“Transcription informs every decision we take about intervention for a child when we tackle their speech sound problem. By carrying out and examining a transcription we come to understand a child’s speech profile, what we should do and what else we need to know.” (Child Speech Disorder Research Network, 2017, p. 1). However, once Speech and Language Therapists enter the workplace, competence in phonetic transcription skills can fade, bringing a loss of confidence in this vital and unique skill (Knight et al. 2018).

During the course, you will revise:

• Major and minor (voice, place, manner) classifications for phonemes and apply this thinking to target selection

• Phonetic symbols for consonants using the IPA chart and, applying both narrow (using diacritics) and broad transcription to various exercises

• Vowels (and consider the vowel system/s in your current context) using the quadrilateral system

• Transcription of connected speech and the importance of connected speech processes