UCL Summer Course in English Phonetics (SCEP) 2025

Host Institution: University College London
Website: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-sciences/pals/study/continuing-professional-development-cpd/summer-course-english-phonetics

Dates: 11-Aug-2025 - 22-Aug-2025
Location: Week 1 online, Week 2 London, United Kingdom

Minimum Education Level: From beginners to specialists

Focus: Our course covers all the main aspects of English phonetics:
phonemic system (vowels and consonants)
segmental analysis (allophonic processes)
connected speech processes
sentence stress (tonicity, accentuation)
intonation (nuclear tones and prenuclear patterns)
The main reference accent is Standard Southern British, but other varieties are discussed.
The course emphasizes practical speaking and listening skills. You get plenty of practice in pronunciation performance and in auditory discrimination in special ear-training sessions.

Description:

UCL's famous Summer Course in English Phonetics was founded over a century ago by the great Daniel Jones. We now give you an opportunity to study English phonetics BOTH virtually AND in-person at UCL. The first week is online and may be taken alone; the optional second week is live at Unversity College London. The main emphasis of SCEP has always been on practical work.

Online Module 11-15 August
The Online Module, also known as VSCEP (virtual SCEP), is offered as a self-contained introductory course. No previous knowledge of English Phonetics is required, though more advanced applicants looking for a refresher course are welcome. This module can be taken from anywhere in the world, and will run each day between 11:15 BST (UTC+1) and 15:15 or 16:15 BST depending on your time zone (exact details TBC).

In-Person Module 18-22 August
This is an optional second week, live at University College London, and builds on the Online Module. We strongly advise that applicants for this In-Person Module should either have taken the Online Module in the previous week, or have already taken SCEP or VSCEP in a previous year. This module will run each day between 9:00 BST (UTC+1) and 16:00 BST (exact timetable TBC).

Linguistic Field(s): Phonetics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Registration: 31-Mar-2025 to 03-Aug-2025

Apply on the web: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-sciences/pals/study/continuing-professional-development-cpd/summer-course-english-phonetics

Registration Instructions:
Applications for both the online week and the live week should be made through the website:
Online module:
https://onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/faculty-of-brain-sciences-c07/linguisticspsychology-language-sciences-d05/d05-virtual-summer-course-in-english-phonetics-2025
In-Person module:
https://onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/faculty-of-brain-sciences-c07/linguisticspsychology-language-sciences-d05/d05-summer-course-in-english-phonetics-scep-2025