English Speech Instruction

New York University professor Wallace House (c. 1900–1983) delivers a lecture focusing on the proper enunciation of English words and letter combination sounds. He guides and corrects when necessary his students’ recitations of certain sentences that highlight specific sounds. House concludes the lesson with some words of advice for his students: that they should practice one individual sound at a time for at least three days and try to hear each of them in their mind in order to memorize them. The complete recording transcript is included in the liner notes.

Track Listing

101	Introduction	Wallace House	05:40
102	Example 1: Sentence Pronunciation	Wallace House	01:03
103	Example 2: The Letter "a"	Wallace House	00:52
104	Example 3: Sentence Pronunciation	Wallace House	00:19
105	Example 4: The Letters "aw"	Wallace House	01:23
106	Examples 5 and 6: The Sound of "eh" and "i"	Wallace House	01:41
107	Exercise Transcription: Sentence Pronunciation	Wallace House	00:39
108	Evaluation of Transcription (1)	Wallace House	01:10
201	Transcription: Sentence Pronunciation	Wallace House	00:38
202	Evaluation of Transcription (2)	Wallace House	00:52
203	Examples 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12: Exercises for "ih", "o", "ah", "u", "oi", "ou"	Wallace House	06:36
204	Transcription Exercise (1)	Wallace House	00:51
205	Evaluation of Transcription (3)	Wallace House	01:10
206	Transcription Exercise (4)	Wallace House	00:49
207	Evaluation of Transcription; Example 13: Consonants	Wallace House	03:14
301	Example 14: Exercise for "s-t-s" Sound	Wallace House	01:19
302	Examples 15 and 16: Exercise for "t-h" Sound	Wallace House	00:49
303	Example 17: Exercise for "wh" Sound	Wallace House	00:43
304	Example 18	Wallace House	01:01
305	Example 19	Wallace House	00:42
306	Transcription (1)	Wallace House	00:53
307	Evaluation of Transcription (4)	Wallace House	01:03
308	Transcription (2)	Wallace House	00:43
309	Evaluation of Transcription (5)	Wallace House	00:44
310	Example 20: Exercise for the Word "the"	Wallace House	01:42
311	Example 21: The Word "a"	Wallace House	00:52
312	Example 22: The "n-g" Sound	Wallace House	02:18
401	Example 23: Adding “r” at the End of a Word	Wallace House	00:24
402	Transcription (3)	Wallace House	00:46
403	Evaluation of Transcription (6)	Wallace House	00:36
404	Transcription (4)	Wallace House	00:48
405	Evaluation of Transcription (7)	Wallace House	00:48
406	Example 24: The Sound of "in"	Wallace House	00:46
407	Example 25: The Sound of "ll"	Wallace House	00:38
408	Example 26: The Sound of "tyuh"	Wallace House	00:59
409	Example 27: The Sound of "ong"	Wallace House	00:35
410	Example 28: The Sound of "th"	Wallace House	00:29
411	Example 29: The Sound of "or"	Wallace House	00:50
412	Transcription (5)	Wallace House	00:47
413	Evaluation of Transcription (8)	Wallace House	00:54
414	Transcription (6)	Wallace House	00:45
415	Evaluation of Transcription (9)	Wallace House	00:56
416	Close	Wallace House	00:50