Pronunciation problems can be a major obstacle for new learners of English. Pronunciation Matters has been written for the many who are engaged in this struggle. Using a story-based approach, Pronunciation Matters provides ESL/EFL learners with nearly two hundred communicative and motivating practices leading to mastery of a variety of sound contrasts in North American English that are problematic for speakers of other languages. Units address the many areas that experienced ESL/EFL teachers have noted as troublesome for learners of English--not only vowels and consonants but also stress and intonation, for example. Contexts have been carefully engineered to focus on important sound contrasts in North American English. Chalkboard-style pictures illustrate each context and make practice more meaningful and interesting. Learners work with these units after identifying their individual pronunciation difficulties with diagnostic materials provided. Some instructional activities in Pronunciation Matters capitalize on having mixed language groups and allow students with different pronunciation problems to help each other. Also available are peer-tutoring practice card masters and an index of common pronunciation problems for different native languages.

Pronunciation Matters: Communicative, Story-Based Activities for Mastering the Sounds of North American English

Reference

Henrichsen, Lynn Earl

Green, Brent

Nishitani, Atsuko

Bagley, Carol Lynne

English as a Second Language

University of Michigan Press/ELT

Language Study & Reference

1969 stood as the final year of a tumultuous decade, shattering domestic tranquility with epic events and cultural upheaval. 
In January, The Beatles gave their final public performance on the rooftop of Apple Corps in London. In July, NASA’s Apollo 11 space mission launched Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong beyond earth’s gravitational grip to a successful moon landing, fulfilling President John Kennedy’s inaugural pledge “to go to the moon in this decade.” In August, Woodstock attracted over 400,000 rock ‘n’ roll fans, hippies, peaceniks, and sixties’ music icons to a four-day countercultural gathering. Joni Mitchell described the music and art fair as “a spark of beauty” where half-a-million young people “saw that they were part of a greater organism.” The Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam, in October, was the largest peaceful protest of a war in American history, flooding the nation’s capital and including more than 2,000,000 antiwar protesters nationwide. As the decade closed, the war raged on. Just months into the following year, the Kent State shootings shook the nation, bringing violent suppression of free expression to a U.S. college campus. On the fiftieth anniversary of 1969, seven professional writers join author Brent Green to share their coming-of-age experiences and vivid memories of that raucous, electrifying year. Are You Still Listening? delivers eyewitness accounts, personal tales, uncommon confessions, and fictional stories by eight witnesses to a transformative decade. 
One question resonates throughout this book: Are you still listening? The book inspires contemplation about our social and political progress fifty years later. Do we see greater national unity? Do we hear lingering discord? Do we sense progress toward equal treatment and opportunity for all? 
For those who experienced 1969 firsthand, this book will stir memories and invite reflection about a momentous year. For those who were born later and are curious about the myths and realities of 1969, the book reveals truths concerning a rebellious time and an engaged generation that proclaimed a new vision for America.

Are You Still Listening?: 1969 Stories & Essays

Literature & Fiction

Diamond, Jed

Orsborn, Carol

Cogswell, David

Dobbs, Greg

Adler, Richard

Case, Robert William

Moses, Bob

Genre Fiction

Brent Green & Associates, Inc.

1969 stood as the final year of a tumultuous decade, shattering domestic tranquility with epic events and cultural upheaval. On the fiftieth anniversary of 1969, eight authors share their coming-of-age experiences, vivid memories, and lessons learned from that raucous, electrifying year.What makes 1969 compelling? The authors invite you to join them and "take the trip back."In January, The Beatles gave their final public performance on the rooftop of Apple Corps in London.In July, NASA's Apollo 11 space mission launched Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong beyond earth's gravitational grip to a successful moon landing, fulfilling President John Kennedy's inaugural pledge "to go to the moon in this decade."In August, Woodstock attracted over 400,000 rock 'n' roll fans, hippies, peaceniks, and sixties' music icons to a three-day countercultural gathering.The Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam, in October, was the largest peaceful protest of a war in American history, flooding the nation's capital and including more than 2,000,000 antiwar protesters nationwide.As the decade closed, the war raged on. Just months into the following year, the Kent State shootings shook the nation, bringing violent suppression of free expression to a U.S. college campus.Joining lead author Brent Green in this writing alliance are veteran authors Carol Orsborn, PhD., David Cogswell, Robert William Case, Bob Moses, Jed Diamond, PhD., Greg Dobbs, and Richard Adler.1969: Are You Still Listening? delivers their eyewitness accounts, personal tales, uncommon confessions, and fact-based fictional stories. The book merges documentary-style reporting with creative exploration, capturing the perspectives of journalists, fiction and nonfiction writers, and social and political commentators.One question resonates throughout the book: Are you still listening? The book inspires contemplation about our social and political progress fifty years later. Do we see greater national unity today? Do we hear lingering discord? Do we sense progress toward equal treatment and opportunity for all?For those who experienced 1969 firsthand, this book will stir memories and invite reflection about a momentous year. For those who were born later and are curious about the myths and realities of 1969, the book reveals truths concerning a rebellious time and an engaged generation that proclaimed a new vision for America.

