week 1

English phonetics and phonology, subdivision and some basic terminology

week 2

Relationship between speech and writing; IPA and types of transcription

week 3

Speech organs and speech production

week 4

English vocalic system - vowel quality

week 5

English vocalic system - vowel quantity; diphthongs and triphthongs

week 6

General classification of English consonants

week 7

English plosives (aspiration, stop releases)

week 8

English fricatives and affricates

week 9

English nasals, lateral and approximants

week 10

Allophonic variation

week 11

Connected speech - assimilation

week 12

Connected speech - linking and elision