The lecture was dedicated to pronunciation, representation and description of sounds.

Homework

• List
• consonants of German which do not occur in English
• consonants of English which do not occur in German
• vowels of German which do not occur in English
• vowels of English which do not occur in German
• List
• characters of German which do not occur in English
• characters of English which do not occur in German
• 5 English graphemes containing more than one character
• 5 German graphemes containing more than one character

• German consonants not occurring in English:
• sch
• ch (pronounced like in "Chemie")
• English consonants not occurring in German:
• the "th"-sound
• the English "r"-sound
• vowels of German not occurring in English:
• "ö", "ä", "ü"
• "eu"
• "ei"
• vowels of English not occurring in German:
• "ou" (like in "our")
• "a" (as in "fat")
• "au" (as in "laugh")
• German characters not occurring in English:
• "ä", "ü", "ö"
• "ß"
• English graphemes with more than one character:
• "th"
• "ch"
• "ea" (--> "head")
• "gh" (--> "laugh")
• "ti" (--> "exception")
• German graphemes with more than one character:
• "sch"
• "ch"
• "eu"
• "ie"
• "tsch"