1969: Are You Still Listening?: Stories & Essays

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Noble Chaos

iUniverse

Americans born between 1946 and 1955 are ready to shatter traditional assumptions about early retirement. Their journey into the Golden Years will be groundbreaking. 
Called Leading-Edge Baby Boomers, this forceful segment has over $500 billion in spending power and today controls a significant percentage of the nation's assets. Even more staggering is an unfolding demographic truth: more than 30 percent of Americans will be over 50 by 2010. 
Brent Green, an experienced counseling therapist and award-winning creative director and copywriter, has published a book focused on this lucrative pre- and early-retirement segment. Entitled Marketing to Leading-edge Baby Boomers, Green's analysis reveals the psychological, sociological and interpersonal dimensions of a generation quickly reaching the life stage associated with quiescence. 
As the author declares: "They will not be quiet, calm, or disengaged. They will collectively redefine the connotations of aging and the purpose of life's closing years. They will set the stage for a long-term reorientation of American business to the value of its previously most undervalued population segment. They will bring to aging culture what they bequest to youth culture when they were boisterously becoming young adults four decades ago." 
Today, opportunity and reality are at odds. Somewhere between Woodstock Nation and Over-The-Hill, the most sought after market in America became passé. The fiftysomething-to-sixty crowd has not been attracting its fair share of commercial attention from advertisers and ad agencies. As Green challenges, this is a problem larger than benign neglect. 
Baby Boomers have often been the source of contempt and ridicule, a byproduct of disdain for the group's alleged self-absorbed, unpatriotic character, historically rooted in the Vietnam War era. Green provides troubling evidence for an emerging ageism directed at those in their mid-forties to mid-fifties. A side effect of historical distaste and today's growing ageism is often dreadful marketing: hackneyed pitches, rife with stereotypes and generational invectives. 
In thirty-six fast-paced chapters, Green analyzes such topical issues as Boomer spirituality, an emerging creativity, political agendas, age-defying strategies, corporate malfeasance, lifestyle downsizing, adventure travel, and communal instincts. The book also provides well-developed case studies of marketing programs that have worked powerfully with Boomers. 
A long-term social observer and critic, Brent Green understands the positive marketing implications of his feisty generation: "They will not tolerate typecasting, stereotypes, pandering or ageism. They will expect stylish products to instill value beyond mere utility. They will invest in products and services that resonate, and they will reward those who crack the idiosyncratic marketing code." 
An unusual aspect of this traditional business book is Green's inclusion of two convincing short stories about Leading-edge Baby Boomers. The first story explores the Internet's impact on a dormant relationship from the sixties, raising larger questions about unresolved generational agendas and the coming struggle for relevance and meaning. 
The second story presents an Orwellian view of an ageist society in 2028. The protagonist, a successful trial attorney who has dedicated her life to women's issues, is awakening to the new reality of generational condemnation, discrimination, and violence. This story makes a solid case for heightened awareness of Green's descriptive term: Genism.

Marketing to Leading-Edge Baby Boomers

Business & Money

Marketing & Sales

Writers Advantage Pr

Marketing to Leading-Edge Baby Boomers 
Somewhere between Woodstock Nation and Over-The-Hill, the most sought after market in America became passÃ©. The fifty something-to-sixty crowd has not been attracting its fair share of commercial attention. This is an ill-bred business blunder. 
The influential over 50 segment has $750 billion in spending power and today controls a majority of the nationÂs assets. Even more staggering is an unfolding demographic truth: more than 30 percent of Americans will be over 50 by 2010. 
The frontrunners are Leading-edge Baby Boomers, the founders of modern youth culture and adroit consumers of yuppie materialism. They have never been shy about exalting brands when products meet their astute expectations. Now, the enormity of this segment is evolving to become the most lucrative growth opportunity in fifteen years. 
Americans born between 1946 and 1955 are poised to shatter traditional assumptions about early retirement. They will not tolerate typecasting, stereotypes, pandering or ageism. They will expect stylish products to instill value beyond mere utility. They will invest in products and services that resonate, and they will reward those who crack the idiosyncratic marketing code. 
Provocative, incisive, and unapologetic, Marketing to Leading-edge Baby Boomers reveals the seminal secrets to successful marketing. A lean but thorough discussion discloses the psychological, sociological and interpersonal dimensions of a generation roaring into retirement.

iUniverse, Inc.

