Seminar preparation 1

WEEK	PREPARATION: COURSEBOOK READINGS & HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS


1	Introduction
	No preparation

2	Accents, phonemes & phonemic transcription
	COURSEBOOK: 1. Introduction HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT 1: Reasons why the English language is hard to learn

3	The production of speech sounds
	COURSEBOOK: 2. The production of speech sounds HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT 2: Fun Poem about English Pronunciation

4	Long vowels, diphthongs and triphthongs
	COURSEBOOK: 3. Long vowels, diphthongs and triphthongs HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT 3: Phonemic transcription
5	Voicing and consonants
	COURSEBOOK: 4. Voicing and consonants HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT 4: Phonemic transcription

6	Phonemes & symbols
	COURSEBOOK: 5. Phonemses and symbols

7	Mid-semester test on topics 1 -- 6

8	Fricatives and affricates
	COURSEBOOK: 6. Fricatives and affricates

9	Nasals and other consonats
	COURSEBOOK: 7. Nasals and other consonants

10	The syllable

11	Strong and weak syllables

12	Stress in simple words

13	Revision