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    Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaines

    Département d’Etudes Anglophones


    Course title: English Phonetics
    Course number: ANG 113

    Syllabus
    Course Objective:
    Phonetics is a branch of linguistics that studies how speech sounds are produced, transmitted,

    and perceived. This course will introduce students to English phonetics. It is important to note

    that the type of pronunciation dealt with in this course is known by the name of Received

    Pronunciation (RP). The objective of the course is to help students improve their pronunciation.

    Therefore, emphasis will be put on articulatory phonetics to make sure that students become

    familiar with the speech sounds of English as well as different suprasegmental features. This

    course will also prepare students for further studies in English linguistics.

    Goals of the course:

    By the end of this course, students should be able to:

     identify the different parts of the vocal tract and their role in speech production.

     describe each consonant based on such standard parameters as place of articulation, manner

    of articulation, and voicing.

     describe each vowel with reference to tongue height, tongue frontness/backness, length and

    lip rounding.

     place consonants or vowels on a table or a chart.

     understand the concept of suprasegmental features with a special focus on stress placement

    and its effect on pronunciation and meaning .

     transcribe English words in isolation and in connected speech (strong vs. weak forms).

     identify English diphthongs and triphthongs

    1
    Course schedule

    Semester 1 :

    1. Introduction to Phonetics (definition and goals of the course)

    2. Presentation of the vocal tract (terminology, speech mechanism)

    3. Description and classification of English consonants

    3.1 Place of articulation (where in the vocal tract consonants are produced)

    3.2 Manner of articulation (how consonants are produced)

    3.2 Voicing (role of the vocal cords, relevance of voicing (e.g.: teeth/teething) )

    3.4 Presentation of the English consonant table

    4. Description and classification of English Vowels

    4.1 Tongue height

    4.2 Tongue frontness/backness

    4.3 Length

    4.4 Lip rounding

    4.5 The vowel chart

    4.6 Types of vowels ( Monophthongs, Diphthongs, Triphthongs)

    Notes : Practice in sound discrimination

    Semester2: Course schedule

    1. Types of transcription (Narrow transcription vs. Broad transcription)

    2. Introduction to suprasegmentals (stress, pitch, definition of basic intonation patterns etc.)

    3. Stress placement in two-syllable words (verb, noun, adjectives etc.)

    2
     stress in verbs vs. nouns (e.g.: record (v), record (n)), stress in noun-noun pair

    (dessert vs. desert)

    4. Stress placement in polysyllabic words :

    4.1 The impact of the following suffixes: -ic, ity, -al,- ion etc.

    4.2 Stress on loanwords (mainly words borrowed from French, e.g. : lemonade,

    machine, technique, etiquette etc.)

    5. Exceptions to stress placement (words like Arabic, catholic)

    6. Practice of Transcription of English words

    7. Cases of unusual pronunciation (e.g. Arkansas, lieutenant)

    8. Strong form vs. weak form in English

    9. Assimilation (progressive vs. regressive) and Elision in English

    Class evaluation:
    At the end of each semester, students will take an exam based on the contents of the course.

    Teacher meetings:
    Instructors teaching this course should meet at the beginning and before the end of the semester.

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