1. Introduction to Phonetics II  Spring 2016
Instructor: Karen Steffen Chung 史嘉琳 老師
karchung@ntu.edu.tw
Mondays 1, 2 (8:10-10:00am) Classroom: 外教 204
Wednesdays 9, A (17:30-19:15 [5:30-7:15pm]) Classroom: 外教 204

CET articles on English pronunciation
Syllabus for Spring 2015

Eligibility:

       Students who have successfully completed one semester of an introductory phonetics course; others by permission only. This course is highly recommended for anyone planning to do advanced work in phonetics or linguistics. A serious but friendly course!
       

Textbooks:

       Ladefoged, Peter & Keith Johnson. 2011. A Course in Phonetics. 6th edition. Boston: Wadsworth Cenage Learning. 322pp. Available at Crane's 文鶴.

       Ladefoged, Peter & Sandra Ferrari Disner. 2012. Vowels and Consonants: An Introduction to the Sounds of Languages. 3rd edition. West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell. 211pp + xvii. Paper. Companion website here. Buy at Crane's 文鶴. Make sure you get the 3rd edition!

Course description:

     This course is a continuation of Karen Chung's Introduction to Phonetics Course; though students who have taken other phonetics courses are also welcome. The primary goal of the course will be to finish Ladefoged's A Course in Phonetics, starting from Chapter Six, "Airstream Mechanisms and Phonation Types" (figure out the correct compound noun stress before reading this aloud!), and to go through all of the material in Ladefoged/Disner's Vowels and Consonants.

     Note that Chapter 11 of the Course will not be covered in class, though material in it may appear in the final exam, so you will need to read chapter 11 of the Course yourself, independently. You are however of course welcome to ask questions about it in class.

     Students are expected to take careful class notes, including on pronunciation corrections, and will be asked to submit a paper summary of their notes in class every Monday, and to also upload your notes and other written work to Google Drive. Make sure Ms. Chung has a gmail address for you so you can be added to the Phonetics II S16 folder on Google Drive.

     Every Wednesday, you will read and submit a brief summary of one chapter of Vowels and Consonants and write and submit two questions on the chapter a week, in this sequence:

February 24-March 2: Chapter 1 (Monday 2/29 is a holiday) March 2-9: Chapter 2 March 9-16: Chapter 3 March 16-23: Chapter 11 March 23-30: Chapter 12 March 30-April 6: Chapter 13 (Monday 4/4 is a holiday) April 6-April 13: Chapter 14 April 13-20: Chapter 4

April 20-27: Chapter 5 April 27-May 4: Chapter 6 May 4-11: Chapter 7 May 11-18: Chapter 8 May 18-25: Chapter 9 May 25-June 1: Chapter 10 June 1-8: Chapter 15 June 8-15: Chapter 16

     There will be a number of class dictations, and practical exercises in English pronunciation will be assigned, as time permits, with emphasis on consolidating past progress and identifying and fine-tuning areas left for improvement. Various Web assignments will be given, and you will get more practice in using Praat and other speech tools.

     Make sure you join and check in often with NTU Phonetics on Facebook, where we can continue and supplement class discussions and ask and answer questions online.

     All of the classes from Phonetics II, Spring 2013, are available online for reference. This semester will not be exactly the same, but if you end up missing a class, or if you'd like to hear the material again for review or to understand it better, you're encouraged to watch the online lectures.

     Final exam date: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at 5:30-7:15pm in 外教 204.

Grade calculation:

     Students will be graded on written work, dictations (to a lesser extent), quizzes, chapter tests, and a final, as well as attendance, class participation, attitude, and progress made.

Syllabus: NOTE: This syllabus is basically a modified copy of the Spring 2015 Phonetics II syllabus,
     so it is for reference only. It is certain to be changed a lot over the course of the semester.
     It will be updated weekly, so in general, it should be accurate up to and including the current week;
     for any time after that, check back after it's been updated for this semester.
     PLEASE REPORT ANY ERRORS OR DEAD LINKS you find to karchung@ntu.edu.tw!

Week 1: 2/22, 2/24
Monday 2/22:
(1) Enrollment and other class business;
     make sure you have a copy of the third edition of
     Vowels and Consonants asap!
     See reading schedule above; we will be reading the chapters
     in a different sequence from the one in the book.
     Also note that there is a companion website for the book.
     Read and summarize chapter 1 and write two questions on the
     material in the chapter, to be submitted 3/2.

