English Phonetics and Pronunciation Practice (2nd ed.) (Book Review)

The second edition of English Phonetics and Pronunciation Practice (EPaPP) by Paul Carley and Inger M. Mees offers a thoroughly updated and methodically reorganized guide to the sounds and rhythm of contemporary British English, with a clear pedagogical orientation. The book, which was first published in 2018 by Carley, Mees, and the late Beverley Collins, has become widely adopted in linguistics and teacher education programs. Since 2018, pronunciation pedagogy has increasingly prioritized intelligibility, functional-load considerations, and L2–L2 interaction. Coupled with sustained classroom adoption and instructor feedback, these shifts have created a clear need for a revised edition that sharpens theory-to-practice connections and broadens coverage of connected speech and prosody. This new edition strengthens the structure, updates content on connected speech and prosody, and is supported by extensive online audio material, thereby confirming its relevance for instructors and learners of English pronunciation worldwide. [First paragraph of review]