Intro page 1/Overview of course (1) F15

1. Overview of:
Introduction to Phonetics with Pronunciation Practicum, p. 1
Professor: Karen Steffen Chung 史嘉琳 karchung@ntu.edu.tw

Fall 2015
Mondays 1, 2 (8:10-10:00am)
Wednesdays 10, A (17:30-19:20 [5:30-7:30pm])
Classroom: 外教 203

Class size limit: 45 students 3 credits
Prerequisite: Two semesters of Introduction to Linguistics, or professor's permission

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CET articles on English pronunciation
Links to the corrected versions of the exercises

Here is the provisional syllabus for this semester, based on the Fall 2012 syllabus.
Note that it is subject to change – in fact there will probably be quite a few changes
so we can spend more time on certain topics when needed.
Please report any errors or dead links you notice!

This course is an introduction to theoretical and practical phonetics primarily for future teachers of English enrolled in the education program and for translation program students; secondarily for interested DFLL (foreign language) students; and finally, for other interested students who have taken or are currently taking Introduction to Linguistics, as space allows. If you are not in one of these categories, please see Ms. Chung to determine whether this class is suitable for you. This course is strongly recommended for anybody planning to do further study in linguistics.

In the first semester, we will concentrate mainly on the phonetics of English; second semester we will talk about phonetic phenomena in other languages as well. The material we cover 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.

NOTE: The Fall 2012 Introduction to Phonetics class was video-recorded and is available to the general public via NTU's Open Course Ware (OCW) site at http://ocw.aca.ntu.edu.tw/ntu-ocw/ The class is not exactly the same from year to year, but students are encouraged to view the videos from Fall 2012 to help review and reinforce the material covered in class.

The textbooks we will be using:

Ladefoged, Peter & Keith Johnson. 2011. A Course in Phonetics. 6th ed. International Student Edition. Boston: Wadsworth Cengage Learning. 322pp. Paper; includes CD-ROM. Available at Crane's 文鶴 (金山南路二段200號 8樓; 一樓是星展銀行). Say you're a student in Ms. Chung's Introduction to Phonetics class at NTU when you buy it at Crane's to get a 15% discount. Make sure you get the 6th edition. Website for 5th edition. Professor Ladefoged passed away in 2006; this edition has been revised by Prof. Keith Johnson of UC Berkeley. (Note that Amazon sells the US edition of this book for $185.21, marked down from the list price of US$212.95!)

Second semester we will also be using: Ladefoged, Peter. 2005. Vowels and Consonants: An Introduction to the Sounds of Languages. 2nd ed. Oxford: Blackwell. 206pp. Paper. Includes CD-ROM. Crane's; ask for class discount. Make sure you get the 2nd edition. Companion website.

Judging from previous years, we can expect to finish the first five chapters of Ladefoged's Course first semester, that is, Part I: Introductory Concepts, to page 54, and Part II: English Phonetics, to page 134. 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 (though the instructor may herself sometimes read and summarize parts of the text to save time and keep up with our proposed syllabus). 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. You are to copy your class notes and corrections into the Excel file that you can download from the Phonetics F15 folder on Google Drive. You will need a gmail address and invitation to access this. Once it is done, it will be easy the rest of the year. You will edit your files every week, and submit them online on Monday and also submit the paper version.

General American (GA) will be our standard for this class, but we will make frequent reference to Standard Southern British (SSB) English, sometimes called "RP" ('received pronunciation'; also called 'BBC English' – which by the way is now changing quite rapidly!) and other dialects of English.

You will be assigned various written exercises, some from the text, some in the form of online handouts. There will usually be at least one chapter test 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. There will also be frequent dictations to help train your ears and sharpen your sensitivity to the sounds of language.

     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. All students are required to join the class Facebook group NTU Phonetics. NTU Phonetics on Facebook will give you opportunity to interact outside of class with each other, with phonetics oldtimers – many former phonetics students and others are already on the list, including some high-profile phoneticians – and with the professor. Click on the link above to join if you haven't already. Please also join Karen on Ivy League Analytic English – this is a good place to ask general English language questions.

