SYLLABUS: PRONUNCIATION

Part 1: Course Information

Course Description:
Objectives:
- Improve pronunciation/awareness of sounds, intonation, stress...
- Distinguish some vowels and consonants with their confusing sounds
- Know exactly how to read transcription and pronounce words
Course length:
15 hours (90 minutes per lesson x 10 lessons)
Timetable:
- Starting date:
- Finish date:

Course Materials:
- Textbook: Ship or sheep, Tree or three, Pronunciation pairs, English pronunciation in use (elementary)
- Extra sites for reference:

Examination:
- Mid-term test (Optional): on the 5th lesson
- Assessment for each student will be made continuously by teacher from lesson number 5 to the last. The final result is the average mark of
the 5 lessons. Teacher makes comment on study attitude and academic improvement. The result should be resent via emails to the
Academic division THREE days at the latest (after the test date) to be informed to students and parents.
Part 2: Course Outline
No Units Content Division of teachers’ tasks

Vietnamese teacher (VT): Overview of the

- Letters and sounds
phonemic chart and some relevant
 Spelling & Pronunciation - The differences between Vietnamese pronunciation terms. (page 1-3 from available
1 materials)
sounds and English sounds
Foreign teacher (FT): Exercise section from
- Overview of the phonemic chart
page 3-4 (available materials)

VT: comparison, sound and spelling sections

 Pizza for Dinner /i:/ /i/ (referential) of 2 pairs /i:/ /i/ and /u:/ /ʊ/
2  A Spoonful of
Sugar /u:/ /ʊ/ /p/ /b/, /t/ /d/ FT: Exercise sections (page 2, 4, 5, 6) Mainly
focus on the speaking practice on page 5, 6.

 Father and VT: comparison, sound and spelling sections

Mother
/ɑː/ /ʌ/ (referential) of 2 pairs /ɑː/ /ʌ/ and /ɒ/ /ɔː/
3 Monothongs
 A Dog in the FT: Exercise sections (page 2, 4, 5, 6) Mainly
/ɒ/ /ɔː/ /k/ /g/, /f/ /v/
Corner focus on the speaking practice on page 5, 6.

VT: comparison, sound and spelling sections

 Bread and Jam
/e/ /æ/ (referential) of 2 pairs /e/ /æ/ and /ɜː/ /ə/
4 My mother’s
/ɜː/ /ə/ /θ/ /ð/, /s/ /z/ FT: Exercise sections (page 2, 5, 6) Mainly
birthday
focus on the speaking practice on page 5, 6.
 VT: comparison, sound and spelling sections
of 3 sounds /eɪ/ /aɪ/ /ɔɪ/ + invigilate the
/eɪ/ /aɪ/ /ɔɪ/
5  Have a Great midterm test
Time! Midterm test FT: Exercise sections (page 2, 3, 4) Mainly
focus on the speaking practice on page 3, 4
Diphthongs
VT: comparison, sound and spelling sections
of 2 pairs /ɪə/ /eə/and /əʊ/ /aʊ/
 Here and There /ɪə/ /eə/ (referential)
6 FT: Exercise sections (page 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
 Old Town /əʊ/ /aʊ/ /ʃ/ /ʒ/, /tʃ/ /dʒ/ Mainly focus on the speaking practice on page
4, 5, 6.

VT: comparison, sound and spelling sections

/m/ /n/ /ŋ/ /h/
7 Other consonants of the given sounds.
/l/ /r/ /w/ /j/ FT: Exercise sections (page 4, 5, 6, 7)

VT: section I – word stress and exercise

1, 2, 3 (page 2)
Stressed syllables in words
8 Stress section II – sentence stress and exercise 1,
Stressed words in a sentence 2 (page 5)

FT: The rest of the exercise sections

9 Revision  Monothongs VT: Review the phonemic chart +
 Diphthongs exercise 1, 2, 3, 4
  Consonants (plosive and fricative) FT: Exercise 5, 6, 7, 8
 Practice speaking and reading passages
aloud

10 Final test

Notes:

 The contents in red are the main purpose of each lesson. The referential parts are the optional contents that teachers may
flexibly explain to students.
 All the materials for teaching are available.