English for Filipinos: A Complete Guide to American English Pronunciation

Educational, Exhaustive, and Entertaining! Did you know that - Salisbury and syllabary rhyme with strawberry? Warm is pronounced as wôrm, while worm sounds like squirm? Pare, pear, and pair are pronounced exactly the same? They're, there, and their are homophones? Build your confidence in - Answering the telephone when expecting an English-speaking caller Engaging others in English conversations, especially in social events Speaking before a group or a congregation or to Americans Selling yourself in a job interview or selling an idea to others Comprehensive - Covers all the vowel and consonant sounds (and there are many) Includes all spelling combinations of sounds you'll ever read Over a thousand practice words, complete with pronunciation guide

ALEX PASCUAL is a native of the Philippines. He graduated from Philippine Science High School, Class of 1970, and began his college studies in the University of the Philippines. Shortly after, his whole family migrated to the United States where he obtained his Bachelor of Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Alex developed a passion for studying and mastering American English only much later. He participated in an accent-reduction class for internationals, and soon after that, co-founded with other students a Toastmasters Club named The Atlanta Language Klub, or "TALK" for short. A professional structural engineer in the Southeastern United States for more than three decades, Alex presently resides in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife, Eleanor Mae. They have three married children and nine grandchildren.