     Notes: 1. You will have an assigned seat to facilitate easier and fairer turn-taking.
                2. ALWAYS use your NTU email account for class-related correspondence unless otherwise instructed.
              3. Always TURN OFF YOUR CELL PHONE while in class.
                4. ABSOLUTELY NO EATING IN THE CLASSROOM! ALSO, NO DRINKS ALLOWED OTHER
                    THAN PLAIN WATER OR UNSWEETENED TEA! You may eat and drink in the hallways.
                5. Use correct format in all your written work:

     Include your name in English and Chinese,
     your student number, and the date, flush left (left justified),
     in the upper right-hand corner of all your work.
     Use Times New Roman 12 pt for text, 新細明體 12 pt. for Chinese,
     and Lucida Sans Unicode 10.5 pt for IPA symbols. Sample:

    Iris Lin 林玉梅
     B01102000
     Introduction to Phonetics
     September 15, 2015

    See this sample, and read Melissa Hsiung's article, 英文 E-mail 潛規則：老師怎麼不早點教我?!
     available by free subscription here, for correct email format.

Class meetings (33): 2015-16
September 2015: 14, 16, 21, 23, (28 is a holiday), 30
October: 5, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, 28
November: 2, 4, 9, 11, 16, 18, 23, 25, 30
December: 2, 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23, 28, 30
January 2016: 4, 6

Important dates (Fall 2015):
Cancel-add: September 14-26
Application period for withdrawing from a course: September 29-December 11
Finalization of class schedules: October 5-9
Double Tenth National Day holiday (no class): Friday, October 9
Online application for exemption from advanced English class: October 19-23 (tentative)
Mid-semester online student course evaluations: November 2-13
Mid-terms (no midterm will be given for this class): November 9-13
Anniversary of the Founding of Taiwan University/NTU Campus Fair: Sunday, November 15
New Year's Day/Founding Day of the ROC (no class): Friday, January 1, 2016
End-of-semester online student course evaluations: December 25, 2015-January 7, 2016
Last day of class: Friday, January 9, 2016
Final exams: January 11-15, 2016
Freshman English final exam: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 in 新403
Winter break: January 18-February 21, 2016
Chinese New Year's Eve: Sunday, February 7, 2016

Week 1: 9/14, 9/16

9/14:
(1) Enrollment and other class business;

make sure you have a textbook, by 9/16 at the latest!

Also a fresh notebook for class notes and your pronunication journal;
loose-leaf paper for transcriptions and dictations:
a pen with blue ink and one with red ink for quiz marking and corrections; correction tape is also useful;
a pencil and eraser if you plan to write in your textbook;
a pocket folder or plastic pocket to hold your papers from class - SAVE them all!
You will also need a computer with Internet access, attached to a working printer with enough ink or toner, and a reasonably good-quality headset with microphone for listening and recording. If you don't have these, you can use the ones in the computer center, but it is really much more convenient to have your own.

(2) Overview of the course:
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/phon1intro1F15.htm
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/intro%20page2.htm

(3) Introduction to the areas of linguistics and phonetics; see:
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/intro%20page%204.htm

(4) Homework: Record "before" versions of passages in English, Mandarin, and other dialects/languages with Audacity software:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
save as an MP3 file (you will need to download a special LAME file in order to convert your file to MP3 format; instructions here). Listen to your recording, then write about a page of comments on the recording;
e-mail the MP3 file together with the Word docx file to: feathermountain@gmail.com; due 9/24/15.
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/intro%20page3f.htm

(5) CET articles on pronunciation learning: read CET 1 and 2 (#69 and #70)

(6) Book sharing: Deutscher, Guy. 2010. Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages. New York: Picador/Henry Holt. 304pp.

9/16:
(1) Enrollment.

(2) Overview of the course:
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/phon1intro1F15.htm
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/intro%20page2.htm

(3) Introduction to the areas of linguistics and phonetics; see:
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/intro%20page%204.htm

(4) Dictation.

(5) Homework: Record "before" versions of passages in English, Mandarin, and other dialects/languages with Audacity software:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
save as an MP3 file (you will need to download a special LAME file in order to convert your file to MP3 format; instructions here). Listen to your recording, then write about a page of comments on the recording;
e-mail the MP3 file together with the Word docx file to: feathermountain@gmail.com; due 9/24/15.
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/intro%20page3f.htm

(6) CET articles on pronunciation learning: read CET 1 and 2 (#69 and #70)

(7) Start learning Hanyu Pinyin with: 漢語拼音八講
Eight Lessons in Hanyu Pinyin
(watch out for two or so errors in the exercises)
http://www.ncacls.org/materials/HanYuPinYin-8.pdf

(8) Book sharing: 1. Understanding the Chinese Language, by Chris Shei.
                              2. 趙元任文存. 孟曉妍選編. 南京: 江蘇人民出版社. 2015.

