Spoken English Free Textbook

Module 1 Fundamental Concepts and Definitions

Unit 1 Speech in Human Communication

Unit 2 The English Sound System

Unit 3 Introduction to Phonetic Transcription

Unit 4

The Human Organs of Speech

Module 2

The English Consonants

Unit 1 Parameters for the Classification of the Consonants

Unit 2

Detailed Description of the English Consonants

Module 3

Detailed Description of the English Vowels

Unit 1 Parameters for the Classification of the English Vowels

Unit 2

Detailed Descriptions of the Vowels

Module 4

The Syllable and Stress in Spoken English

Unit 1 The Syllable

Unit 2 Word Stress

Unit3 Emphatic and Sentence Stress

Unit 4

Problems in Phonemic Analysis

Module 5

Intonation in Spoken English

Unit 1 Definition and Functions of Intonation

Unit 2 Patterns of Intonation; the Falling tune and Rising tune.

Unit 3 Patterns of Intonation; the Falling-Rising Tune and the

Rising-Falling Tune.