(Speech & Phonetics) The course introduces students to the pronunciation of the sounds of the Standard American English Dialect. The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is used to teach the students a symbol for each vowel, diphthong and consonant sound of the dialect. This process will strengthen the student¿s production of the thirty-nine sounds and will eliminate regional characteristics. Intonational patterns of the dialect are also studied and practiced. The work is applied to weekly presentations of poetic texts. Phonetic transcription is required of class participants from the beginning of this course.