The manual fully corresponds to the program of the first year of the language university and is organically connected with other textbooks of the educational complex "A Way to Success".The manual was developed in line with modern educational requirements, which define the competence approach in education as as productive as possible, and is aimed at developing the phonetic competence of students of philological faculties.The manual consists of two sections, the first of which aims at students' assimilation of the basic concepts of phonetics. The main types of educational activities at this stage are analytical tasks, during which students get acquainted with the necessary information and make their own conclusions about certain phonetic phenomena. The second section is devoted to the practical processing of sounds and intonation models. Along with exercises on the reception and reproduction of sounds and rhythmic-intonation patterns, exercises related to the division of words into syllables and stress in the English language are used.