Teaching phonetics

[Mohammed Abu Risha]

What is the best book you feel for teaching phonetics?

When you teach phonetics to non-native speakers, would you teach it theoretically or practically? Would you teach students how to use the British/American accent?

 

[oregeezer]

This might help you - not a text for students.
http://www.nald.ca/library/learning/donttalk/donttalk.pdf

 

[Mohammed Abu Risha]

Many thanks

 

[Tdol]

Practicality is important IMO. I have found very few students to be interested in the ins and outs of phonetics; most are motivated by a desire to improve their accent/pronunciation rather than to know about the alveolar ridge. ;-)

 

[Epica]

thanks