ABSTRACT
This chapter provides an overview of the main components of English speech sounds viewed from an acoustic dimension and demonstrates how to measure these sounds using speech analysis software. It provides an introduction to the acoustic dimensions of English speech sounds, namely sound waves, pitch and F0, loudness and intensity. Acoustic analysis of speech is first made through a good audio recording of speech events and it is therefore crucial to understand the basic components of the acoustics of the speech signal so it attempts to understand how to analyse speech acoustically and how it can contribute to the practice of pronunciation teaching for EIL. Duration is easily measured from the speech analysis software via the horizontal dimension and once the place markers across the sound segment wish to measure, it is easy to read off its timing. The measurement of the duration of sound segments is extremely important in examining different varieties of English.
