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Overview of:
Introduction to Phonetics with Pronunciation
Practicum, p. 1
Professor: Karen
Steffen Chung
Fall 2007: Monday 1, 2 (8:10-10:00am) in AVC 201 and Wednesday 5, 6 (1:20-3:10pm)
in 新生大樓 402
Class size limit: 35 students 3 credits
Prerequisite: Two semesters of Introduction to Linguistics, or professor's permission
This course is an introduction to theoretical
and practical phonetics primarily for future teachers of English enrolled
in the education program, secondarily for interested DFLL (foreign language)
students, and finally, other interested students who have taken or are currently
taking Introduction to Linguistics, as space allows. This course is strongly
recommended for anybody planning to do further study in linguistics. In the
first semester, we will concentrate mainly on English phonetics; second semester
(which will probably not be offered Spring 2008) we will talk about phonetic
phenomena in other languages as well. The material we cover in second semester
will be relatively technical and advanced, so students interested only in teaching
English or improving their pronunciation may choose to take only first semester.
The
textbooks we will be using:
Ladefoged, Peter. 2006. A
Course in Phonetics. 5th ed.
Boston: Thomson Wadsworth. 310pp. Paper; includes CD-ROM. Available at Crane's
文鶴 (金山南路二段200號 3樓; 一樓是寶華銀行) for around NT$500. Order as a group for a discount,
or say you're a student of Ms. Chung's at NTU when you buy it. Make sure you
get the 5th edition.
Second semester we will also be using: Ladefoged, Peter. 2005. Vowels and Consonants: An Introduction to the Sounds of Languages. 2nd ed. Malden and Oxford: Blackwell. 206pp. Paper. Includes CD-ROM. Crane's; around NT$1,000; ask for class discount. Make sure you get the 2nd edition.
Judging
from previous years, we can expect to finish five, or maybe six, chapters of Ladefoged's
Course first semester. We will read the textbook aloud in class, each person
taking one paragraph or so, with the instructor explaining and clarifying the
content as we go along. We will also use this as an opportunity to correct each
student's pronunciation problems, and you will keep a pronunciation journal of
corrections you (and others) receive. This will help you become aware of which
areas you need to work on in your own pronunciation.
General
American (GA) or Standard American English (SAE) will be our standard for this
class, but we will make frequent reference to Standard Southern British English
or RP ('received pronunciation'; also called 'BBC English') and other dialects
of English.
You will be assigned various written exercises, some from the text, some in the form of handouts. There will be at least one quiz, sometimes two, on each chapter of Ladefoged, to help consolidate the material we cover. And there will be a final exam at the end of each semester.
Some of your learning will be done on computer, both on- and offline. This will include, among other things, downloading and using tools such as Praat phonetics analysis software; completing online tutorials; and searching for sites related to a particular topic of interest. Each student will subscribe to two discussion lists, NTUphon, the class list, and Phonetics, an international phonetics discussion list, currently with over 650 subscribers worldwide. NTUphon will give you opportunity to interact outside of class with each other, with phonetics oldtimers, and with the instructor; you can use Phonetics to ask questions and discuss topics of interest with phonetics experts and students all over the world. Click on back (index I) to subscribe to both lists.
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