American English Sounds and Sound Changes©

About the Book

SOUNDS ©, a textbook of a plurality of American English sounds that leads the reader through the ABC’s detailing placement and feel of lips, tongue, and teeth; amount of air flow through the mouth or nose to make each sound; and a description of how the sound should look in the specifically sized and shaped provided mirror. The text describes diphthongs, vowels, and sound changes, lip positioning, air flow/amount, and its path as it passes from the lungs through the mouth or nose to create the desired sound. The text includes sensory tests for you to determine the correctness of a sound. The book is being used in Italy and Thailand to teach American English and being used in various school districts in Southern California as an aide for linguistic teachers, speech pathologists, and therapists working with children with impediments, and ESL adults.

About the Author

Bob Kalinowski
BA in English, Sociology & Classical Languages
MA in English

Completed class requirements for PhD in Humanities (too many problems).
Publications Manager over forty people; writer in the Space and Electronics
industry for over thirty years working with scientists and engineers from all
over the world.

Volunteered teaching American English to children and adults in LA inner city.
Married for forty-four years with two children and nine grandchildren
(two have speech problems.)