Week 2: 9/21, 9/23

9/21:
(1) Class list and assigned seating.

(2) Discuss, hand in class notes and notes on CET 1 and 2 (#69 and #70);
     read and take notes on: CET 3 (issue #71) for next Wednesday;
     upload to Google Drive by Sunday evening, hand in paper copy on 9/30.
     Be ready to mention some of the main points in class!

(3) Do daily 10-minutes-a-day Echo Practice;
      keep a record of your practice times in Excel file on Google Drive;
      look for and copy the Excel file named "pronplan.xls".

(4) Don't forget to download and work through the Pinyin tutorial!
     We'll have a quiz on it soon.

(5) Video: The Fantastic Voyage

(6) Parts of the vocal tract

(7) Homework:
     Make 12 freehand outline drawings (6 per side of
     an A4 sheet of paper) of the mid-sagittal view of the head with
     articulatory organs using the figure on p. 27 as a model.
     Due Wednesday 9/23.

9/23:
(1) Hand in 12 mid-sagittal outline drawings of the head.

(2) Dictation.

(3) Ladefoged/Johnson, A Course in Phonetics (hereafter, "Course"), p. 1-3.

(4) Webpages: Some of this material will be covered in class;
      please go through all of the material yourself at home:
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/intro%20page%205.htm
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/intro%20page%206.htm
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/intro%20page%207.htm

US Dialect survey
http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/maps.html

Fun Word Games
http://wordrobe.housing.rug.nl/Wordrobe/public/HomePage.aspx

(5) Book sharing: Deutscher, Guy. 2005 The Unfolding of Language:
      An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention.
      New York: Picador/Henry Holt.

(6) Note that next Monday 9/28 is a HOLIDAY and there will be NO CLASS!

Week 3: 9/28, 9/30

9/28: HOLIDAY: NO CLASS

9/30:
(1) Upload class notes to Google Drive, including main points of CET 3 (issue #71).
      Save the Excel spreadsheet (downloaded from Google Drive) on your pc,
      and use it to design and update your pronunciation improvement plan.
      You can add additional items you need to work on as they come up.
      Summarize CET 4 (issue #72) for next week.

(2) Dictation.

(3) Course: p. 4-7.

(4) Webpages - some of this material will be covered in class;
please go through all of the material yourself at home:
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/intro_page_7b.htm
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/intro%20page8.htm

(5) Listen closely for the continuation rise in the English you hear spoken in the coming week.

Week 4: 10/05, 10/07

10/05:
(1) Upload class notes to Google Drive, including the main points of CET 4 (issue #72)
     and hand in the hard copies in class;
     remember to keep your Echo practice listening log up to date!
     Read and take notes on CET 5 (issue #73) for next Monday, 10/12.

(2) Course, p. 8-16

(3) From 9/30:
Make sure you have read these web pages on your own:
7b. Talking with just one vocal fold, or none:
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/intro_page_7b.htm
And 8. The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA):
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/intro%20page8.htm

10/07:
(1) First Pinyin quiz.

Tone marking rules:
1. Add the tone mark to the main vowel 主要母音/元音,
    which is the vowel on the left for ai, ei, ao, ou.
2. Add the tone mark to the vowel on the right for all other diphthongs,
    i.e. ia, ie, ua, ue/üe
3. Add the tone mark to the vowel in the middle for the triphthongs iao, uai.
    In fact you only really need Rule 1 - the rest you can figure out through logic by yourself!
Also please note:
4. iou and uei are generally simplified to iu and ui in Pinyin,
    e.g. diu, niu, liu, qiu, jiu, xiu; and dui, tui, gui, kui, hui,
    except for when the i and u sounds are initials, i.e. you and wei.

(2) Course, to p. 12.

(3) Please note: Class Notes; "vocabulary" is NON-COUNTABLE (no "-s"!); font: Times New Roman 12 pt. (not Arial!); print on both sides of the paper; suprasegmentals; leave a (space) before and after parentheses!; dot your "i"s and "j"s (it's not a line!); final "-y" is transcribed as /i/!

Week 5: 10/12,10/14

10/12:
(1) Upload class notes, notes on CET 5 (issue #73), and listening log to Google Drive.
    Take notes on CET 6 (issue #74) for next Monday, 10/19;
     keep up 10-minutes-a-day listening log.

