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