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VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI
UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
COURSEOUTLINE
PRONUNCIATION ONLINE
Hanoi, 2014

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1. COURSE DESCRIPTION
- Course Name: PRONUNCIATION ONLINE Code: Number of credits: 3
- Course status: Compulsory  Optional 
2. COURSE OBJECTIVES
According to the CEFR (B1) of the Council of Common Europe, by the end of the first
semester, first -year students should be able to:
2.1. Knowledge
- Have understandable pronunciation of English sounds (vowels and consonants) even if
occasional mispronunciation occurs.
- Generally understand and follow lectures delivered in English by teachers.
- Generally distinguish varieties of English.
- Generally understand transcription, word stress, sentence stress, strong form, weak form,
rhythm, linking, and intonation.
2.2. Skills
- Be used to working by him/herself and in a group as well.
- Be introduced to the different, most widely recognized accents such as British English and
American English.
- Maintain a conversation or discussion, but may sometimes be difficult to follow when
trying to say exactly what he/she would like.
- Achieve high level of pronunciation with excellence in some difficult sounds such as
vowels, consonants and ending sounds, etc. that make him/herself be well understood.
Besides, other supra-segmentals are gradually formed in student’s speech.
2.3. Attitudes and attendance
- Be serious in studying, attend the class regularly, and actively participate the lessons.
- Be cooperative in pair work and group work.
- Be eager to learn new things relating to the theme.
- Be well motivated in self-study.

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3. DETAILED COURSE CONTENT
Week Theme Note
1. Introduction to Pronunciation
English sounds
Students are
required to
remember 44 sounds
2. Sound No. 1 - /i:/; Sound No. 2 - /ɪ/; Sound No. 3 - /e/;
Sound No. 4 - /æ/; Sound No. 5 - /ə/; Sound No. 6 - /ɜ:/
3. Sound No. 7 - /ʌ/; Sound No. 8 - /u:/; Sound No. 9 - /ʊ/;
Sound No. 10 - /ɔ:/; Sound No. 11 - /ɒ/; Sound No. 12 - /ɑ:/
4. Sound No. 13 - /eə/; Sound No. 14 - /ɪə/;
Sound No. 15 - /ʊə/; Sound No. 16 - /eɪ/;
Sound No. 17 - /aɪ/; Sound No. 18 - /ɔɪ/;
Sound No. 19 - /əʊ/; Sound No. 20 - /aʊ/
5. Sound No. 21 - /b/; Sound No. 22 - /p/; Sound No. 23 - /d/;
Sound No. 24 - /t/; Sound No. 25 - /g/; Sound No. 26 - /k/;
Sound No. 27 - /f/; Sound No. 28 - /v/
6. Sound No. 29 - /θ/; Sound No. 30 - /ð/; Sound No. 31 - /s/;
Sound No. 32 - /z/; Sound No. 33 - /ʃ/; Sound No. 34 - /ʒ/;
Sound No. 35 - /h/
7. Sound No. 36 - /tʃ/; Sound No. 37 - /dʒ/;
Sound No. 38 - /m/; Sound No. 39 - /n/;
Sound No. 40 - /ŋ/; Sound No. 41 - /l/;
Sound No. 42 - /w/; Sound No. 43 - /r/; Sound No. 44 - /j/
8. Transcription Phonemic
transcription or
broad transcription
9. Word Stress Students remember
rules and practise

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10. Beyond stress Students remember
rules and practise
11. Strong forms vs. Weak forms Students remember
rules and practise
12. Rhythm + linking + Reduction Students remember
rules and practise
13. Introduction to Intonation Students remember
rules and practise
14. Revision, Wrap-up and Evaluation
15. FEEDBACK
4. MATERIALS
4.1. Required materials:
 Pronunciation Course compiled and edited by Khoa Anh Viet.
4.2. Supplementary materials:
 Ship or Sheep.
 Pronunciation In Use
 Pronunciation Power
 BBC Learning English
 Keyman
 Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary
All these materials can be downloaded from English I’s blog at www.englishonecfl.com
(English Pronunciation Section).
5. COURSE POLICY AND REQUIREMENT OF LECTURERS

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These are some requirements for the course:
 Register to Pronunciation Online Course in Moodle;
 Actively participate the entire lessons;
 Complete all compulsory activities;
 Receiving mark 0 for such action of copying others’ work, or failing to meet the
deadline for assignment.
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6. COURSE ASSESSMENT
Quiz No. 1 (Introduction) 4.00
Quiz No. 2 (Single vowels) 4.00
Quiz No. 3 (Single vowels) 4.00
Quiz No. 4 (Double vowels) 4.00
Quiz No. 5 (Consonants) 4.00
Quiz No. 6 (Consonants) 4.00
Quiz No. 7 (Consonants) 4.00
Quiz No. 8 (Stress) 4.00
Quiz No. 9 (Beyond Word Stress) 2.00
Quiz No. 10 (Strong forms vs. Weak forms) 2.00
Quiz No. 11 (Rhythm, linking, reduction) 2.00
Quiz No. 12 (Intonation) 2.00
Record Your Voice: /i:/; /ɪ/; /e/; /æ/; /ə/; /ɜ:/ 6.00
Record Your Voice: /ʌ/; /ɑ:/; /u:/; /ʊ/; /ɔ:/; /ɒ/ 6.00
Record Your Voice: /eə/; /ɪə/; /ʊə/; /eɪ/; /aɪ/; /ɔɪ/; /əʊ/; /aʊ/ 6.00
Record Your Voice: /b/; /p/; /d/; /t/; /g/; /k/; /f/; /v/ 6.00
Record Your Voice: /θ/; /ð/; /s/;/ʒ/; /z/; /ʃ/; /h/ 6.00
Record Your Voice: /tʃ/; /dʒ/; /m/; /n/; /ŋ/; /l/; /w/; /r/; /j/ 6.00
Writing Transcription 6.00
Record Your Voice: Word Stress 6.00
Record Your Voice: Reading A Passage 6.00

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Record Your Voice: Reading A Dialogue 6.00
Course total
100