Follow-up to session one

Today's session was mostly introductory and I was very happy to find that the group are friendly and enthusiastic.  The powerpoint slides I used are available on moodle.  Full reading lists and assignment questions will follow shortly, and we'll be able to look at them in our week 3 session.

If you're not already familiar with phonemic script, please make use of the interactive version of Adrian Underhill's phonemic chart hosted on the Onestop English website.  For a more animated exploration (and for a taster of one or two things we'll do in Session 2, click on the screencap below to visit a rather nice website run by the University of Iowa:

Unicode Phonetic transcription : a link

A UCL page on Unicode Phonetic transcription: specifically, how to put phonetic symbols in a Word document.

IPA Tools from the University of Victoria

Two resources from the University of Victoria in Canada.  First, a simple graphical keypad to create IPA transcriptions, and then a similar tool employing a more visual layout.  I first came across these pages via the Phonemic Script Typewriter webpage:

The Sounds of Spoken English