Phonetics Syllabus First year course, one semester, 2 hours a week, lecture + tutorial Mrs. Mona Schreiber, email: [email protected] or: 03-532-3576 Course objectives: The student will be able to describe the English sound system. The student will use the phonetic alphabet as a tool to improve pronunciation. Topics of Study: Unit 1 weeks 1-2 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4 Unit 5 Unit 6 Unit 7 Unit 8 The Phonetic Alphabet: why it is necessary, table of phonetic symbols and phonetic transcription. weeks 3-4 Vowel Classification: the 12 basic vowel sounds, diphthongs, place of articulation and vowel discrimination weeks 5-6 Syllable Recognition: recognizing number of syllables, identifying stressed and unstressed syllables. weeks 7-8 Syllable Reduction: the schwa, primary word stress, shifting stress, the schwa in connected speech week 9 Sentence Stress: function and content words, thought groups and phrasing, sentence expansion. week 10 Common Intonation Patterns: rising, rising-falling, open choice questions, tags, and lists. weeks 11-13 Consonant Classification: voiced and voiceless sounds, inflectional endings (-ed, -s) initial and final consonant features- aspiration, vowel lengthening, flap -t, syllabic consonants, substitutions. week 14 Front, Central and Back Vowels: Review. Teaching Methods: Frontal lessons Group work Student Requirements: Weekly exercises in phonetic transcription Homework exercises Class participation Assessment: 2 quizzes on the material (20%) Homework exercises (10%) Class participation (10%) Final exam (60%) Bibliography: Gilbert, Judy. Clear Speech. United States: Cambridge University Press 1984 Hagen, Stacy and Grogan, P. Sound Advantage. New Jersey: Regents/Prentice Hall. 1992 Prator, Clifford and Robinett, B.W. Manual of American English Pronunciation: 3rd Edition. New York: Holt, Rhinehart and Winston, Inc. 1972.