Overview
After a short introduction to what Phonetics
is all about, the course provides discussions on the place and manner of
articulation of the speech organs, the consonant and vowel sounds in English
and a presentation of the Cardinal Vowel Diagram. It also provides practice to
improve the students’ pronunciation skills.
Intended learning outcomes
At
the end of the course, the student must be able to:
1. Identify the principles of phonetics in language.
2. Identify the
types of moving and consonant sounds.
3. Identify the spoken and hidden sounds and verbal
units.
4. Identify the symbols of consonant and vowel sounds
and how to copy them in words.
5. Recognize fricative and nasal sounds.
Teaching and learning methods
1. Lectures
2. Panel discussions and assignments and exercises
Methods of assessments
Methods
of evaluating students in this course
(class work 40% &
final 60%)
Class
work: is divided into written midterm 30%, assignments and tasks10%
Written
final exam60%
References
1.
English Phonetics and Phonology. Cambridge University Press
2.
English Pronunciation in Use, Intermediate . Cambridge University Press.
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Scientific topics
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Week
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Readings / References / Notes
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Introduction
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1
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Vowel and
consonant
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2
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English
short vowels
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3
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English long vowels
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4
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Diphthongs
and Triphhtongs
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5
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Voicing and Consonants
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6
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Respiration and Voicing
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7
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English
plosives
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8
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The
phonemes
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9
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Symbols
and Transcription
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10
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Phonology
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11
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The fricatives of English
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12
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The affricates of English
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13
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Nasals and
other consonant
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14
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