(2) Practice exercises for phrase and compound noun stress. Print out, mark stress
     according to rules in CET 5 (issue #73); more help here.
     Bring completed exercises to class on 10/14 for correction.

(3) Start working on ch. 1 exercises, p. 25-32. Print out pdf file from CD;
     watch out for possible misnumberings.

(4) Webpages: 11. Romanization I and 12. Romanization II
Read these carefully – the material may appear on a test:
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/intro%20page%2011.htm
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/intro%20page%2012.htm

For reference:
Basic Rules of Hanyu Pinyin Orthography   in Chinese

Pinyin tone tool: Adds tone markings over correct vowels
to pinyin marked with tone numbers
http://toshuo.com/chinese-tools/pinyin-tone-tool/

Zhuyin to Pinyin converter tool (also has character to Zhuyin conversion):
http://www.chineseconverter.com/en/convert/zhuyin

(5) Course, p. 12-15.

(6) Book sharing: Pinker, Steven. 2014. The Sense of Style:
The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century.
London: Allen Lane/Penguin. 359pp. Paper.

10/14:
(1) a. English monosyllable dictation; b. go over compound noun stress worksheet.

(2) Course: ch. 1, p. 15-24

(3) Ch. 1 exercises, p. 25-32; due 10/21.

(4) Webpages: a. Romanization III
Read this page and the pages below carefully - the material may appear on a test:
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/intro%20page%2013.htm

b. This page includes the follow two links to essays in Chinese on Romanization by Prof. Wen-chao Li of San Francisco State University.
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/Wenchao%20Romanization%20I.htm
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/Wenchao%20Romanization%20II.htm

(5) Download Praat and use it to make and print out waveforms
of these two sentences:

a. "My two boys know how to fish."
b. "Tom saw nine wasps."

Use the audio recordings together with the waveforms to check
the sentences in the book.

(Note: We will now use Praat instead of WASP, since the
WASP download link is not working. Thanks to Lucy Chen
for reporting this!)

(6) How to check your English grammar BEFORE submitting any assignment:
Read: a. Using Google as a Usage Barometer, by Jerome C. Su.
Former student Ruben Tsui suggests using only news sites for checking grammar,
since they tend to be relatively well-written: https://news.google.com/nwshp?hl=en
And b. 21. 重方法不重死背的英文文法（下）(# 89) Subscribe here.

(7) Paper on contractions in Mandarin: "Contraction and Backgrounding in Taiwan Mandarin."
Concentric: Studies in Linguistics, Vol. 32, No. 1, January 2006. by Karen Chung.

Week 6: 10/19, 10/21

10/19:
(1) Hand in and upload to Google Drive class notes,
     together with notes on CET 6 (issue #74),
     and the rules for English compound noun stress based on 25-item handout.
     Take notes on CET 7 (issue #75); include with notes next Monday 10/26;
     keep up 10-minutes-a-day listening log and pronunciation plan.

(2) Hand in Praat waveforms in class. Solve problems with: too much noise, clipping.
     Make sure you've printed out only the waveforms and not spectrograms or pitch tracks!

(3) Finish Course ch. 1; demonstration of Newton's stream of vowels;
     and of overtones of voiced sounds as compared to whistling,
     which has only a fundamental frequency.

     Reliable Software: Frequency Analyzer:
     http://www.relisoft.com/freeware/freq.html

(4) Go over ch 1 exercises.

(5) Book sharing: Burroughs, Edgar Rice. 1912. Tarzan of the Apes.

(6) Read this second article in Chinese from 商業周刊 on using Google and other online tools
      to check your English grammar:
     還在用Google翻譯？6個超強網站讓你查到最道地的英文
     This article has gone viral on Karen on Ivy; as of this writing it has been viewed over 30,000 times!

(7) Test on ch. 1 on Wednesday 10/28, including dictation, Pinyin transcription and compound stress marking.

10/21:
(1) Test on ch 1 on Monday, 10/26, including dictation,
      Pinyin transcription and compound stress marking.
      Make sure you've read the assigned pages on Romanization!

(2) Tutorial on Voicing - Do the first one:
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/intro%20page%2017.htm

Direct link:
http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wtutor?tutorial=siphtra/vb1.htm

(3) How to transcribe English with IPA symbols;
    Introduction to the IPA and text markup (ppt);
    English consonants (ppt);

(4) If you haven't done so already: make sure you hand in notes on:
     1. Both CET 6 (#74) AND CET 21 (#89)
     2. The rules that explain the stress for each item on the compound noun stress handout;
     3. The Romanization web pages and essays by Prof. Wenchao Li;
     4. Your feedback.

