English Phonetics and Phonology II
Code: 100226 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2500245 English Studies | OB | 2 | 2 |
| 2501902 English and Catalan | OT | 3 | 0 |
| 2501902 English and Catalan | OT | 4 | 0 |
| 2501907 English and Classics | OT | 3 | 0 |
| 2501907 English and Classics | OT | 4 | 0 |
| 2501910 English and Spanish | OT | 3 | 0 |
| 2501910 English and Spanish | OT | 4 | 0 |
| 2501913 English and French | OT | 3 | 0 |
| 2501913 English and French | OT | 4 | 0 |
Contact
- Name:
- María José Solé Sabater
- Email:
- MariaJosep.Sole@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- english (eng)
- Some groups entirely in English:
- Yes
- Some groups entirely in Catalan:
- No
- Some groups entirely in Spanish:
- No
Teachers
- Juli Cebrián Puyuelo
- Nuria Gavalda Ferre
Prerequisites
- Students should have taken English Phonetics and Phonology I before enrolling in this course. The specific requisites regarding its contents are knowledge of phonetic transcription and basic descriptive terms from the English Phonetics and Phonology I course.
- Students should have a minimum level of C1 (advanced) or C2 (Proficiency) from the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: learning, Teaching, Assessment. With a C1 level, the student can understand a wide range of complex and long texts, and recognise implicit meaning; can express him/herself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions; can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes; can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organisational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices. With a C2 level, the student can understand with ease virtually everything heard or read; can summarise information from different spoken and written sources, reconstructing arguments and accounts in a coherent presentation; can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in more complex situations.
Objectives and Contextualisation
This is a second year course which should be taken after English Phonetics and Phonology I. It deals with the differences between the phonological Systems of English and Catalan/Spanish, focusing on suprasegmental aspects, whereas English Phonetics and Phonology I focuses on segmental aspects.
By the end of the course, the students will be able to stress English words and sentences, to use English intonation and rhythm. They will be able to do and read phonological transcription of short texts and dialogues, and to pronounce correctly English words both in spelling and in transcription.
After finishing the course, the student will be able to:
- Use phonetic transcription
- Identify the form and function of stress, rhythm and intonation patterns in English.
- Perceive and produce relevant contrasts in English
- Compare the phonological system of English and Catalan/Spanish and identify problematic areas.
- Improve their English pronunciation.
Competences
- English Studies
- Describe synchronously the main grammar units, constructions and phenomena of the English language.
- Students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (normally within their study area) to issue judgments that include reflection on important issues of social, scientific or ethical.
- Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- English and Catalan
- Describe synchronously the main grammar units, constructions and phenomena of the English language.
- Students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (normally within their study area) to issue judgments that include reflection on important issues of social, scientific or ethical.
- Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- English and Classics
- Describe synchronously the main grammar units, constructions and phenomena of the English language.
- Students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (normally within their study area) to issue judgments that include reflection on important issues of social, scientific or ethical.
- Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- English and Spanish
- Describe synchronously the main grammar units, constructions and phenomena of the English language.
- Students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (normally within their study area) to issue judgments that include reflection on important issues of social, scientific or ethical.
- Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- English and French
- Describe synchronously the main grammar units, constructions and phenomena of the English language.
- Students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (normally within their study area) to issue judgments that include reflection on important issues of social, scientific or ethical.
- Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
Learning Outcomes
- Applying the theoretical and practical aspects of the articulatory phonetics and processes involved in the production of speech.
- Communicating in the studied language in oral and written form, properly using vocabulary and grammar.
- Define in detail the inventory of consonantal and vocalic phonemes in English and its most common allophonic realisations, as well as the principles of the organisation and combination of sounds in possible sequences.
- Defining in detail the inventory of consonantal and vocalic phonemes in English and its most common allophonic realisations, as well as the principles of the organisation and combination of sounds in possible sequences.
- Effectively communicating and applying the argumentative and textual processes to formal and scientific texts.
- Identifying the main difficulty areas in English pronunciation according to the mother tongue of the student, and work on the most problematic aspects.
- Issue appropriate critical assessments based on the comprehension of relevant information about social, scientific or ethical issues related to linguistics.
- Perceiving and producing the vocalic and consonant contrasts of English, as well as the accent, rhythmic, and intonation patterns.
Content
UNIT 1. English phonotactics and syllable structure
UNIT 2. English word stress and levels of prominence
UNIT 3. Stress in derived words: suffixation and compound nouns.
UNIT 4, English sentence stress and rhythm.
UNIT 5. English intonation.
UNIT 6. Phonetic transcription of short texts and dialogues and practice reading transcribed texts
Methodology
Autonomous activities: Exercises, assignments, readings, individual study and participation.
Directed activities: Lectures and practical seminars.
Supervised activities: Tutoring sessions.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Lectures and practical seminars | 45 | 1.8 | 4, 2, 6, 8 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Tutoring sessions | 22.5 | 0.9 | 2 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Exercises, assignments, readings, individual study and participation. | 57.5 | 2.3 | 4, 2, 8 |
Assessment
Assessment
Besides the usual participatory responsibilities (class attendance, assigned readings) there will be regular homework and assignments, a written midterm exam, as well as a final written and oral exam. The written exams will include the assigned readings. Students will be evaluated as follows:
- 80% of the final mark will correspond to two written exams (30% each) and an oral exam (20%). The pass mark for the written exams is 5/10. In order to pass the oral exam, students must obtain a score of at least 60% of the total score.
