English IPA Pronunciation Course

I am teaching a pronunciation course these days. The aim of the course is to help participants learn the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) sounds and their corresponding English letters. It is expected that by the end of the course participants will be able to

• recognise the IPA symbols and their frequently associated spelling patterns so that learners can check up words in a dictionary and pronounce them accurately

• understand the relationship between sounds and spelling patterns of words
• differentiate the 44 phoneme sounds of English
• identify the syllables in words and phrases
• read words and phrases with appropriate stress, andcontinue with the learning of pronunciation independently.

The total duration of the course is twenty hours. It takes ten sessions to complete the course. I will share more with you - how I prepare for all the ten sessions of the course in the coming ten days. I will also share how the participants react to some of the learning tasks and the in-class activities I've prepared for them.