Week 7: 10/26, 10/28

10/26:
(1) Upload class notes together with notes on CET 7 (issue #75) to Google Drive.
     Take notes on CET 8 (issue #76); include with notes next Monday 11/02;
      keep up 10-minutes-a-day listening log and pronunciation plan.

(2) Test on Chapter 1 on Wednesday 10/28, including dictation and compound stress marking.

(3) Finish marking exercises for ch. 1; course, ch. 2..

(4) Webpages: Phonemes and Allophones
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/intro%20page%2014.htm
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/intro%20page%2015.htm

(5) Tutorial on Plosives, Part I:
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/intro%20page%2017.htm

Direct link:
http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wtutor?tutorial=siphtra/plostut1/plostut1.htm

10/28:
(1) Please note: a. "feedback" is uncountable (no "-s"!);
                          b. Don't use "ever" to mean 曾經 in affirmative statements like:
                              "I have X ever heard that..."; just say, "I've heard that..."

(2) Test on Chapter 1, including dictation and compound stress marking.

(3) Course, ch 2.

(4) Tutorial on Plosives, Part II : VOT and aspiration:
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/intro%20page%2017.htm

Direct link:
http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/johnm/siphtra/plostut2/plostut2.htm

(5) Webpage: Writing Chinese in IPA
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/intro%20page%2010.htm
We'll be using Jimmy's table of IPA symbols for Mandarin as our standard.

(6) Book sharing: a. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, by Robert Cialdini;
                             b. Mental Efficiency, by Arnold Bennett.

Week 8: 11/02, 11/04

11/02:
(1) Upload to Google Drive class notes and notes on CET 8 (issue #76);
      take notes on CET 9 (issue #77) for next Monday;
      keep up 10-minutes-a-day listening log and pronunciation plan.

(2) Course, ch 2.

(3) Schwa Elision: Read Phonetics 1 web page 32; test yourself on the words in list:
     how many syllables does each one usually have?
     Mark the space next to each word with your mouse 反白
     to reveal the number of syllables in US English (on the left)
     and in Standard British English (on the right). If there is
     only one number, then the number of syllables is the same
     in both varieties of English.

(4) To hear each word pronounced in first US and then Standard British English,
      use the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary or Free Dictionary
      online. Please focus on US English, but you can also listen to how the words
      are pronounced in Standard British English.

(5) Watch, listen to and think about 1-4 below; then write an essay on
      what you come up with and include it in next Monday's notes. Focus particularly on:

      1. Mark Zuckerberg speaks Chinese at Tsinghua University, Beijing October 24, 2015
       How do you feel listening to Chinese with poor pronunciation and intonation.
       Also, how it is equivalent to listening to Taiwan English, when spoken by
       someone who has not worked much on their pronunciation, and doesn't know
       the basic rules of English intonation as described in CET #6.

      2. 搭機前先考英文　留美碩士怒批刁難 | 即時新聞 | 20151031 | 蘋果日報
      What is your reaction to the Taiwanese man who was upset at the English test
      he was given before being allowed to board a plane? At about what level would
      you consider his English pronunciation to be? Do you think the airline representative
      at the counter gave him reasonable and fair treatment?

      3. Ms. Chung's story about students learning the Echo Method quickly and
      easily the first day of class, while colleagues with years of experience teaching
      pronunciation often have no reaction to it, or interest in it, at all.
      Why did Ms. Chung get such different reactions from the two groups with whom
      she shared the Echo Method? Why did one pronunciation teacher eventually
      come to be very enthusiastic about it? What does this imply for the prospects
      for popularizing the method in Taiwan and beyond?

      4. British sitcom series: Mind Your Language (1977) Season One, Episode One
      What is your reaction to this sitcom? How accurately does it reflect reality?
      Name some of the obvious inaccuracies and implausible aspects of the show
      that you notice. Are these justified in order to achieve its goal of getting laughs
      and providing entertainment for viewers?

      5. How can we train Taiwanese in more of the basic things they need to know
      to function well in the world - e.g. understandable English and tidy email format -
      with all the gaps left behind by test-driven formal education? Think BIG on this one -
      we are looking for a solution or solutions for the whole country - and maybe beyond!

