Educational guide

IDENTIFYING DATA

2011_12

Subject

FONETICA (INGLES)

Code

01004126

Study programme

MAESTRO DE LENGUA EXTRANJERA

Descriptors

Credit.

Type

Year

Period

4.5

Troncal

Second

First

Language

Prerequisites

Department

FILOLOGIA MODERNA

Coordinador

FERNÁNDEZ LÓPEZ , MARISA

E-mail

mferl@unileon.es
madief@unileon.es

Lecturers

DÍEZ FERNÁNDEZ , MARÍA DE LOS ÁNGELES

FERNÁNDEZ LÓPEZ , MARISA

Web

http://

General description

"The aim of the course is that students master the basics of the English phonological system: its theory, practice and teaching.

Tribunales de Revisión

Tribunal titular
Cargo	Departamento	Profesor

Tribunal suplente
Cargo	Departamento	Profesor

Objetivos

"The aim of the course is that students master the basics of the English phonological system: its theory, practice and teaching.

Methodologies

We will use the phonemic symbols normally employed with R.P. (Received pronunciation), those used in classic works on the subject by, for example, Jones and Gimson, and those found in the various dictionaries available to students (the international phonetic alphabet).

- Study the differences between the English and Spanish phonetic systems, with a focus on key characteristics of English.
- Study various aspects of English phonology.
- Learn to recognize stressed syllables in rhythmic groups.
- Learn phonetic transcription and how to use a pronouncing dictionary.
- Practise intonation to express admiration, doubt, questions and commands.
- Practise taking phonological dictation
- Practise listening to conversation.

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
The organs of speech:	Description Place of articulation Manner of articulation
The English vowels:	Vowel length Monophthongs Diphthongs
The English consonants:	Plosives Fricatives Affricates Nasals Liquids: Lateral Frictionless Continuant Consonant clusters
Accentuation of words:	Primary and secondary stress Prominence Weak and strong vowels Shift accent
Accentuation in connected speech:	Content words
Function words: articles, prepositions, pronouns and possessives, auxiliary and modal verbs.
Stress and Rhythm
Intonation and discourse structure:	Falling nuclei Rising nuclei Falling-rising nuclei Multi-nuclear patterns
Reduction of auxiliaries, modals, pronouns

Personalized attention

Tutorías:
Primer cuatrimestre:
martes de 10:00 a 13:00
miércoles de 12:00 a 14:00
jueves de 10:00 a 11:00

Assessment

	Description	Qualification
Others	As it is not a taught course any more, there will only be a final exam.

Other comments and second call
A final exam counting as 100% of the total mark. The pass mark for he final exam will be 50%

Basic
	Hancock, Mark (2003) English Pronunciation in Use; Self-study and classroom use, O.U.P. Wells, J.C., Pronunciation Dictionary, Longman Jones, Daniel (2003) English Pronouncing Dictionary, 16th ed., CUP
Complementary
	Cunningham, S & Bowler, B. (1990) Headway Intermediate Pronunciation, Oxford, O.U.P. Gimson, A.C., An Introduction to the Pronunciation of English, 4th ed, revised by Susan Ramsaran, Edward Arnold. O'Connor, J.D., Better English Pronunciation, C.U.P. Pennington, Martha C. (1996) Phonology in English Language Teaching (ed. C.N. Candlin), London & New York, Longman Links: http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/# http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/resource/phonetics/ http://www.let.uu.nl/~Rene.Kager/personal/TV1/Pho_tools.htm#tutorials