Phonetics and phonology - Introduction

Goals

• Understand the difference between phonetics and phonology
• Explore the ways that we can write sounds down, using the phonetic alphabet
• Apply this knowledge to a text and consider some of the stylistic effects of sound choices

Lesson Plan

This lesson plan is split into sections, and includes enough material for around 3 hours of teaching: (1) a starter activity (group discussion); (2) an explanation of phonetics and phonology; (3) vowels; (4) consonants; (5) a transcripti

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