(6) Book sharing: Chomsky, Noam & Morris Halle. 1968; 1991.
   The Sound Pattern of English. New York, Evanston & London: Harper & Row. 470pp.

11/04:
(1) Course: ch 2

(2) Compound noun stress, /s/ or /z/, schwa elision, sp/st/sk deaspiration practice:
     Four-task handout. Due on Monday 11/09.

(3) Recommended movie: My Fair Lady (1964). Peter Ladefoged was the phonetics
     consultant for this film! Available in the 3rd floor 外教 library; also on YouTube.

Week 9: 11/09, 11/11

11/09:
(1) Submit class notes, notes on the assigned videos and topics,
      and notes on CET 9 (issue #77) over Google Drive;
      class notes and notes on CET 10 (issue #78) for next Monday;
      keep up 10-minutes-a-day listening log and pronunciation plan.

(2) Submit corrected test on ch 1.

(3) We will go over the Four-task handout in class; submit.

(4) Course, ch. 2.

(5) Do the exercises for chapter 2. We will hopefully finish ch. 2 of the Course
     on Wednesday, Nov. 11 and then will go over the ch. 2 exercises in class.

(6) Test on ch. 2 on Wednesday 11/18.

11/11:

(1) Finish ch. 2 of the Course.

(2) Mark the exercises for chapter 2 in class.

(3) Go over last part of web page 15: More on Phonemes and Allophones: Velar raising.
      Make sure you understand the part about an and ang in Mandarin
      and how it may affect English pronunciation (e.g. saying bans for bangs).

(3) Start ch. 3 of the Course if there's time.

(4) Homework: Praat waveform assignment.
     Details and handouts will be emailed to you over Ceiba. Due Monday 11/16/2015.
     http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/

(5) Read and take notes on: 23. Phonotactics V:
     Exceptions and odd syllable types (with PC desktop dictionary)

(6) Practice Dictations online.

(7) Test on ch. 2 on Wednesday 11/18.

Week 10: 11/16, 11/18

11/16:
(1) Submit class notes, notes on: 23. Phonotactics V:
     Exceptions and odd syllable types (with PC desktop dictionary),
     and notes on CET 10 (issue #78) over Google Drive;
     take notes on CET 11 (issue #79) for next Monday.

(2) Finish marking exercises for ch. 2. Test on ch. 2 on Wednesday 11/18.

(3) Course, ch. 3.

(4) Web page 19: Phonotactics I (with language identifier)
      http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/intro%20page%2019.htm

(5) Transcribing Mandarin into IPA: Print out and bring to class on Mondary 11/23:
     Jimmy's table of IPA symbols for Mandarin.

11/18:
(1) Test on ch. 2, with dictation.

(2) Mark 4-task exercise and hand in.

(3) Course, ch. 3.

(4) Web page 20: Phonotactics II Syllable structure
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/intro%20page%2020.htm

(5) Hand copy the "Rules for English Consonant Allophones," p. 72-77, due 11/26.
     Also, start early on the exercises for ch. 3.

Week 11: 11/23, 11/25

11/23:
(1) Hand in class notes, notes on CET 11 (issue #79), and
      LANGUAGE IDENTIFICATIONS for p. 19; don't forget to update
      your pronunciation journal and listening log;
      take notes on: CET 12 (issue #80) for next Monday.

(2) Course, ch. 3.

(3) Praat assignment: Check your inbox for previous mailing on how to use Praat
     and how to do this assignment. Prepare files of 15 utterances in 5 files,
     including a file with /s/ removed from spy, sty, sky.
     Say whether you think the words sound more like pie, tie, guy or buy, die, guy,
     and also ask a family member or friend to answer the same question,
     and include the answers with the file. Due Monday 11/30.

(4) Transcribing Mandarin into IPA: Transcribe the following
paragraph into IPA, using We'll be using Jimmy's table of
IPA symbols for Mandarin. Due Wednesday 11/25.

林麗雲指出，大考中心在國文科非選擇題的命題可以更好，
以讓考生直接、明確寫出答案，減少爭議；閱卷時也應公開、透明，
並接受社會更多監督，才可降低考生「靠運氣得分」的比重。

Source: http://www.chinatimes.com/newspapers/20151123000368-260114

11/25:
(1) Course, chapter 3.

(2) Go over the "Rules for English Consonant Allophones", p. 72-77.

(3) Exercises for ch. 3 are due 12/07; test on 12/09.

