the information and tools needed to prepare, facilitate, and follow up on all your meetings.
Building Fluency contains everything teachers need to improve students’ reading fluency, one of five essential reading components identified in Reading First. Transparencies and assessment tools are included. The selections are engaging and humorous.
An Introduction to English Phonology by April M. S. McMahon
Book Description
An Introduction to English Phonology
introduces undergraduates to the basic tools and concepts necessary for
the description of English phonological systems and processes. April
McMahon considers the justification for analytical tools like the
International Phonestic Alphabet and the difference between sounds and
spellings, so that students understand the rationale for what they are
learning. The crucial idea of phonological contrast is introduced very
early, with subsequent chapters covering the articulatory description
of vowels and consonants; variant realisations of vowels and consonants
in different contexts; and prosodic concepts, notably syllables and
stress. Throughout the book, there is emphasis on the range of
variation to be found in modern English phonology, with examples taken
not only from Standard Southern British English and General American,
but also New Zealand English, Scottish Standard English and Singaporean
English.
