Section 1.

1. Introduction: R(eceived) P(ronunciation) vs. other accents of English.
2. Parts of phonetics: articulatory (speech organs), auditory and acoustic phonetics (waveforms and spectrograms). Software for speech analysis.
3. The representation of sounds: phonemes and allophones. Orthographic representation. The International Phonetic Alphabet. Pronunciation Dictionaries.
4. Description of consonants I. Articulatory correlates of acoustic properties. Voice. Prefortis clipping. Voice Onset Time. Aspiration. Devoicing.
5. Description of consonants II. Articulatory correlates of acoustic properties. Manner.
6. Description of consonants III. Articulatory correlates of acoustic properties. Place.
7. RP vocalic sounds: quantity & quality. Formant structure.
8. The schwa vowel.
9. Weak forms, strong forms and rhythm.

Section 2.

10. Velarisation; lateral and nasal release.
11. Fronting and retraction; frication of /r/.
12. The glottal stop.

Section 3.

13. Elision.
14. Assimilation.
15. /r/ liaison: linking and intrusive /r/.