Using the phonemic alphabet, transcribe the following words. Print out the page first, write out your transcriptions, and bring it to the next section. Use your own pronunciation as a guide. Do not try to second-guess what the "correct" pronunciation is: just transcribe accurately what you hear yourself say.

Your first and last name:  ______________________        ______________________________

Harvard   __________________________________

Drew Faust  __________________________________

quad  __________________________________

concentration   __________________________________

library  __________________________________

pretzel __________________________________

fusion __________________________________

harangue __________________________________

co-operate __________________________________

bid __________________________________

bidden __________________________________

bit __________________________________

bitten __________________________________

few  __________________________________

dew  __________________________________

due __________________________________

do __________________________________

duty __________________________________

exempt __________________________________

warmth __________________________________

eighth __________________________________

height __________________________________

oblige __________________________________

absorption __________________________________

visual __________________________________

of __________________________________

off __________________________________

anger __________________________________

anchor __________________________________

singing __________________________________

winking __________________________________

latter __________________________________

ladder __________________________________

warns __________________________________

common __________________________________

pathetic __________________________________

mission __________________________________

Choose your own short passage (about 20 words) from poetry or prose, an aphorism, lyrics of a pop song, etc. and transcribe it. If separate words in a phrase are run together, ("Whatcha gonna do?") be sure to write it that way.