LibGuides: Foothill ESL Resources: Speaking

Americanisms, Phrases, Idioms

ISpeak English Phrasebook by Alex Chapin
Call Number: ONLINE
ISBN: 9780071596282
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
Speak English Like an American by Amy Gillett; Manny Jose (Illustrator)
Call Number: PE1131 .G52 2009
ISBN: 0972530037
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
Do You Really Know American English? by William C. Harvey
Call Number: PE2808.8 .H37 2004
ISBN: 0764128825
Publication Date: 2005-02-01
Speaking Naturally by Bruce Tillitt; Mary Newton Bruder
Call Number: PE1128 .T54 1985
ISBN: 0521271304
Publication Date: 1985-01-25

American English Pronunciation Program by Living Language Staff; Barbara Raifsnider
Call Number: PE2815 .A44 1999
ISBN: 0609604198
Publication Date: 1999-03-23
Lose Your Accent in 28 Days by Judy Ravin
Call Number: PE2815 .J83 2004
ISBN: 0972530045
Publication Date: 2004-08-01

Daily ESL: Conversation Starters
The English Club: Speaking
Practice pronunciation, including word stress, sentence stress and homophones.
OMG! Meiyu
Hosted by Jessica Beinecke, a video show produced by Voice of America that helps Chinese speakers learn the "most authentic American English slang terms and phrases!"
Speech Accent Archive
Compare and analyze the accents of different English speakers.