1. EDUC 1204 - Session 1 1. Course outline, introductions
2. Phonemes as the building blocks of meaning
3. Classifying speech sounds (phonemes)
4. The phoneme inventories of English and Cantonese
5. Deciphering Yale Cantonese text
break (feel free to copy powerpoints)
6. Deciphering English phonemic text
7. In-class writing exercise
8. Home activities: dictionary work and phoneme grid game

2. Introducing Yourself Please let us know:
 Your name (to be used in this class)
 What you hope to achieve on this course
 How you are perceived by other people
 Something unusual, surprising or secret about yourself
 Any other relevant information

5. Geoff Smith: Contact Information
Office Phone: (part time only)

7. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northern England

9. What is the adjective describing the following?
Teeth
Dental
Lips
Labial
Lips and teeth
Labio-dental

10. Tooth ridge (behind top teeth)
Alveolar
Roof of the mouth (palate)
Palatal
Back of the roof of the mouth (velum)
Velar
Nose
Nasal

11. Glottis
Glottal
Tongue
Lingual
Many tongues
Multilingual
Between the teeth
Inter-dental

12. What kind of phoneme is being described here?
An open sound where the air flow is not significantly obstructed?
Vowel
A sound where the air flow is impeded
Consonant

13. A sound where air flows through the nose
Nasal
A sound where the air is completely stopped and then released
Stop
A sound where air is squeezed or scraped
Fricative

14. A phoneme consisting of a double vowel sound
Diphthong
A sound that begins like a stop and then continues like a fricative
Affricate

15. Self-study activities
1. Look up the words on p. 9 in a dictionary and be prepared to pronounce them accurately in the next class
2. Look at the grid of phonemic symbols on p. 10 and try to find ten names of birds