Course Information
Registration period
Year-round Recruitment
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
1 Hour(s) 34 Minute(s)
Language
English
Taught by
David Varney
Rating
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Course Overview
Learn the basics of IPA
This course is an introduction to the International Phonetic Alphabet. The International Phonetic Alphabet or IPA is a collection of symbols that represent all of the sounds that human beings make in the use of language.
This course will go over the symbols needed for American English. The symbols that are learned in this course, however, are applicable to all other languages. Every symbol represents one sound across all languages.
That being the case, this course serves as in introduction to some of the sounds on the IPA chart and after they have been learned they can be applied to the IPA of other languages and other and accents and dialects.
Not only does this course go over the sounds and symbols that are needed for American English IPA, there are also four different transcription activities so that students can practice and apply what they have been learning.
This course is good for:
The non-native english speaker who wants to master American English Pronunciation.
The student who wants to learn the basics of American English IPA so they can use that as a jumping off point for IPA in other languages.
The student who wants to learn the basics of American English IPA so that they can use that as a jumping off point for IPA in studying accents and dialects.
Course Content
- 5 section(s)
- 19 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Introduction
- Section 2 The Main Symbols and Their Sounds
- Section 3 Pronunciation Aspects of Spoken Standard American English
- Section 4 Details of IPA Symbols and Charts
- Section 5 In Depth Transcription and Pronunciation Practice
What You’ll Learn
- Use the symbols you have learned in this course for other accents, dialects and languages.
- You will be able to identify and write the symbols of IPA as they relate to Standard American English.
- You will be able to make and recognize the sounds and symbols of IPA as they relate to Standard American English.
- Write your own transcriptions of different passages of poetry and other pieces of literature.
Skills covered in this course
Reviews
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SSam Latture
Because the instructor is clear and easy to understand.
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AAlice Bagnall
The transcription tasks with the poetry/texts were really helpful.
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RRhe C.
Very easy to understand, learned a lot in such a short time. It was actually quite entertaining. I just wish there were more quizzes. Like for consonant sounds and then towards a more challenging quiz like a word or sentences. Just enough for those who doesn't have a paper or pen on hand while learning.
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IIvy
great on explaining the concept. but it was a little rush at the end of the course.
