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Teaching Spanish and English As a Foreign Language
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Phonetics

  1. Listening Comprehension
    1. Cultures' accepted discoursal sound inventory
    2. Audio input at the phonetic level: [ ]
      1. Language barrier
      2. Dialects and regional differences
    3. Recognition at the phonemic level: / /

  2. Language Production:
    1. Knowledge of culturally accepted discourse
    2. Recognition at the phonemic level: / /
    3. Sound output at the phonetic level:  [ ]
      1. Processes
      2. Points of articulation
      3. Manners of articulation
      4. Voiced and voiceless distinction
      5. Oral and nasal distinction
      6. Lateral and central distinction
      7. Aspirated and unaspirated distinction
    4. Syllable structure
      1. Corporal considerations
        1. Onset
        2. Peak
          1. Monophthongs
          2. Diphthongs
          3. Triphthongs
        3. Coda
      2. Consonantal clusters
      3. Rhyme
    5. Minimal pairs
    6. Assimilation
    7. Intonation
    8. Tone