INSTITUTO DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR N° 2 - TILCARA

SUBJECT: PHONOLOGY AND PHONETICS III TEACHER: YEAR: 2ND YEAR

STUDENT’S FULL NAME: ………………………………………………………………………………..……………………………………………
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(MARK THE CORRECT BOX)

WRITTEN MARK ORAL MARK FINAL MARK TEACHERS’ SIGNATURES

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FINAL EXAM
A. THEORY AND WRITTEN PRACTICE SECTION:
1) EXPLAIN, IN YOUR OWN WORDS, “THE TYPES OF ASSIMILATION” BASED ON THE EXAMPLES
BELOW. IMAGINE YOU ARE TEACHING 5TH YEAR STUDENTS.
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2) DRAW A CONCISE AND DYNAMIC DIAGRAM EXPLAINING “STRONG AND WEAK FORMS”. ……../ 10

3) WRITE THE FULL VERSION OF THESE WORDS IN THE CORRECT COLUMN, ACCORDING TO THEIR STRESS PATTERN:
Anything – pronunciation – public – population – hamburger – supermarket – shoe shops – clinic –
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swimming pool – relation – credit card – pessimistic – post office – nation – handbag – everything –
identification – romantic – communication – snack bars – bookshops – something – playground –
scientific – discussion – investigation – sports centre – telecommunication – shopping centre –
hairdreser’s - travel agent’s - psycho

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4) NOW, TRANSCRIBE THE FOLLOWING DIALOGUE INTO PHONETIC CHARACTERS AND MARK
THE RULES OF CONNECTED SPEECH: ELISION, ASSIMILATION AND SIMILITUDE.
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DIALOGUE: SERVICE INTERRUPTED
1) SIMON: Joan! Where’s Mum?
2) JOAN: Uptairs, I think, getting ready.
3) SIMON: Getting ready? What for!
4) JOAN: Oh, Simon! Don’t you remember? She and Dad are taking the Smiths out to dinner. And
afterwards they’re going to the concert at the Festival Hall.
5) SIMON: That’s the first I’ve heard of a dinner. Nobody ever tells me anything.
6) JOAN: Really, Simon! Dad was talking about it at breakfast this morning. You just weren’t listening.
7) SIMON: I was listening. To the bit about the concert, anyway. Haydn, isn’t it? Or do I mean Mozart?
8) JOAN: Neither. It’s a Beethoven concert, actually. Anyway, you might have guessed. Mum’s mad
about Beethoven.
9) SIMON: Well, I knew it was one of those dreary classical composers. I’m glad I’m not going.
10) JOAN: You weren’t invited. Grown-ups only, Dad said. A kind of double celebration.

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5) INTONATION: STICK THE FOLLOWING EMOJIS/PICTURES IN THE CORRECT MIND MAP. THEN,
WRITE THE NAME OF THE TONE GROUP CORRECTLY AND THE ATTITUDES THAT EACH STICKER REPRESENT.

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STICKER/S

HERE

STICKER/S STICKER/S STICKER/S

HERE HERE HERE

STICKER/S

HERE
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HERE
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STICKER/S STICKER/S
STICKER STICKER/S
HERE HERE
HERE HERE
6) NOW COMPLETE THIS TABLE WITH THE DIFFERENT ATTITUDES: ……../ 17

THE HIGH DIVE

HOW IS IT
STATEMENTS COMMANDS INTERJECTIONS
FORMED?
1. 1. 1. 1.

