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

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

Geoff Smith: Contact Information E-mail: gpssmith@hkucc.hku.hk Office Phone: 2859-2034 (part time only)

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northern England

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

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

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

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

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

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

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