課程概述 Course Description：
In this course, the main stress will be laid on the development of accurate English pronunciation, natural intonation, understanding and correct command of processes of speech (assimilation, weakening, linking, etc.), as well as basic training in phonetic transcription.
教學目標 Course Objectives：
Tests, home assignments and classwork (80%), midterm examination (0%), final presentations (20%). Late assignment submissions result in grade reduction by 10 points, and failure to submit an assignment or make a presentation will result in the grade “0” (“zero”) for each missed task.
教學內容 Course Outline：
第01週教綱 outline：Introductory remarks. What is pronunciation training, and why does it matter? What pronunciation to teach? Phonics and phonetics. Phonetic transcription. Transcription systems: IPA, KK, DJ, etc. Intonation.
第02週教綱 outline：Major differences between British and American English. Vowels and consonants. Diphthongs and affricates. Sounds difficult for speakers of Chinese. Falling intonation (#24); vowel length before consonants and /s/ ~ /z/ distinction (#26)
第03週教綱 outline：The vowels [] vs. [], minimal pairs: #10. Simple phrases (drills) involving target sounds. Vowel reduction to schwa (#13, 20). The vowels [] (33), [], []: minimal pairs. Drills. Rhotic vowels, vowels next to /r/ (17, 16). Game: competition in creating many words with targe
第04週教綱 outline：The consonants [] and []. Drills. Simple phrases. Tongue-twisters. Falling intonation (22; syllable patterns). Declaratives. Idea of "steps" reviewed (4, 24). Intonation of English sentences. Wh-questions (What is this? What is that? What would you like? Which one would you like? Where i
第05週教綱 outline：The American vowels [ɔː] (#17 part only!), [ɒː] (use word list #21): notes on transcription. Distribution. Word pairs. Compounds (27, 31, HW32). Word stress, sentence stress (35).
第06週教綱 outline：The vowel []: notes for positions before nasals. Limericks: intro.
The vowel []: notes for positions before nasals. Limericks: intro.
第07週教綱 outline：Limericks continued. Release of word-final stops: normally unreleased in American English. Review word stress (compounds vs. descriptive phrases). Test: word-stress (compounds vs. descriptive phrases)
第08週教綱 outline：The consonants [], []. Finding words ending in []. Finding words containing []. Phrasal verbs vs. nouns (3). Accent shifts (23) + words of the pronounce ~ pronunciation, nation ~ national type.
第09週教綱 outline：YES/NO-questions: intonation. Phonology: Aspiration, release (28), glottalization (29), tapping (1, 5). The nt- (8, 9) and nd-clusters. Can ~ can't (18, 19). Test: finishing limericks, marking stressed syllables.
第10週教綱 outline：midterm
第11週教綱 outline：Intonation of listing: rises with a fall in the end. Drills. Simple phrases.
The postvocalic r in American English: transcription and pronunciation. Finding hidden words, practicing pronunciation. Finding words ending in -r (not comparatives or agent nouns!): one team works on words stressed&nb
第12週教綱 outline：Category game: country, nation, language, city, animal, plant, colour. More on syllable: problems in syllable division. Review compound stress (35).
第13週教綱 outline：Consonants /s/ vs. /z/: voicedness (26); types of syllables (review: 22)
第14週教綱 outline：Tag questions: falling or rising intonantion. Difference in meaning. Students ask each other tag questions. "The drunken sailor", simple and as a round.
第15週教綱 outline：Offering, accepting and refusing. Agreeing and disagreeing.
第16週教綱 outline：Review: comparison of AmE and BrE sounds and phonology, intonation review, steps philosophy.
第17週教綱 outline：final examination (oral)
第18週教綱 outline：final examination (written)