Week 12: 11/30, 12/02

11/30:
(1) Hand in class notes, notes on CET 12 (issue #80);
      make sure you've handed in your LANGUAGE IDENTIFICATIONS for p. 19;
      don't forget to update your pronunciation journal and listening log;
      take notes on CET 13 (issue #81) for next Monday.

(2) Mandarin IPA transcription.

(3) Course, ch. 3.

(4) Handwritten rules for English Consonant Allophones AND exercise for ch. 3 are due Wednesday 12/2.

(5) We'll go over in class the written and performance exercises for ch. 3 on 12/07, p. 78-83.

(6) The test on chapter ch. 3 and dictation will be held first hour, 12/09; it will include:
      I. Short answer questions on Ladefoged/Johnson ch. 3 (100%);
      II. Quiz on the three plosives and voicing tutorials (100%);
      III. English dictation: monosyllables (100%)
     = 300%, as three separate grades, for the entire test.

12/02:
(1) Finish ch. 3.

(2) Chapter 3 exercises and handwritten consonant allophone rules are due today.

(3) Test on ch. 3 will be on 12/09.

(4) Dictation practice here.

Week 13: 12/07, 12/09

12/07:
(1) Hand in class notes and notes on CET 13 (issue #81);
     for next Monday (12/14), submit your: a. class notes
     b. notes on CET 14 (issue #82) and CET 15 (issue #83);
     c. notes on web page 33. Contractions:
     http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/intro%20page%2033.htm
     to be added to your weekly class notes.

(2) Finish going over consonant allophone rules in Course, ch. 3.

(3) Test on ch. 3 on Wednesday, 12/09; one major part of the test will be on
      the three voicing and plosives tutorials, so make sure you have worked
      through each of these at least once, preferably more than once, and that
      you know the material very well. There will also be a dictation.

12/09:
(1) Mark exercises for ch. 3.

(2) Test on ch. 3 and on the three voicing and plosives tutorials;
      there will also be a dictation.

(3) Start ch. 4, if there's time.

(4) Hand in hand-copied "Rules for English Vowel Allophones" on Wednesday 12/16;
     exercises for ch. 4 on Monday 12/21.

Week 14: 12/14, 12/16

12/14:
(1) Hand in class notes, pronunciation journal, listening log and notes
     on CET 14 (issue #82) and CET 15 (issue #83);
     plus notes on web page 33. Contractions.
     Submit class notes and notes on CET 16 and CET 17 (issues #84 and #85)
     and hand-copied "Rules for English Vowel Allophones" next Monday 12/21.
     Your tests on ch. 3 will be returned to you on Wednesday 12/16 and Monday 12/21.

(2) Course, ch. 4.

(3) You need more dictation practice! Unfortunately, We don't have
      enough class time for this, so make sure you do it on your own!

12/16:
(1) Carefully correct items with points deducted on tests on chapter 3
     on a separate sheet of paper, due Wednesday 12/23.
     Please be THOROUGH and NEAT – I need to be able to read
     your corrections CLEARLY!

(2) Course, Ch. 4.

(3) Make sure you have finished your hand-copied "Rules for English Vowel Allophones".
     Go over the rules in class.

(4) Do the exercises for ch. 4; due 12/21.

Week 15: 12/21, 12/23

12/21:
(1) The rest of the ch. 4 tests will be returned to you.
     Carefully correct items with points deducted on tests on chapter 3
     on a separate sheet of paper, due Wednesday 12/23.
     Please be THOROUGH and NEAT – I need to be able to read
     your corrections CLEARLY!

(2) Hand in class notes and notes on CET 16 and CET 17 (issues #84 and #85)
     Submit class notes and notes on CET 18 (issue #86) and CET 19 (issue #87)
     next Monday 12/28. (You will need to sign up for the Email Updates list
     to access CET articles starting with CET 19.)

(3) Finish ch. 4.
     Make sure you have finished your hand-copied "Rules for English Vowel Allophones".

(4) Go over the exercises for chapter 4. Write transcriptions on board before class.

(5) Due January 4: Prepare:
     (I) a written evaluation of this semester's class and
     (II) an organized summary of your class notes, in two separate pdf files:

I. End-of-semester evaluation:
   Part 1: evaluate the class, textbook, teacher, syllabus, homework assignments,
what was most and least useful, things that could be improved, and how
— everything about the class this semester.
   Part 2: Evaluate yourself: Attendance and punctuality, homework submission,
how much you learned from the class, how much effort you put into this class,
   Part 3: How do you plan to continue improving your English, and your work
in phonetics and linguistics?
   Part 4: Re-listen to the recording you made at the beginning of the semester.
Write down your reactions to it this time. What do you notice in your own previous
pronunciation. Is there anything you have changed since then?

