A Course in English Phonetics / Tet R. Kansakar.

1- AN OVERVIEW OF ARTICULATORY PHONETICS:
1.1- The airstream mechanism;
1.2- The organs of speech;
1.3- Place of articulation;
1.4- Manner of articulation exercises;

2- THE CONSONANTS OF ENGLISH:
2.1- Classification of consonant sounds;
2.2- Description of consonant sounds;
2.3- Co-articulation exercises
performance exercises;

3- THE VOWEL SOUNDS OF ENGLISH:
3.1- Articulation of vowels;
3.2- Cardinal;
3.3- Classification and description of vowels;
3.4- Vowel length;
3.5- Diphthongs or vowels glides exercises;
Performance exercises;

4- PHONOLOGY AND PHONETICS TRANSCRIPTION:
4.1- The phonology of english;
4.2- Transcription of vowels;
4.3- Transcription of vowels;
Exercises;

5- THE SYLLABLE AND CONSONANT CLUSTER IN ENGLISH:
5.1- Composition of the syllable;
5.2- Consonant cluster of english;
Exercises;

6- ACCENT ENGLISH:
6.1- Segment length;
6.2- Word accent;
6.3- Accent and rhythm;
6.4- Strong and weak forms;
Exercises;

7- INTONATION AND MEANING:
7.1- Pitch and intonation ;
7.2- Tonic syllable and tonic group;
7.3- Intonation and sentence contexts;
7.4- Assimilation and elision;
Exercises;

8- SPOKEN ENGLISH IN SOUTH ASIAN CONTEXTS:
8.1- Varieties of english pronunciation;
8.2- Standard and intelligibility in speech;
8.3- Mother tongue influence on spoken english;
8.4- Main deviations from standard english;
8.5- Summary of recommendations;
Performance exercises;

9- PHONETICS TRANSCRIPTION AND PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE:
9.1- Phonetics symbols;
9.2- vowel and consonant drills;
9.3- Elision, stress and intonation practice;
9.4 Connected texts and dialogues

Key To Exercises;
Bibliography;
Index.

This book is an attempt to explain the basics of speech production, identify area of pronunciation and intonation that affects intelligibility among non-native speakers of english and suggest remedial measures to overcome these problems. It is an introdtory textbooks for undergraduate students with a focus on the major problems faced by learners of english. its most remarkable features is that along with theoretical description a large number of performance exercises and drills in pronunciation and intonation has been included.