English Phonetics Course Description

Course Title: English Phonetics

Course Prerequisites:

Total Semester Credit Hours: 16

Lecture Hours: 16

Experiment/Computer Hours:

Credit: 1.0

Major: English

Course Description:

    English Phonetics is a foundation course that helps English majors to understand some fundamental phonetic theories and, by means of pronunciation practice, after-class listening, imitation and reading, acquire solid skills in pronunciation and intonation. Students improve their skills of speaking as a progression to their future English learning.

Textbooks and Course Materials:

1.   秦小怡. 英语语音技能教程（第3版）[M]. 北京：北京语言大学出版社, 2015.

2.   李正栓，张敬彩. 英语语音简明教程 [M]. 上海：上海交通大学出版社, 2012.

3.   贝壳，戈德斯坦. 剑桥国际英语语音教程（汉译版）（美音版）（第二版）[M]. 北京：北京语言大学出版社, 2012.

4.   贝壳. 剑桥国际英语语音教程Ship or Sheep（英音版）（汉译版）（第三版）[M]. 北京：北京语言大学出版社, 2011.

Written by: Huang Ping