(2) Your final exam from last semester will be returned
      and we'll go over it in class. Correct it carefully
      and hand it in on Wednesday February 24.

(3) Just like last semester, you will hand in the paper version
      of your class notes every Monday, and you are also to
      upload them to Google Drive before Monday of each week.
      Make sure that you record all pronunciation corrections, and
      work actively on automating them and thus fixing them permanently
      so we won't have to keep repeating the same corrections in class!
      One of the biggest complaints in previous classes is that we spent
      too much class time correcting the same mistakes over and over
      again. This can be avoided if you practice and come prepared.
      
(4) Read and summarize CET 23 (issue #91; it will be emailed to you)
     and submit with your class notes.

(5) Make three observations about language over the coming week
     and share what you find with the class on Wednesday, 3/2.

(6) Book sharing: Chinese Syntactic Grammar, by Jian Kang Loar.

(7) Start reading chapter 6 of Ladefoged/Johnson's A Course in Phonetics.
     Learn how to pronounce ejectives.
     Some Chinese translations for "ejective": 外爆音、緊喉音、噴音;
     for "egressive": 外呼音、呼氣音、擠氣音、外擠音;
     for "ingressive": 內吸音;
     for "creaky voice": 吱嘎（嗓）音;
     for "breathy voice": 氣（聲）音;
     for "plosive": 爆音、爆發音.
     for "implosive": 內爆音
     for "click": 咂 zā 音、搭嘴音、吸氣音

Wednesday 2/24:
(1) Submit the corrections for your final exam from last semester.

(2) Notes plus two questions on V&C ch. 1 due Wednesday 3/2.

(3) Chapter 6 of Ladefoged/Johnson's A Course in Phonetics.

(4) There will be no class on Monday 2/29.


Week 2: 2/29 (holiday; no class), 3/2
2/29: Holiday; no class.

3/2:
(1) Submit your class and CET 23 (issue #91) notes, and upload to Google Drive.
     Take notes on CET 24 (#92) for next week.
     Email Updates subscription URL: http://eepurl.com/505qT

(2) Ask questions on V&C ch. 1, hand in your summary and 2 questions.
     Next week's V&C chapter: Ch. 2, for 3/11.

(3) Discuss three observations about language collected over the past week.

(4) Course, ch. 6.


Week 3: 3/7, 3/9
3/7:
(1) Submit paper class notes and notes on CET 24 (#92); upload to Google Drive.

(2) Course, ch. 6. Clicks; phonation types.

(3) Ejectives and VOT dictation on Wednesday 3/9.

3/9:
(1) Ask questions on V&C ch. 2, hand in your summary and 2 questions.
     Next week's V&C chapter: Ch. 3, for 3/16.

(2) Dictation: Ejectives and VOT.

(3) Course, ch. 6: phonation types.


Week 4: 3/14, 3/16
3/14:
(1) Submit and upload class notes.
      For next week, read and take notes on the English Island article:
      台灣教室裡找不到的「嘲諷課」（上）
      and on the chapter on Wade-Giles Romanization that will be emailed to you.

(2) Course, ch. 6: phonation types.


3/16:
(1) Ask questions on V&C ch. 3, hand in your summary and 2 questions.
     Next week's V&C chapter: Ch. 11, for 3/23.

(2) Dictation: Georgian: Ejectives.

(3) Course, ch. 6: states of the glottis, phonation types.


Week 5: 3/21, 3/23
3/21:
(1) Submit and upload class notes, plus notes on 台灣教室裡找不到的「嘲諷課」（上）,
      and on the chapter on Wade-Giles Romanization emailed to you.
      For next week, include notes on 台灣教室裡找不到的「嘲諷課」（下）  in your class notes.

(2) Course, ch. 6: phonation types.

(5) Exercises for chapter 6 due Monday, 3/28.

3/23:
(1) Hand in summary of V&C ch. 11, summary of ch. 12
     with 2 questions for Wednesday 3/30.

(2) Dictation: Lakhota.

(3) Exercises for chapter 6 due Monday 3/28.


Week 6: 3/28, 3/30
3/28:
(1) Hand in and upload class notes and notes on 台灣教室裡找不到的「嘲諷課」（下） ;
     for next week, read and take notes on 老師，請認錯吧！(上),
     and include in your class notes to be handed in next Monday.

