This course is aimed to

  • enable learners to identify the speech organs and understand the operation of the speech production mechanism.
  • help learners understand the segmental aspects of English and apply the principles of the description and classification of speech sounds to English consonants and vowels.
  • help learners understand the suprasegmental aspects of English and apply these aspects to the pronunciation of English words, phrases, and sentences.
  • help learners understand the differences between phonetics and phonology and explain basic phonological concepts.