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Syllabus English Phonetics
Syllabus English Phonetics
1. COURSE IDENTIFICATION
2. EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
General purpose
-To familiarize students with the segmental and suprasegmental characteristics in
the production of foreign language sounds and their function within the linguistic
communication system, all this in order to properly transmit the information,
recognizing the language as a cultural expression system, through the association of
sounds belonging to different English-speaking groups.
Specific purposes
- To develop in students the preliminary skills in the identification of the phonetic and
phonological qualities of the foreign language, through practical listening and writing
exercises.
Course Competences:
- The student uses the skills acquired within the course to improve their own
pronunciation, in order to communicate in real life situations.
3. COURSE CONTENTS
Organs of speech
Daniel, I. O. (2011). Chapter Two: The Mechanism of Speech
Sounds. In Introductory Phonetics and Phonology of English.
(pp. 5-12). Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars
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Consonants
Daniel, I. O. (2011). Chapter Three: Articulation of English
Sounds. In Introductory Phonetics and Phonology of
English. (pp. 15-20). Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge
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Vowels
Daniel, I. O. (2011). Chapter Three: Articulation of English
Sounds. In Introductory Phonetics and Phonology of
English. (pp. 21-26). Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge
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Word stress
Daniel, I. O. (2011). Chapter Six: The English Stress.
In Introductory Phonetics and Phonology of English. (pp.
51-63). Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars
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Rhythm
Daniel, I. O. (2011). Chapter Seven: Rhythm. In Introductory
Phonetics and Phonology of English. (pp. 65-67).
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Intonation speech
Daniel, I. O. (2011). Chapter Eight: Intonation. in Introductory
Phonetics and Phonology of English. (pp. 69-76). Newcastle
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Unit 1:
Freitas, M. J., Frota, S., & Vigário, M. C. (2009). Part I: Between phonetics and
phonology. In Phonetics and Phonology: Interactions and Interrelations. (pp.
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Unit 2:
The following books refer to the field of linguistics which includes methods of
analyzing language in order to illuminate many different aspects of it: how we
acquire it, how and why we pronounce it, and so on.
Forel, C., & Puskás, G. (2005, March). PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY Reader for
First Year English Linguistics [PDF]. (pp. 20-27) Geneva: University of Geneva.
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4. LEARNING STRATEGY