Assessment and Content

Topic 1.- THE SCIENCE OF SPEECH
Unit 1 .-The Speech Chain
Unit 2.- Phonetics and Phonology
Unit 3.- The Phonation System
Topic 2. THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND VARIATION
Unit 4.- Variation
Unit 5.- The Speech to Study: the Features of Received Pronunciation (RP)
Unit 6.- Phonological Transcription Symbols
Topic 3.- MAKING SPEECH SOUNDS
Unit 7.- English Vowels
Unit 8.- English Consonants
Unit 9.- English Diphthongs
Unit 10.- The Structure of the Syllable
Topic 4.- SUPRASEGMENTALS
Unit 11.- Pitch
Unit 12.- Stress and Accent
Unit 13.- Intonation and Rhythm
CONTENT

ASSESSMENT
50% TASKS AND ACTIVITIES DURING THE SEMESTER
!!! deadline (1 week)
3 Moodle tasks:
Seminar 1 – Comprehension Questions (upload to Moodle as a pdf file)
Seminar 2 – Phonemic Transcription (upload to Moodle as a pdf file)
Seminar 3 – Oral Recording (Units 1-6; upload to Moodle)
Extra Practice (Units 7-13; upload to Moodle)
4 mini exams (Seminar 2):