(2) Go over exercises for chapter 6; there will be a test on ch. 6 on Wednesday 3/30.

(3) Course, ch. 7.

3/30:
(1) Test on Course, ch. 6.

(2) Hand in summary of V&C ch 12; summarize ch 13 for 4/6.

(3) Course, ch. 7.

(4) Note that Monday 4/4 is a holiday; no class.


Week 7: 4/4, (holiday; no class), 4/6
4/4:
(Holiday; no class)

4/6:
(1) Hand in and upload class notes, notes on 老師，請認錯吧！(上), and summary of V&C ch 13;
     summarize and write 2 questions on V&C ch. 14, for Wednesday 4/13.
     Also read 同學，給我一點Feedback for Monday 4/11.

(2) Submit corrections for Chapter 6 test on Monday 4/13.

(3) Dictation.

(4) Course, ch. 7.


Week 8: 4/11, 4/13
4/11:
(1) Hand in and upload class notes; hand in corrections for Chapter 6 test.
     No new English Island article for next week, however, please include
     your own observations and notes on a phonetics/linguistics/culture-related
     article of your choice, online or otherwise, in next week's notes.

(2) Course, ch. 7.

(3) Dictation on Wednesday 4/13, including new consonant sounds introduced in ch. 7;
     review the symbols and their articulations to prepare.

4/13:
(1) Hand in summary of V&C ch 14 with 2 questions;
     summarize and write 2 questions on V&C ch. 4 for Wednesday, 4/20.

(2) Dictation including new consonant sounds introduced in ch. 7.

(3) Course ch 7.


Week 9: 4/18, 4/20
4/18:
(1) Submit and upload class notes, along with notes on article of your choice.

(2) We'll go over the exercises for ch. 7.

(3) Progress on producing alveolar trill?

(4) Begin ch. 8 of Course.

(5) Test on ch. 7 Wednesday 4/20.

4/20:
(1) Hand in summary of V&C ch. 4; summarize ch. 5 for next Wednesday, 4/27.

(2) Chapter test on Course, ch. 7 with dictation.

(3) Chapter 8 of Course.

(4) Web page: 8. Fundamental frequency and harmonics.


Week 10: 4/25, 4/27
4/25:
(1) Submit and upload class notes.

(2) Correct test on ch 7; submit on 4/27.

(3) Guitar demonstration of modes of vibration of a string,
     using guitar, tape measure, electronic tuner, calculator.

(4) Web page: 8. Fundamental frequency and harmonics.

(5) Course, ch. 8.

(6) Ruben Tsui's handout on palatal nasals in Hakka.

4/27:
(1) Hand in summary of V&C ch. 5; summarize ch. 6 for next Wednesday, 5/4.

(2) Hand in corrections for the test on ch. 7.

(3) Course, ch. 8.

(4) Do the logarithms tutorial; introduction and link on web page:
     11. Getting ready to learn about decibels: a tutorial on logarithms

(5) For reference: the speed of sound is 340.29 meters per second;
     Wikipedia gives 343.2 m/s; in many calculations it is rounded up to 350 meters per second.


Week 11: 5/2, 5/4
5/2:
(1) Submit class notes. For next week, include notes on this new English Island article:
      Wrongology: 不要懷疑，真的有犯錯學！.

(2) Has everybody successfully completed the logarithms tutorial?

(3) Web page: 10. Vowels and Formants II (with duck call demonstration)

(4) Course, ch. 8.

5/4:
(1) Hand in summary of V&C ch. 6; summarize ch. 7 for next Wednesday, 5/11.

(2) Course, ch. 8.

(3) Plot F1 and F2 of vowels for General American English and standard Southern British English. Due 5/9.


Week 12: 5/9, 5/11
5/9:
(1) Submit and upload class notes, including notes on the new English Island article:
      Wrongology: 不要懷疑，真的有犯錯學！. Please share your feedback and any questions in class.

(2) Submit your F1 and F2 vowel plots.

(3) Course, ch. 8.

(4) Bring scientific calculator (a cell phone/tablet app is fine) to class
     on Wednesday 5/11 for Decibels tutorial.

5/11:
(1) Hand in summary of V&C ch. 7; summarize ch. 8 for next Wednesday, 5/18.

(2) 12. Decibels tutorial. Have scientific calculator or app ready.

(3) Course, ch. 8.