II. Organized summary of your class notes:
   Go through all your old notes, and organize them into a summary of main points.
You do not have to include every single detail from your notes; try rather to combine
notes that are about the same thing and to generalize.

Format and submission instructions: Convert your files to pdf format
before emailing both files to Ms. Chung at: feathermountain@gmail.com

12/23:
(1) Finish marking the exercises for chapter 4.

(2) Chapter test on Ladefoged, ch. 4.

(3) Some beautiful international Christmas carols:
      1. Czech: Hajej, nynej, Ježišku; Czech text read aloud by Pavel Sticka
      2. Georgian: Alilo;
      3. Scottish Gaelic: Taladh Chriosda   lyrics with IPA transcription.
Also:
      4. Aramaic: Hweili Isho' Halleluyah (Christ is Born);
      5. Huron/Wendat and French: The Huron Carol;
      6. Galician: Nadal de luintra;
      7. French: Le Sommeil de l'Enfant Jesus;
      8. More Christmas Carols; Word format.

Week 16: 12/28, 12/30

12/28:
(1) Submit class notes and notes on CET 18 (issue #86) and CET 19 (issue #87);
      for next Monday, submit class notes and notes on CET 20 (issue #88)
      and CET 22 (issue # 90); CET 22 has been emailed to you.

(2) Correct all errors on the test on ch 4 on a separate sheet
      and hand in on Monday 12/30.

(3) Course, ch. 5.

12/30:
(1) Hand in corrections for the test on ch 4 if ready.

(2) Course, ch. 5.

Week 17: 1/04, 1/06

1/04:
(1) Class evaluations and class notes summaries in two pdf files are due today.
      Send them to Ms. Chung at: feathermountain@gmail.com (NOT to the NTU account)
      and make sure you use correct email format! Please recheck the email you sent, if you've already
      sent it, for correct address and correct format, and resend your cover letter if you discover
      mistakes in either or both. (You need not resend your files.)
      You can get more detailed help on correct email format here.

(2) Submit class notes and notes on CET 20 (issue #88) and CET 22 (issue # 90).

(3) Hand in corrections for the test on ch 4.

(4) For practice: collections of compound nouns and noun phrases (from a previous class)  pdf

(5) Finish ch. 5 of Course; read aloud.

(6) Do the exercises for ch. 5; due on 1/06.

1/06:
(1) Dictation, if there's time.

(2) Finish ch. 5 of Course, if we don't finish on 1/04.

(3) Go over exercises for ch. 5, if we don't finish on 1/04.

(4) Wrap-up and questions.

(5) Back homework will be accepted no later than 12 noon Friday January 8, 2016.

FINAL EXAMS WEEK:

1/13:
FINAL EXAM: Wednesday, January 13, 2016, 5:30-7:20pm in 外教 203.

Input tools:
i2Speak IPA input tool:
http://www.i2speak.com/

Another IPA input interface:
http://westonruter.github.com/ipa-chart/keyboard/

Pinyin tone tool: Adds tone markings over correct vowels
to pinyin marked with tone numbers
http://toshuo.com/chinese-tools/pinyin-tone-tool/

Dictionaries:
Merriam-Webster (American English)
http://www.merriam-webster.com/

Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (American and British English)
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/

Macmillan Dictionary (American and British English)
http://www.macmillandictionary.com/

Howjasay (British English pronunciation)
http://www.howjsay.com/

Karen Chung's -all vs. -aul/-awl distinction

1. ball - bawl
bawl - ball

2. pall - Paul
Paul - pall

3. all - awl
awl - all

4. gall - Gaul
Gaul - gall

5. call, doll, fall, hall, loll, Moll, scald, stall, tall, wall, Walt, y'all

6. brawl, crawl, drawl, Saul, scrawl, shawl, trawl, yawl, vault

Links to the corrected versions of the exercises
in A Course in Phonetics, courtesy of Amy Tsai:

Exercises for Chapter One
Exercises for Chapter Two
Exercises for Chapter Three
Exercises for Chapter Four
Exercises for Chapter Five
Exercises for Chapter Six
Exercises for Chapter Seven
Exercises for Chapter Eight

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