This pedagogical book is designed to assist first-year Licence EFL students studying English as a Foreign Language (EFL). Its main goal is to help them gain a foundational understanding of English phonetics. It aims to enable students to accurately and precisely understand and produce English sounds. Aligned with the English phonetics program for first-year Licence students, this book seeks to demonstrate why phonetics knowledge is essential for those interested in improving their English language proficiency, while introducing the key units and concepts necessary for an accurate description of speech sounds. This pedagogical resource not only addresses students' needs by providing clear explanations of each point in the program but also offers a wealth of exercises and activities
1.Introduction
2. Some Traditional Views of Phonetics
3. What is phonetics?
4. Linguistics and Phonetics
5. Branches of Phonetics
6. Received Pronunciation
7. International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
8. The Production of Speech Sounds (Articulatory Phonetics)
9. Vowels and Consonants
10. Phonetics and Phonology
11. Conclusion