Phonetics, phonology, and graphematics are part of the core curriculum in academic programs that focus on language. This textbook for academic teaching practice covers the most important topics in sound and writing systems across 14 chapters. After an introductory chapter, the difference between phonetics and phonology is explained. The next three chapters focus on articulatory phonetics, culminating in a practice chapter. A total of seven chapters on phonology address the phoneme system of German, feature phonology, process phonology, and syllable phonology. The final chapter deals with graphematics. Each chapter can serve as literature for further reading.