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English Pronunciation
summer sessions
National Taipei University of Education
If you have any questions, please contact ckliu@mail.ntpu.edu.tw

Click the syllabus to download the brief version of syllabus that describe the general ideas of what we plan to do in this class. Click detailed syllabus to see the details of what is scheduled to do each week. All the assigned readings and homework will be posted on the detailed syllabus.
If you need to convert wave files into mp3 files, download mp3creator here; if you need IPA fonts, click IPA for the zipped files.

Materials in class
Vowels and consonants
stress and intonation
IPA and transcription
The vowels (with allophone rules)
The consonants (with allophone rules)
Assigned readings
Chapter 3
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Teaching Pronunciation
Reading 1
English phonetics 1
English phonetics 2
English phonetics 3
English Phonetics 4
Pronunciation 1
Pronunciation 2
Pronunciation 3
Assignment & exams
Chart 1
sample 1(male); sample 2(female) for "heed, hade, low, who'd, hot"

The sound files
Click the sounds to listen to and imitate
The sound samples for analyses

Praat
Download Praat here.
Praat is one of the best instrument designed for analyzing sound and pitch. And it is "FREE." Thanks to Paul and his colleague who spent time and energy developing this program and help us see more of the physical features of each sound.