Practical course in English phonetics

Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Course Objectives
1.2 Components of Human Speech Production
1.3 The International Phonetic Alphabet
1.4 Received Pronunciation （RP） and General American （GA）

Chapter 2 Articulation and Description of English Vowels
2.1 Monophthongs
2.1.1 Front vowels
2.1.2 Central Vowels
2.1.3 Back Vowels
2.2 Diphthongs:
2.3 Practice and Exercises
Chapter 3 Articulation and Description of English Consonants
3.1 Classification of consonants
3.2 Consonants
3.2.1 Plosives（Stop Consonants）
3.2.2 Fricatives
3.2.3 Lateral
3.2.4 Nasals
3.2.5 Affricates
3.2.6 Semi-Vowels
3.3 Practice and Exercises

Chapter 4 Aspects of Connected Speech
4.1 Stress
4.1.1 Word Stress
4.1.2 Sentence Stress
4.2 Rhythm
4.3 Assimilation
4.4 Linking
4.5 Practice and Exercises

Chapter 5 Intonation
5.1 What is intonation？
5.2 The forms of intonation
5.3 Intonation group
5.4 The functions and uses of intonation
5.5 Practice and Exercises
Glossary
Bibliography