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This unit refreshed my memory. of phonetics & pronunciation, both of which I had studied intently in a series of linguistics courses in college. It first goes through the difference between intonation and stress; the former referring to an entire sentence, whereas the latter being monosyllabic (but could appear in multiple words). For each of these, not only are the different types of intonation and the reasons for stress covered in the depth, we are also given techniques for teaching these such as gesturing for intonation or contrastive stress for stress.
The lesson then goes through the phonetic alphabet, which is considered the universal system for phonetic symbols of English. This is extremely useful considering how words in English that are spelled similarly (e.g. tough, bough, through, dough) can be pronounced very differently. Having one universal set of sounds makes it easier for everyone to be on the same page and remember the appropriate sounds.
The final portion of this chapter covers actual sound articulation/ production in detail. The different places and manners of articulation are discussed in this section. For example, the place of articulation refers to where in the mouth the sound actually is produced, whereas the manner of articulation is how that sound is produced. For 'f'- we generally being the top teeth in contact with the lower lips before we can make the sound (where the sound happens = place) and we push air through an obstruction to actually make the sound (how the sound happens = manner). There is a final section devotes to techniques for teaching pronunciation which range from peer dictation to tongue twisters. As for when to teach pronunciation, teachers decide whether they want to devote an entire lesson to it, only a part of a lesson, or only correct it as it comes up.
