INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET IN THE COURSE ON ENGLISH PHONETICS FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Abstract

The research is dedicated to a question of teaching practical and theoretical phonetics to students, who major in teaching English. A problem of effectiveness of teaching phonetics is solved through elaborating the contents of the Course of Practical Phonetics. The author proposes to master skills of English transcription in students through the process of learning part of the International Phonetic Alphabet. The paper introduces letters of the IPA for vowels and consonants, as well as symbols to be used as diacritics, which enhance the learning process of methods of transcription. The work demonstrates the use of new ways in mastering the skill of reading and writing transcription (with and without the use of digital technologies) through certain types of exercises targeting at reinforcing and controlling the acquisition of material. The researcher shares her experience of arranging anonymous polls in a public channel that reinforce skills of transcription, syllabic division and marking intonation of speech units.