PHONETICS : 1ST YEAR

Course objectives:
1. Recognize and produce English (RP) speech sounds (vowels, consonants and
words) with accuracy and ease
2. Transcribe words using IPA symbols
3. Recognize and accurately use word stress.

Basic readings:
 Hancock, M. (2003). English Pronunciation in Use. Cambridge:CUP.
 Ladefoged, P. (2005). A Course in Phonetics. Boston: Heinle & Heinle.
 Roach, P. (2000). English Phonetics and Phonology. Cambridge: CUP.
 Give appropriate links and sites to help students recognize different sounds
using Mobile Language Learning to enhance autonomous learning.

Course Outline: Semester I

Week Topics and activities

by week
Week 1 Introduction to phonetics and phonology: IPA, Types of
phonetic symbols, Organs of Speech, Identification
through technological devices
Week 2 Description and classification of consonants, Place of
articulation: Exposure to selected sounds and practice.
Week 3 Manner of articulation & Voicing: Exposure to selected
sounds and practice
Week 4 Description and classification of vowels and intensive
practice
Week 5 Description and classification of vowels and intensive
practice
Week 6 Classification of diphthongs and triphthongs

Week 7 Revision

Week 8 Revision

Week 9 Exam