Phonetics: branches, concepts, theories and research methods

The present article touches upon the problems of Phonetics in toto / as a whole, focusing on the branches, theories, concepts and the methods of investigation in the "ield of Phonetics as well as the importance of Phonetics in teaching native and foreign language. The author stresses the idea that the knowledge of Phonetics by any teacher of foreign languages is a conditio sine qua non. The author also states that Phonetics is the “brains, the heart and the sole” of the language and Linguistics as well as Didactics are dim and dull without it. Phonetics should be the "irst and the last “love” for every teacher of native and foreign languages.