In Questions of the Spirit, author Brent Green guides readers through a thoughtful and inspirational journey of eighteen chapters. Each chapter explores a significant question about mortal existence, the nature of loss, and life's most difficult challenges. Evocative chapter themes include: What was your first experience of loss? Is there value in suffering? Have you been blessed? After each chapter, additional questions inspire further contemplation and healing insights. This finely crafted book includes poems, essays, and inspirational stories about those who overcome illnesses, misfortunes, rejection, and death of loved ones. The author also explores loss of a friendship with someone still living, loss of status, loss of self-confidence, loss of purpose, and loss of opportunities. Loss comes in many forms throughout life. Loss is a requisite part of the human experience. Loss often means pain, but loss also means growth. This book can become a pathway to greater spiritual awareness, a more resilient outlook, renewed faith, and hope in times of tragedy. It adds value with each new loss. And the book can stimulate deeper dialogue among those who gather to discuss mortality and the hereafter. REVIEWS "I have savored every page. It's almost like reading my own history. It makes the book so meaningful. Truly a tour-de-force!"-- Dawn Lehman, author, Smart Talk "Reading this book after experiencing a personal loss is like having your own support group with you all the time."-- Ed Pittock, Founder, Home Care Standards Bureau, Founder, Society of Certified Senior Advisors "Questions of the Spirit begins a much-needed process of asking questions that go to the heart of our denial of death..."-- Mark McGann, M.A., J.D., Hospice Chaplain, VITAS Healthcare "Each chapter is followed by questions for personal reflection or group discussion that will inspire readers to contemplate their own rarely explored beliefs and values."-- David Cox, President, Professional Testing "Brent is doing something very, very important here and the book is going to be of huge value to people."-- Harry R. Moody, Ph.D., Vice President of Academic Affairs, AARP (ret), author, The Five Stages of the Soul "Questions of the Spirit is a profound gift. I was so moved by Brent's story of loss and grief and how he has harnessed that with wisdom, spirit, intellect and compassion ..."-- Helen Dennis, Specialist in Aging, Employment &amp; The New Retirement

Questions of the Spirit: The Quest for Understanding at a Time of Loss

Parenting & Relationships

Ryan Sterling is a nineteen-year-old college junior traversing a moral switchback in 1969 and 1970. He protests the Vietnam War while weighing patriotic implications. He loses passion for education while remaining on the Dean's List. He defies authority while conforming to group pressure. He experiments with drugs while resisting dependency. He devours philosophy and psychology to find meaning in his raging confusion. But conflict is the price of his search for understanding. Conflict carves rifts between Ryan, his peers and society. Conflict forces him to make game-changing choices. Ryan's odyssey includes a supporting cast of unforgettable characters. His quixotic lover shuns her self-indulgent past and makes the least expected confession. A calculating drug dealer squares off with Ryan's nemesis, provoking a fatal consequence of intolerance. A traditionminded classmate transforms into a revolutionary and leads dangerous confrontations with armed authorities. Set at the University of Kansas, one of the nation's most radical colleges at that time, this astonishing story weaves emotional with historical truth. The novel shares a frank and shocking perspective of America's jolting revolution against mainstream values . . . a bold reflection on the Vietnam War era from the university perspective. Noble Chaos is an important and entertaining resource for those yearning for perspective about their youth. This uncensored story also gives young readers an emotional perspective of the chaotic forces that turned America upon itself while achieving noble social changes.

Noble Chaos: A Novel

Mainstream business has been slow to react to dramatic population aging--maybe even in denial. All but a handful of enlightened companies remain fixated on the gold standard of demographic marketing targets: adults 18 to 49. This is bound to change with Baby Boomers starting to turn 65 beginning January 1, 2011. As the generation that popularized the 18-to-49 demographic in youth begins to reach this landmark age, about 8,000 Boomers will turn 65 daily for the next 19 years. The bellwether birth anniversary signifies eligibility for Medicare benefits, as well as tidal changes in the nation's demographic composition. What are the implications? Is Boomer aging a problem or opportunity? What can businesses and nonprofits do to take advantage of this historically unprecedented change in the nation's balance of old to young? Experts in demography and sociology commonly agree that Boomers have shaped every life stage they've occupied. With nearly 85% now over age 50--and millions suddenly heading to 65 and beyond--Boomers are again shaping business practices and institutions. This book gives readers astute glimpses into what it actually means to be part of this generation. An unprecedented workshop included in the Appendix helps readers gain deeper, more sophisticated insights into the Baby Boomer Generation. Readers also discover how their generational values are similar to and different from Boomers, thus opening the door to better intergenerational understanding and communications. Through a more intuitive perspective, readers can then discover how to improve marketing communications, product and service development, nonprofit value, and public policies. Accurately forecasting the Boomer future has significant monetary implications for many industries, including, and especially, healthcare, education, financial services, housing, travel, and consumer retailing. A special section of the book examines marketing to Baby Boomer men, including historical, technological and cultural touchstones; underdeveloped opportunities to combine gender and generational nuances in marketing; and, new segmentation research about the Boomer male cohort.

Generation Reinvention: How Boomers Today Are Changing Business, Marketing, Aging and the Future

Economics

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Pronunciation Matters: Communicative, Story-Based Activities for Mastering the Sounds of North American English

Pronunciation Matters: Communicative, Story-Based Activities for Mastering the Sounds of North American English

Are You Still Listening?: 1969 Stories & Essays

1969: Are You Still Listening?: Stories & Essays

Noble Chaos

Marketing to Leading-Edge Baby Boomers

Marketing to Leading-Edge Baby Boomers

Questions of the Spirit: The Quest for Understanding at a Time of Loss

Noble Chaos: A Novel

Generation Reinvention: How Boomers Today Are Changing Business, Marketing, Aging and the Future