English phonetics and phonology in use (ENP102)
Vietnamese title: Thực hành ngữ âm và âm vị học tiếng Anh
Credits: 3

Description:
Objectives: Help students develop clear and intelligible English pronunciation with a neutral and comprehensible accent.
Help students recognize and produce individual English consonant sounds, including place of articulation, manner of articulation, voicing contrasts, aspiration, difficult contrasts (/θ/–/s/, /ʃ/–/s/, /r/–/l/…) (e.g., /θ/–/s/, /ʃ/–/s/, /r/–/l/)
Help students identify diversity of sound systems.
Help students know how to use AI-assisted tools to practice pronunciation tools (e.g., ELSA, SpeechAce, Speechling) to receive instant feedback, identify mispronounced sounds, and improve segmental features.
Help students know how to recognize and produce correct word stress, sentence stress, weak forms, linking, and rhythm.
Help students know how to practice shadowing with AI-generated audio to improve naturalness and speech fluency.
Help students know how to distinguish segmental features
Help students know how to diagnose personal listening weaknesses through AI performance analytics.
Help students know how to develop self-learning habits using AI apps for daily pronunciation practice.
'-Description: 'This course covers key features of English pronunciation, including consonants, vowels, diphthongs, sound combinations, word and sentence stress, rhythm, intonation, tone, accents, and phonemic symbols. Students develop clearer and more fluent speech through practical exercises and AI-supported pronunciation practice.
'-Teaching method: optional
'- Apply AI tools effectively to support self-study, self-practice.

Learning outcomes:
Recognize and accurately produce consonant sounds of English, and differentiate them clearly in both spoken and written (IPA) forms, with support from AI pronunciation feedback tools.
Recognize and accurately produce vowel sounds of English, and distinguish vowel contrasts through listening and transcription tasks supported by AI analysis.
Recognize and accurately produce diphthongs and triphthongs of English, and demonstrate clear differences between similar complex vowels using AI-assisted pronunciation practice.
Demonstrate fluency and appropriate prosody—intonation patterns, sentence stress—to express different meanings and emotions in spoken English, using AI models for practice and comparison.
Apply rules of connected speech (linking, assimilation, elision, weak forms) to produce smoother and more natural speech, with reinforcement from AI-based listening and speaking tools.
Collaborate effectively in pairs and groups to practice pronunciation, solve phonetic/phonological tasks, provide peer feedback, and engage in sustained pronunciation improvement supported by AI-enhanced learning resources.

Student tasks:
- Attend at least 80% of contact hours in order to be accepted to the final examination
'- Actively participate in class activities
'- Fulfill tasks given by instructor after class
'- Use their own laptops and headphones in class only for learning purposes
'- Use AI tools effectively and responsibly
'- Read the textbook in advance

Tools:
1. AI Tools for pronunciation practice & phonetic transcription
- ChatGPT – giải thích quy tắc IPA, tạo bảng âm, sửa lỗi phát âm
- YouGlish (AI-indexed examples) – nghe mẫu phát âm thật theo ngữ cảnh
- Elsa Speak / Speechling – luyện phát âm với phản hồi AI
- IPA Transcriber AI – tự động chuyển văn bản sang phiên âm IPA
- Praat + AI-assisted plugins – phân tích sóng âm, formant, pitch
2. AI Tools for creating interactive exercises
- ChatGPT – tạo bài tập nhận diện âm, minimal pairs, stress patterns
- Twee – tạo bài trắc nghiệm minimal pairs, word stress
- Quizizz AI – tạo quiz nghe–chọn âm, phân biệt âm dễ nhầm
- Edpuzzle AI – tạo bài nghe dựa trên video phát â
- Genially AI – làm bài tập kéo–thả IPA hoặc matching
3. AI Tools for visualizing speech sounds & articulation
- VocalImage / AnatomyNext – mô phỏng 3D articulators
- Wakaru / SoundLab AI – hình ảnh hóa sóng âm, formant, spectrogram
- Canva AI – tạo infographic về vowel chart / consonant chart
- Descript – tạo audio waveform và chỉnh sửa giọng bằng AI

Materials:
description: Class Audios
description: Collins Work on Your… - Accent : B1-C2
author: Helen Aston & Sarah Shepherd
publisher: Collins
isbn: 978-0-00-837547-8
description: DVD videos