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4. 2. QUESTIONS

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B. LISTENING SECTION:
7) NOW, LISTEN TO DIFFERENT UTTERANCES, WRITE THEM ……../ 21
BY COMPLETING THE TABLE BELOW.
N° ANALYSIS

A- SENTENCE LINE:

B- TONE GROUP:

C- PHONETIC
CHARACTERS:
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D- INTONOLOGICAL
ANALYSIS:

E- PARTS OF THE
UTTERANCE

A- SENTENCE LINE:

2 B- TONE GROUP:

C- PHONETIC
CHARACTERS:
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ANALYSIS:

E- PARTS OF THE
UTTERANCE
N° ANALYSIS

A- SENTENCE LINE:

B- TONE GROUP:
C- PHONETIC
3 CHARACTERS:

D- INTONOLOGICAL
ANALYSIS:

E- PARTS OF THE
UTTERANCE

8) DIALOGUE DICTATION: LISTEN, WRITE IN PHONETIC CHARACTERS AND

MARK THE INTONATION TONE GROUP CORRECTLY.
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ORAL EXAM
A. READING SECTION:
1. CHOOSE A DIALOGUE AND READ CORRECTLY.

2. SPEAK ABOUT YOUR CHOSEN TOPIC.

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NAME AND SIGNATURE
 ANSWERS:
1) ASSIMILATION: (5 points each example well-answered.)
a) PROGRESSIVE ASSIMILATION: 1ST SOUND AFFECTS THE 2ND ONE. THERE ARE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES:

I. /z/ changes to /s/ under the influence of /t/: For ex.: “it is early”.
II. /s/ changes to /z/ under the influence of /g/: For ex.: “dogs”.
III. /n/ changes to /ŋ/ under the influence of /k/: For ex.: “bacon”.
IV. /j/ changes to /ʃ/ under the influence of /t/: For ex.: “shut your eyes”.

b) CONTEXTUAL ASSIMILATION: A WORD HAS A DIFFERENT PRONUNCIATION IN CONTEXT FROM THAT USED WHEN THE
WORD IS SAID IN ISOLATION. THERE ARE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES:

I. /s/ changes to /ʃ/. For ex.: “horse shoe”, “newspaper”, “this shop”.

2) WEAK AND STRONG FORMS: (0.70 each well-answered division of the diagram= 9.8 points = 10 points)

3) STRESS PATTERNS: (0.50 each correctly-

assigned word
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1) Monday 1) today 1) Saturday
2) Tuesday 2) July 2) holiday
3) Thursday 3) thirteen 3) thirtieth
4) April 4) thirteenth 4) seventy
5) August
6) second
7) thirty

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1) tomorrow 1) Seventeen
2) September 2) afternoon
3) October
4) November
5) eleventh

4) TRANSCRIPTION: ACCORDING TO RULES OF CONNECTED SPEECH, MARK ELISION, ASSIMILATION AND

SIMILITUDE. (144 words in total: 0.10 each well-transcribed one)
5) INTONATION: STICK AND COMPLETE THE DIAGRAMS. (0.50 each correct attitude and each picture well-
assigned. In total they are 31 between pictures and names.)

6) INTONATION ATTITUDES: COMPLETE THE TABLE. (17 items in total)

LISTENING SECTION:

7) DICTATION ANALYSIS: (15 lines in total. So, 1.4 each line of the table = 21 points.)
N° ANALYSIS
A- SENTENCE LINE: I’ve finished my work.
B- TONE GROUP: The HIGH DIVE
C- PHONETIC
CHARACTERS:
1
D- INTONOLOGICAL
ANALYSIS:

E- PARTS OF THE
UTTERANCE
High pre-head + fall rise (nueclues) + tail

A- SENTENCE LINE: You’re 'on my ´՚‚toe

B- TONE GROUP: The TERRACE
C- PHONETIC
CHARACTERS:
2
D- INTONOLOGICAL
ANALYSIS:

E- PARTS OF THE High pre-head + medium level pitch (nucleus) | high pre-head + high head + high fall
UTTERANCE (nucleus)
A- SENTENCE LINE: It’s no use buying that clock.
B- TONE GROUP: The LAW DROP
C- PHONETIC
CHARACTERS:
3
D- INTONOLOGICAL
ANALYSIS:
E- PARTS OF THE
UTTERANCE
Low pre-head + high head + law fall (nucleus)