Advanced Certificate in Phonetics & Phonology

This course is particularly suitable for

those who have completed a certificate level course and who wish to deepen their knowledge in this area.

It will also appeal to those who wish to show evidence of C.P.D. -(Continuing Professional Development)

It is available to both native and non-native speakers

The assignments are both varied and challenging and are designed to allow the student to explore phonology and the teaching of pronunciation in considerable depth

Duration

60-hour course

Topics

Part 1

Vowels: theory & practice

Consonants: theory & Practice

Part 2

intonation

word stress

flapping

glotalisation

Part 3

elision

assimilation

catenation

intrusion

weak forms

sentence stress

Part 4

differences between General American English and Received Pronunciation