BANKING UNIVERSITY OF HO CHI MINH CITY

FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES

PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY – D05
(2021-2022)

I. Course objective:
This course is a follow-up to the first-year pronunciation course and aims to provide advanced
training in pronunciation skills as well as an advanced understanding of the core principles and
topics of English phonetics and phonology. The course covers all the main aspects of English
pronunciation at both segmental and suprasegmental levels and focusses on the description of
the basic features of present-day RP.
II. Study materials
[1] Roach, P. (2009). English Phonetics and Phonology (4th ed.). CUP.
[2] Fromkin, V., Rodman, R. & Hyams, N. (2013). An Introduction to Language (10th ed.).
Cengage Learning
[3] Ladefoged, P. & Johnson, K. (2014). A Course in Phonetics (7th ed.). Cengage Learning.

III. Course outline:

Session 1 – November 24, 2021
1. WHAT IS PHONETICS?
1.1Definition
1.2The branches of phonetics
2. THE PRODUCTION OF SPEECH SOUNDS
2.1Articulators above the larynx
2.2Vowels and consonants
Session 2 – December 01, 2021
3. THE CLASSIFICATION OF VOWELS
3.1Long and short vowels
3.2Diphthongs
3.3Triphthongs
4. THE CLASSIFICATION OF CONSONANTS
4.1Voicing and consonants
4.2Fricatives and affricates
4.3 Nasals and other consonants

1
 TEST 1A
Session 3 – December 08, 2021
5. THE PHONEME – THE SYLLABLE
5.1The structure of the English syllable
5.2Syllable division
5.3Strong and weak syllables
TEST 1B
Session 4 – December 15, 2021
6. STRESS IN ENGLISH & WEAK FORMS
6.1 Levels of stress
6.2 Placement of stress within the word
6.3 Complex word stress
6.4 Weak forms
TEST 2A
Session 5 – December 22, 2021
7. ASPECTS OF CONNECTED SPEECH
7.1 Rhythm
7.2 Assimilation
7.3 Elision
TEST 2B
Session 6 – December 29, 2021
8. INTONATION
8.1Some functions of English intonation
8.2The tone-unit
8.3The structure of the tone-unit

IV. Assessment
1. Attendance: 10 %
2. Test 1 20 %
3. Test 2 20 %
4. Final Test: 50 %