APPENDIX 1: LEARNING PROGRAMME/SCHEME OF WORK

Course title: An Introduction to Practical Phonetics Number of Students: 12

Date: Time: Lecturer Name: Paul Shaddick

Aims Learning Objectives*
By the end of this course, participants will have a basic
knowledge of what phonetics is and be prepared to apply
their knowledge to learning to understand and speak a
foreign language.
2
Students who have completed the course will be
able to:
1. explain the anatomical mechanism by which
normal human speech sounds are produced
2. distinguish and identify the consonant sounds
used in standard English pronunciation plus at
least a dozen other consonants and explain
what makes each consonant distinct from the
others
3. distinguish and identify the eight primary
cardinal vowels and demonstrate some
knowledge of vowel modifications.
4. explain the difference between phonetic
transcription and orthography and be able to
produce a basic phonetic transcription of simple
utterances using the sounds studied in 2 & 3
5. be able to read phonetic transcriptions of short
utterances using the sounds studied in 2 & 3
and accurately reproduce them vocally
6. show an awareness of the possible roles of tone
and intonation in speech
7. demonstrate increased confidence in hearing
and reproducing speech sounds.
Lesson Learning Topic/Content Teaching + Learning Resources Assessment
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1 Welcome

3
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4
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