 I welcome all users to this website on linguistics. Arah-laaak. Gats-stein-afs. Daa, shu, kitabun uzerinde. Welcome alone, who confused the linguistics website here. Salvaita Onnes, who is Pagini's interracialibus linguistic isotamini. Welcome to VLC 109 Phonetics and Phonology. This repository is subdivided into three parts. Part one discusses the main principles and methods of articulatory phonetics. And part two introduces the notion of the phoneme and applies it to present-day English. The third part expands the view beyond English and introduces some selected topics of general phonology, that is, units smaller than the phoneme and the machineries of contemporary phonological theories. In all parts, we use numerous examples from the VLC databases, languages and audio data from the VLC language index, linguistic analyses and further phonological data from the VLC glossaries. Accessing VLC 109 is simple. Create your free account first, then log in with your personal data and you will find the repository in your course overview. A click on the bottom of the VLC 109 tile leads you to its start site, where you have access to all topics. Starting with the preliminary section, with advice and help on how to use VLC 109. And here is the complete list of topics as shown on the platform. As I said earlier, from general phonetics via the main principles of present-day English phonology to a theoretical part of modern phonological approaches. And at the end, you'll find the certification section. This list of topics is being updated and quality assured on a regular basis. And our teaching and learning concept, while studying online on the virtual linguistics campus, simply means go through each topic at your own pace, tick off the activities you have worked through and make use of as many VLC options as possible. And if you don't know what to do first, use the how to proceed options at the beginning of each topic. And as most of you know, each topic should be finished with a mastery test where you can earn your personal VLC badges. Maybe you prefer using your mobile device? If so, feel free to download the Moodle app, log in and study where and whenever you want. Well, that's it. As usual, the rest is up to you. Thanks for your attention and see you on the virtual linguistics campus.