(4) Read web page: 16. White noise, pink noise...orange noise???

(5) Victor Borge: Audible punctuation marks:
     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf_TDuhk3No


Week 13: 5/16, 5/18
5/16:
(1) Submit and upload class notes.

(2) Web page: 13. The Case of the Missing Fundamental

(3) Demonstration of beats on 2-tone bird whistle, of difference frequency on 3-note horn.

(4) Course, ch. 8.

5/18:
(1) Hand in summary of V&C ch. 8; summarize ch. 9 for next Wednesday, 5/25.

(2) Course, ch. 8

(3) Segment and try to decipher two spectrograms.

(4) Karen Chung's version of the spectrogram on page 209.


Week 14: 5/23, 5/25
5/23:
(1) Submit and upload class notes.

(2) Course, ch. 8: Spectrogram reading.

5/25:
(1) Hand in summary of V&C ch. 9 with 2 questions;
      summarize V&C ch. 10 and write 2 questions for Wednesday, 6/1.

(2) Course, ch. 8: Spectrogram reading, try to finish chapter.


Week 15: 5/30, 6/1
5/30:
(1) Submit and upload class notes. For next week:
      include notes on the June English Island article: 中文變好，英文也跟著好了.

(2) Finish Course, ch. 8. Demonstration of sharply-tuned vs. not-sharply tuned resonators.

(3) Check exercises for ch. 8.

(4) Test on ch. 8 on Monday 6/6.

6/1:
(1) Submit summary on V&C ch.10 with 2 questions;
      summarize V&C ch. 15 and write 2 questions for next week, 6/8.

(2) Test on Course, ch. 8.

(3) Course, ch. 9.

(4) Final evalution and Summary of Class Notes (submit as two separate pdf files)
      for Phonetics II are due June 15:

      I. End-of-semester evaluation:
      Part 1: evaluate the class, teacher, 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 prepared for class you were, 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 learning more about linguistics?

      II. Organized summary of your class notes:
      Go through all your old notes, and organize them into a summary of main points,
including notes on the CET articles and Vowels & Consonants. 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 no later than June 15, 2016.


Week 16: 6/6, 6/8
6/6:
(1) Submit and upload class notes, including notes
     on the June English Island article: 中文變好，英文也跟著好了.
     Read and include notes on this article in your notes for Monday 6/13:
     A Global Approach to Teaching Phrasal Verbs, by Rita Baker.

(2) Course, ch. 9.

(3) We'll finish going over the exercises for ch 8 on 6/8.

6/8:
(1) Submit summary of V&C ch. 15;
     for next Wednesday 6/15, summarize last chapter of V&C, ch. 16.

(2) Finish going over the exercises for ch. 8.

(3) Written and performance exercises for ch. 9 due Monday 6/13.

(4) Finish Course, ch. 9, begin ch. 10.

(5) Final evalution and Summary of Class Notes (submit as two separate pdf files)
      for Phonetics II are due June 15.

(6) NTU writing tutorial resource: http://www.awec.ntu.edu.tw/My_tutorial.html.


Week 17: 6/13, 6/15
6/13:
(1) Hand in and upload class notes, including notes on
     A Global Approach to Teaching Phrasal Verbs, by Rita Baker.

(2) Read this Web page and watch the videos on your own: 17. Hearing with your eyes: The McGurk Effect

(3) Go over written and performance exercises for ch 9.

(4) Finish Course ch 10, if possible.

(5) Do written and performance exercises for ch 10, due 6/15.

6/15:
(1) Summary of class notes and evaluation to feathermountain@gmail.com due today.

(2) Hand in summaries of V&C ch. 16. We've finished Vowels and Consonants!

(3) Finish Course ch 10, if not finished on 6/13.

(4) Go over exercises for Course ch. 10.


Week 18 (Finals week): 6/20, 6/22 (Final exam)
6/20:
(1) Materials on Southern Min dialect will be passed out.

(2) Web page: 19. Vowels and Formants III: Formants for fun and profit (with samples of exotic music)

(3) Watch this talk by Victor Thibout from the June 19, 2013 NTU OCW class on your own:

Grand Finale: Special Guest Victor Thibout Demonstrates Khoomei and Undertone Singing
http://ocw.aca.ntu.edu.tw/ntu-ocw/index.php/ocw/cou/101S213/34

6/22:
Final exam: 5:30-7:15pm in 外教 204.

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