
Course Name: English Phonetics Level 7
Level: Secondary 1 – Secondary 2
No. of Lessons: 12 (Suggested)
Lesson Duration: 1 hr 30 mins (Suggested)
Instructors: Native English teachers with a university degree ; related teaching experience, and/or teacher training such as TEFL, TESOL, CELTA, PGDE/PCEd, etc.
課程目標
本課程旨在向學生介紹 48 個英語音標 – 國際音標 (IPA) – 每次學習一至兩個音標,並通過大量練習將字母、拼音和符號聯繫起來。
在課程結束時,學生將能夠:
- 獨自讀出字典中的音標
- 區分相似的發音詞
- 識別同音異義詞、同形異義詞和同音異義詞
- 更加自信和準確地發音和拼寫單詞
- 使用地道的英國發音、語調和口音進行交流
課程特色
每個單元介紹四到五個英文音標——國際音標(IPA)。 每個單元均使用以下結構進行:
- 目標拼音、符號和單詞的介紹
- 配對練習和聆聽辨別練習
- 包含目標拼音的繞口令
- 會話練習和單詞重音練習
- 學生書寫和轉錄音標的鞏固練習
- 每三節課的歌曲鑑賞
課程大綱
Unit 1
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- Target sounds:
– /i:/
– /ɪ/
– /i/
– /e/
– /æ/ - Activities:
– Introduction to phonetics
– Minimal pairs
/i:/ vs. /ɪ/; /e/ vs. /æ/
– Minimal pair exercises
– Listening discrimination
– Tongue twisters
– Speaking practice: Dialogue
– Word stress practice
– Consolidation: Writing phonetic symbols
- Target sounds:
Unit 2
-
- Target sounds:
– /u:/
– /ʊ/
– /ɑ:/
– /ʌ/
– /u/ - Activities:
– Minimal pairs
/u:/ vs. /ʊ/, /ɑ:/ vs. /ʌ/
– Minimal pair exercises
– Listening discrimination
– Tongue twisters
– Speaking practice: Dialogue
– Consolidation: Writing phonetic symbols
– Revision: Transcribing phonetic symbols
- Target sounds:
Unit 3
-
- Target sounds:
– /ɒ/
– /ɔ:/
– /ɜ:/
– schwa /ə/
– /ʊə/ - Activities:
– Minimal pairs
/ɒ/ vs. /ɔ:/ ; /ɜ:/ vs. /ə/
– Minimal pair exercises
– Introducing the /ʊə/ sound
– Listening discrimination
– Speaking practice: Dialogue
– Tongue twisters
– Consolidation: Writing phonetic symbols
– Revision: Transcribing phonetic symbols
– Song appreciation
- Target sounds:
Unit 4
-
- Target sounds:
– /eɪ/
– /aɪ/
– /ɔɪ/
– /aʊ/
– /aʊə/
– /aɪə/ - Activities:
– Minimal pairs
/eɪ/ vs. /aɪ/; /ɔɪ/ vs. /aʊ/
– Minimal pair exercises
– Introducing the /aʊə/ and /aɪə/ sounds
– Listening discrimination
– Speaking practice: Dialogue
– Tongue twisters
– Consolidation: Writing phonetic symbols
– Revision: Transcribing phonetic symbols
- Target sounds:
Unit 5
-
- Target sounds:
– /əʊ/
– /ɪə/
– /eə/ - Activities:
– Minimal pairs
/aʊ/ vs. /əʊ/; /ɪə/ vs. /eə/
– Minimal pair exercises
– Listening discrimination
– Tongue twisters
– Speaking practice: Dialogue
– Consolidation: Writing phonetic symbols
– Revision: Transcribing phonetic symbols
- Target sounds:
Unit 6
-
- Target sounds:
– /p/
– /b/
– /t/
– /d/ - Activities:
– Minimal pairs
/p/ vs. /b/; /t/ vs. /d/
– Minimal pair exercises
– Listening discrimination
– Tongue twisters
– Speaking practice: Dialogue
– Consolidation: Writing phonetic symbols
– Revision: Transcribing phonetic symbols
– Song appreciation
- Target sounds:
Unit 7
-
- Target sounds:
– /k/
– /g/
– /ks/*
– /gz/*
– /h/ - Activities:
– Minimal pairs
/k/ vs. /g/; /h/ vs. (no consonant sounds)
– Minimal pair exercises
– Listening discrimination
– Tongue twisters
– Speaking practice: Dialogue
– Consolidation: Writing phonetic symbols
– Revision: Transcribing phonetic symbols
- Target sounds:
Unit 8
-
- Target sounds:
– /ʃ/
– /tʃ/
– /dʒ/
– /ʒ/ - Activities:
– Minimal pairs
/ʃ/ vs. /tʃ/; /tʃ/ vs. /dʒ/
– Minimal pair exercises
– Listening discrimination
– Tongue twisters
– Speaking practice: Dialogue
– Consolidation: Writing phonetic symbols
– Revision: Transcribing phonetic symbols
- Target sounds:
Unit 9
-
- Target sounds:
– /s/
– /θ/
– /ð/
– /z/ - Activities:
– Minimal pairs
/θ/ vs. /s/; /d/ vs. /ð/; /s/ vs. /z/
– Minimal pair exercises
– Listening discrimination
– Tongue twisters
– Speaking practice: Dialogue
– Consolidation: Writing phonetic symbols
– Revision: Transcribing phonetic symbols
– Song appreciation
- Target sounds:
Unit 10
-
- Target sounds:
– / l/
– /r/
– /m/
– /n/
– /ŋ/ - Activities:
– Minimal pairs
/l/ vs. /n/; /m/ vs. /n/; /n/ vs. /ŋ/
– Minimal pair exercises
– Listening discrimination
– Tongue twisters
– Speaking practice: Dialogue
– Consolidation: Writing phonetic symbols
– Revision: Transcribing phonetic symbols
- Target sounds:
Unit 11
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- Target sounds:
– /f/
– /v/
– /w/
– /kw/*
– /j/ - Activities:
– Minimal pairs
/f/ vs. /v/ ; /w/ vs. /j/ ; /*kw/ vs. /k/
– Minimal pair exercises
– Listening discrimination
– Tongue twisters
– Speaking practice: Dialogue
– Consolidation: Writing phonetic symbols
– Revision: Transcribing phonetic symbols
- Target sounds:
Unit 12
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- Target sounds: Revision
- Activities:
– Pronunciation of the –ed endings
– Commonly mispronounced words
– Homonyms, homophones and homographs
– Post-course assessment
• Listening discrimination
• Writing phonetic symbols
– Song appreciation
*/ks/, /gz/ and /kw/ are not pure phonemes.