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By Everette Busbee                         (1998) English Teaching,                         53(1), 41-71

CONTENTS ABSTRACT I. INTRODUCTION II. COMPREHENSIBLE VERSUS COMPREHENDED INPUT III. THE CONTENT COURSE IN KOREA IV. LISTENING & PRONUNCIATION AS SUBJECT MATTER V. LECTURES ON THE THEORY OF ENGLISH PHONOLOGY VI. PHONOLOGY AS CONTENT IN A CONTENT COURSE VII. STUDENT STRENGTH & WEAKNESS IN PHONOLOGY VIII. LECTURES VERSUS "TEACHER TALK" IX. "PACKAGING" THE ENGLISH SPOKEN IN CLASS X. DISCUSSIONS AND CONCLUSIONS REFERENCES

APPENDIX: 15 SHORT LECTURES IN PHONOLOGY 1: A Good Way to Improve Your Ear 2: The Schwa (I) 3: The Schwa (II) 4: Common Little Words, Pronounced Carelessly? (I) 5: Common Little Words, Pronounced Carelessly? (II) 6: Telegraph Language and Common Function Words 7: Focus 8: The Difference between English and Korean Syllables 9: Some Consonants End Syllables in English but not Korean 10: Consonant Reductions 11: Korean and English Letters may not Equate as Expected 12: Closely Related Words are Linked 13: English is not Spoken as Written, but neither is Korean 14: Problems Arising from Spelling 15: Writing English Phonetically with Hangul