Assessments:
category: Assignment(s)
type: on-going
weight: 30.0
question_type: LO1, LO2 , LO4, LO5, LO6
no_question: Teachers can flexibly choose different formats for students to complete the assignment. Here are some suggestions for teachers to choose:Suggestion 1: Students record speakers who have mispronunciations (they can be students from outside the class or students within the class) and use those recordings as the main material for creating the pronunciation guide. Those short clips should only be used as practice examples or for comparison with the mispronounced samples. The content should focus only on analyzing consonant and vowel sounds.Students analyze the clip focusing only on the content they have learned:A. Consonant Sounds· Identify and list examples of consonants in the clip that are commonly difficult for Vietnamese learners (e.g., /θ/, /ð/, /ʃ/, /tʃ/, /ʒ/, /v/, /z/, final stops /p t k/, etc.).· Provide short IPA transcriptions only for word-level items, not full sentences.· Identify misleading spellings (e.g., “knife” /naɪf/)B. Vowel Sounds· Identify key vowel sounds in the clip that differ significantly from Vietnamese vowels.· Provide minimal IPA transcription of sample words (e.g., ship vs sheep, cup vs calf).· Comment briefly on vowel length contrasts or tense vs. lax vowel differences, if applicable.No analysis of diphthongs, triphthongs, stress, linking, rhythm, or intonation.Group Collaboration:Work in teams of 3–4 to compile findings and present them in a short video or slide presentation.Suggestion 2:Students work in pairs and make a dialogue in which they should use the following aspects of sounds (the same as Speaking part 1 in FE)- Vowels- Consonants- Dipthongs- Elision- Linking consonant sounds to vowel sounds- Intrusion- Assimilation
knowledge_and_skill: Flexible
grading_guide: Based on topics of studied units
note: Flexible
category: Progress Test 1
type: on-going
weight: 15.0
duration: 30 mins
question_type: LO1
no_question: Multiple Choice Questions
knowledge_and_skill: 30
grading_guide: Test the acquainted knowledge which student obtained in the delivered units .
note: Paper test sheets and audios
category: Progress Test 2
type: on-going
weight: 15.0
duration: 30 mins
question_type: LO1, LO2, LO3
no_question: Multiple Choice Questions
knowledge_and_skill: 30
grading_guide: Test the acquainted knowledge which student obtained in the delivered units.
note: Paper test sheets and audios
category: Final Exam
type: Final exam
weight: 40.0
duration: ~20 mins
question_type: LO1 -> LO6
no_question: Oral exam – In pairs and in person. Part 1: Each student performs a pronunciation and analysis task based on a prepared script. (Individual) Part 2: Students perform a role-play simulating a real-life conversation. (Pair)
knowledge_and_skill: 4
grading_guide: Part 1: One script (150 words) to read aloud per student + One individual analysis task. Part 2: One role-play per pair.
note: Exam room
Structure
Face-to-face oral exam
2 parts:
Part 1 – Individual Task (7 minutes per student, including 2 minutes for preparation)
Part 2 – Pair Task (7 minutes per pair, including 3 minutes for preparation)
Pairing
Students are paired randomly before the exam.
If the number is odd → examiner can call a volunteer to step in as a partner.
Timing
Part 1 (Individual): 7 minutes per student.
Part 2 (Pair): 7 minutes per pair.
Total: ~20 minutes for a whole part
Equipment
Cue cards (printed passages and role-play scenarios).
Timer/stopwatch (examiner's device)
Exam Sets
Part 1 – Individual Task (Reading + Analysis): prepare 10 short passages (~150 words, same difficulty).
Part 2 – Pair Task (Role-play): prepare 6–8 role-play situations (e.g., complimenting, job interview, ordering food, customer service, travel inquiry, weekend planning, etc.).
Retake Policy:
Student will be marked personally => If only one student in the course fails, the retake will be done as a pair with the examiner.

Schedule:
session: Course Introduction
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materials: ENP102_1
session: Getting Started
Section A: The Anatomy of Speech
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session: Unit 1: Pet and Bet
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session: Unit 2: To and Do
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session: Unit 3: Cot and Got
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session: Unit 4: Me
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session: Unit 5: No
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session: Unit 6: SiNG
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session: Unit 7: Soon and Zoom
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session: Unit 8: Fast and Vast
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session: Unit 9: Choke and Joke
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session: Unit 10: Thin and This
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session: Unit 11: Shine and Treasure
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session: Unit 12: Love
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session: Unit 13: Hill
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session: Unit 14: Hello
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session: Unit 15: Yes
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session: Unit 16: Week
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session: Unit 17: Rock
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session: Unit 18: The spoken and the silent r
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session: Review and Progress Test 1
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session: Unit 19: Nurse
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session: Unit 20: Kit
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session: Unit 21: Sheep
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session: Unit 22: Dress
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session: Unit 23: Cap
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session: Unit 24: Cup
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session: Unit 25: Bath
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session: Unit 26: Foot
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session: Unit 27: Goose
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session: Unit 28: Lot
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session: Unit 29: Thought
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session: Unit 30: Goat
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session: Unit 31: Mouth
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session: Unit 32: Face
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session: Unit 33: Price
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session: Unit 34: Choice
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session: Unit 35: Near
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session: Unit 36: Hair
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session: Unit 37: Cure
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session: Unit 38: More about Vovel Sounds
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session: Review and Progress Test 2
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session: Unit 39: Why is stress so important?
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session: Unit 40: The Schwa
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session: Unit 41: Word Stress
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session: Unit 42: Irregularities in word stress
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session: Unit 43: Sentence Stress
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session: Unit 44: Putting word stress and Sentence stress together
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session: Unit 45: It's not what you say, but the way thay you say it
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session: Unit 46: The rollercoaster of English Speech
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session: Unit 47: The intonation in action
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session: Unit 48: Connecting your Speech
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session: Unit 49: Consonant Clusters
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session: Unit 50: Silent Letters
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session: Unit 51: ed Word Endings
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session: Unit 52: Vovel Clipping in Action
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session: Unit 53: Linking Sounds
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session: Unit 54: Changing Sounds
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session: Unit 55: Disappearing Sounds
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session: Review Unit 1 -> Unit 55
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