- 12% of the final mark corresponds to two assignments that students will carry out individually.
- The remaining 8% will correspond to homework and practical exercises, class attendance and participation in the correction of exercises and pronunciation and transcription exercises done in class.
Note:
- All the assignments and tests are COMPULSORY.
- To pass the course, the following conditions need to be fulfilled:
- The final oral exam needs to be passed.
- The combination of the marks of the two written exams needs to average out to a 5 or higher. If one of the two written exams is failed, it will need to have a minimum mark of 4.
- A final mark of “No avaluable” can only be obtained if the student has completed a maximum of one exam and one assignment or two assignments. Therefore, the completion of two exams, or one exam and two assignments excludes the possibility of obtaining the “No avaluable”.
- The students’ command of English will be taken into account when marking all exercises and for the final mark.
Reassessment conditions
- Reassessment of the course material will be item-by-item.
- Only students who have passed a minimum of 60% of the course load can take the re-assessment exams. If a student fails both written exams (60% of the final mark) or a written exam and the final oral exam (50%), the subject will be failed without the possibility of reassessment. The maximum mark that can be obtained at reassessment is a PASS (unless reassessment is the result of a missed test due to a justified and documented absence). The reassessment dates are assigned by the university and will not be changed to suit individual students' needs.
- Missed tests can only be retaken if the student provides documented justification of their absence.
- Lecturers will inform students (on Moodle) of the date and place of the reassessment exams.
Evaluation activities excluded from reassessment. The following activities are not eligible for reassessment: Assignment 1, Assignment 2 and assigned exercises.
Procedure for Reviewing Grades Awarded. On carrying out each evaluation activity, lecturers will inform students (on Moodle) of the procedures to be followed for reviewing all grades awarded, and the date on which such a review will take place.
IMPORTANT: Partial or total plagiarizing will immediately result in a FAIL (0) for the plagiarized exercise. Repeated instances of plagiarism will result in a FAIL (0) of the whole subject. PLAGIARISING consists of copying text from unacknowledged sources –whether this is part of a sentence or a whole text– with the intention of passing it off as the student’s own production. It includes cutting and pasting from internet sources, presented unmodified in the student’s own text. Plagiarizing is a SERIOUS OFFENCE. Students must respect authors’ intellectual property, always identifying the sources they may use; they must also be responsible for the originality and authenticity of their own texts.
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homework, participation and attendance | 8% | 15 | 0.6 | 1, 4, 2, 6, 8 |
| Midterm 1 | 30% | 1.5 | 0.06 | 1, 3, 7, 5, 2, 8 |
| Midterm 2 | 30% | 1.5 | 0.06 | 1, 3, 4, 2, 6, 8 |
| Oral exam | 20% | 0.5 | 0.02 | 1, 6, 8 |
| Two assignments | 12% | 6.5 | 0.26 | 1, 2, 6, 8 |
Bibliography
Textbooks
Cruttenden, Alan. 2001. Gimson's pronunciation of English [6th edition]. London: Edward Arnold.
Finch, Diana. F. and Ortiz Lira, Hector. 1982. A course in English Phonetics for Spanish Speakers. London: Heinemann.
Gómez González, María de los Angeles. & Sánchez Roura, Teresa. 2016. English Pronunciation for Speakers of Spanish. From Theory to Practice. Mouton de Gruyter.
Kreidler, Charles.W. 1997. Describing Spoken English. An Introduction. London: Routledge. Ch. 7
Ladefoged, Peter. 1982 (1993, 2005). A Course in Phonetics. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Jovanovich/Thomson Wadsworth.
Mott, Brian. 2000. English Phonetics and Phonology for Spanish Speakers. Barcelona: Edicions Universitat de Barcelona.
Roach, Peter. 1983. English Phonetics and Phonology. Cambridge: CUP.
Rogers, Henry. 2000. The Sounds of Language. An Introduction to Phonetics. London: Pearson Education Ltd.
Wells, John.C. 2006. English Intonation: An Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Recommended books for further practice
Baker, Ann. 2006. Ship or Sheep? An intermediate pronunciation course. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Estebas, Eva. 2009. Teach yourself English pronunciation: An interactive course for Spanish speakers. Netbiblos/UNED.
García-Lecumberri, María Luisa & John A. Maidment. 2000. English Transcription course. London: Arnold.
Hancock, Mark. 2003. English Pronunciation in Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Hewings, Martin. 2007. English Pronunciation in Use. Advanced. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Phonetic transcription
http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/johnm/flash/flashin.htm
http://davidbrett.uniss.it/phonology/page%20with%20frames2.htm
General phonetics and English phonetics
http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/resource/index.html
http://www.phonetics.ucla.edu/course/contents.html
http://hctv.humnet.ucla.edu/departments/linguistics/VowelsandConsonants/
https://corpus.linguistics.berkeley.edu/acip/
Pronunciation practice and ear training
http://www.cambridge.org/elt/shiporsheep/
http://www.btinternet.com/~eptotd/vm/vowelmachine/vowelmachine.htm