Abstract

• The aim of this project is to foster a flipped classroom approach to the teaching of “English Phonetics and Phonology” (ENGE 2510) through the development of flipped classroom learning materials in the form of 16 online videos.


• Crucially, these 16 online videos will replace class time that is used to define these 16 key issues, so that more class time can be devoted to discussing the topics/ concepts with the students rather than on the project supervisor (the course instructor) lecturing. They are also viewable throughout the entire term, to help students revise and consolidate their knowledge on each topic.


• Each video will be 10-15 minutes in length, and each will be linked to a major topic area of ENGE 2510, including English vowel length, English consonant articulation, English stop consonants, English phonemes, English word stress, English syllable structure, English accents worldwide, Hong Kong English, English rhoticity, American vs. British English, English flapping and aspiration, TH-fronting, Glottal stopping, among others.


• Each video will feature the project supervisor discussing one or more key issues for each given lecture. They will also include audio, video, pictorial, narrative, and text content.