WARMING-UP LESSON

Significance of the course

Requirements to be met for the course

Difference between English letters and phonemes

Relevant articulators that appear within this lesson

1．Lips

2．Teeth

3．Teeth ridges

4．Tongue

5．Vocal cords and Adam's apple

6．Nasal cavity

7．Mouth cavity

Voiced sound

Voiceless sound

Movie extracts

[Intensive]I KNOW WHAT YOU NEED

[Extensive]WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN

LESSON 1

Classification of phonemes in English

Plosives

Incomplete explosion(1)

Phonemes:[i:][∫][f][d][l]

Movie extracts:

[Intensive]LET's GO BACK TO CLASS

[Extensive]THEY WON'T SEND ME OTHERWISE

LESSON 2

Incomplete explosion(2)

Phonemes:[i][e][t][g]

Movie extracts:

[Intensive]DON'T BE MAD

[Extensive]I'M NOT TAKING ANY CRAFT FROM YOU,PAL

LESSON 3

Syllable

Common way to identify syllable boundaries

Phonemes:[？]

summary of front vowels:[i:][i][e][？][s][m]

Movie extracts:

[Intensive]JUST SQUIRRELS AND BIRDS

[Extensive]HURRY UP AND GO HOME

LESSON 4

Stressed & unstressed syllables

Way to deal with a stressed or an unstressed syllable

First and second stresses

Liaison between a consonant and a vowel within a sentence

Phoneme:[？]

Movie extracts:

[Intensive]BACK TO BED

[Extensive]A NICE LITTLE BED FOR YOU

LESSON 5

Closed syllable

Vowel letters' common pronunciations in a stressed closed syllable

Assimilation between vowels

Phonemes [？][？][？]

Movie extracts:

[Intensive]YOU HAD A BATH

[Extensive]JUST TIME KNEW THE TRUTH

LESSON 6

Function words

Weak form for function words with a monosyllable

Assimilation between two identical consonants

Phonemes:[a:]

Different pronunciations matching the letter combination "ar" between British and American accentsDifferent pronunciations matching the vowel letter "a" in a stressed closed syllable between British and American accents[k][n]Movie extracts:[Intensive]HE'S GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS[Extensive]PUT YOUR ADDRESS DOWN THERELESSON 7

A voiceless to a relevant voiced consonant in a stressed syllable

Sentence stress(1)

Phonemes:[u:][？][r][h]

Movie extracts for pronunciation practice:

[Intensive]WATCH THE BIRDIE

[Extensive]WE GOT TO THE RESEARCH HOSPITAL

Movie extract for listening comprehension practice:SOMEBODY HELP ME,PLEASE!

LESSON 8

Difference from both the phonetic and orthographic angles

Voiceless to voiced within unstressed syllable only for American accent

Open syllable

Phonemes:[ai][b][w]

Movie extracts for pronunciation practice:

[Intensive]WHAT DO YOU WISH

[Extensive]MY MOUTHWASH

Movie extract for listening comprehension practice:I DIDN'T MEAN TO HURT YOU

LESSON 9

Elision in pronouns

Phonemes:[au][ts][t∫][j]

Movie extracts for pronunciation practice:

[Intensive]FOUR SCORES AND SEVEN YEARS AGO

[Extensive]THEY ARE ALL YOURS

Movie extract for listening comprehension practice:HOW DI IT GO

LESSON 10

Sentence stress(2):logical stress

Syllable elision for function words

Phonemes:[？][ei][？]

Movie extracts for pronunciation practice:

[Intensive]YOU STOOD ME UP

[Extensive]IT'S ALWAYS A VERY MODERN TECHNIQUE

Movie extract for listening comprehension practice:DON'T PARK THAT CLOSE

LESSON 11

Palatalization between[s]and[j]

Elision in auxillary verbs

Phonemes:[u][P][v][z]

Movie extracts for pronunciation practice:

[Intensive]NICE SHOT

[Extensive]I'LL FIND A WAY TO INTRODUCE MYSELF

Movie extract for listening comprehension practice:THE JACKET IS REVERSIBLE

LESSON 12

Weak forms for pronouns

Syllabic and sonants

Phonemes:[？](GB) [？](US) [tr][dz]

Movie extracts for pronunciation practice:

[Intensive]OH,USUAL

[Extensive]AS USUAL

Movie extract for listening comprehension practice:TELL ME MORE

LESSON 13

Summary on back vowels

Back vowels' difference between British and American accents

Vowel elision within unstressed function words or pronouns

Vowels to somewhat a semi-vowels or vice versa

Phonemes:[？][？]

Movie extracts for pronunciation practice:

[Intensive]HE'S BIG FOR HIS AGE

[Extensive]WE SHOULD GET THE MANAGER

Movie extract for listening comprehension practice:LOVING,LOYAL,DEVOTED DOGS

LESSON 14

Liaison between two vowels

Velar to alveolar nasal

Palatalization:

[t]+[j]+v=[t∫]+v

[d]+[j]+v=[？]+v

[s]+[j]+v=[∫]+v

[z]+[j]+v=[？]+v

Phonemes:[？][？]

Movie extracts for pronunciation practice:

[Intensive]HEY,NEIGHBOR!

[Extensive]THAT'S MY SPEECH

Movie extract for listening comprehension practice:OSCAR'S 70-YEAR BIRTHDAY

LESSON 15

Assimilation between two similar consonants

Exception for incomplete explosion

Phonemes:[i？][？][dr]

Distinction between American and British accents on[？]

Distinction between American and British accents on[？]

Movie extracts for pronunciation practice:

[Intensive]MOTHER OF THE YEAR

[Extensive]HOW TOUCHING

Identifying sound changes through a selected VOA broadcasting program

LESSON 16

Phonetic symbols and background information about International Phonetic Alphabet

Broad and narrow transcriptions

Some related distinguished phoneticians and symbols used in some of the most popular American,British and English-Chinese DictionariesReview:A brief summary on sound changes in connective speechIdentifying sound changes through selected VOA broadcasting programsAPPENDIXESⅠ．Lyrics from movie songs and tapes

1．The sound of music

2．Climb every mountain

3．Love will find a way

4．Right here waiting for you

5．Silent night

6．Red river valley

7．Angel

Ⅱ．Technical terms

Ⅲ．Vocabulary