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Overview of:
Introduction to Phonetics with Pronunciation Practicum,
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Professor:
Karen Steffen Chung 史嘉琳
karchung@ntu.edu.tw
THIS WEEK
Fall 2016
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.
Week 1: 9/12, 9/14
9/12:
(1) Enrollment and other class business;
make sure you have a textbook, by 9/14 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) Warm-up song: Nat King Cole: Kemo Kimo
9/14:
(1) Enrollment.
(2) Dictation.(3) Video: The Fantastic Voyage: A Journey into the Human Voice
(4) Parts of the vocal tract
(5) Start learning Hanyu Pinyin with: 漢語拼音八講 local copy
Eight Lessons in Hanyu Pinyin
(watch out for two or so errors in the exercises)
http://www.svcs-us.org/docs/academics/2012-2013/HanYuPinYin.pdf
(6) Warm-up song: Nat King Cole: Kemo Kimo
Week 2: 9/19, 9/21
9/19:
(1) Class list and assigned seating. Email format: Plain text; no html! Indent paragraphs 5 spaces.
No Chinese punctuation; leave a space (before and after) parentheses. "Prof." (NOT: Pro. or Pros.!)
Please put "phon" in the subject line of all class-related emails.
(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 9/26.
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) Start reading textbook: Ladefoged/Johnson: A Course in Phonetics (hereafter, "Course"), ch. 1(6) 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 9/21.
(7) Breaktime music: John Lennon: Oh My Love studio version
Lyrics
9/21:
(1) Hand in 12 mid-sagittal outline drawings of the head.(2) Dictation.
(3) Finish introducing the parts of the vocal tract.
(4) Read Course, ch 1.(5) Two resources for learning the Mandarin Phonetic Symbols, aka bopomofo;
thanks to 于佳杏 Yu Jiaxing.
(a) Zhuyin-Pinyin Comparison chart:
http://www.dujing.org/ClCms/Article/ShowInfo.asp?InfoID=927
(b) YouTube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iYavPivro4
(6) 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
(7) Breaktime music: John Lennon: Oh My Love studio version
Lyrics
Week 3: 9/26, 9/28
9/26:
(1) Please put "phon" in the subject line of all class-related emails.
(2) Make sure you've submitted your "before" recording to feathermountain@gmail.com.
(3) Discuss CET 3 (issue 71): /i/ 和 /ɪ/ 的辨別.
Hand in class notes and notes on the CET article.
Read and take notes on: CET 4 (#72:)「重音」真的很重要! for next Monday;
make sure your notes are uploaded to Google Drive; let me know if there's still a problem.
(4) Course:
(5) 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
(6) Listen closely for the continuation rise in the English you hear spoken in the coming week.
(7) Breaktime music: Jann Arden: Insensitive Lyrics
9/28:
No class due to typhoon.
Week 4: 10/03, 10/0510/03:
(1) Upload class notes to Google Drive, including the main points of
CET 4 (#72:)「重音」真的很重要! (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 (#73) 英語教學死角：複合名詞重音
(issue #73) for next Wednesday, 10/12.
(2) Dictations: 5 and 6: /-ɪn/ vs. /-in/ and /-it/ vs. /-id/
(3) Course.
(4) From 9/26:
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
(5) The Pinyin Tutorial link is now correct and up to date!
Learn Hanyu Pinyin with: 漢語拼音八講 local copy
Eight Lessons in Hanyu Pinyin
(watch out for two or so errors in the exercises)
http://www.svcs-us.org/docs/academics/2012-2013/HanYuPinYin.pdf
(6) Breaktime music: Billy Joel: She's Always a Woman to Me Live (1978)
Lyrics
10/05:
(1) Regarding Pinyin: 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.
(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/!
(4) Breaktime music: Billy Joel: She's Always a Woman to Me Live (1978)
Lyrics
Week 5: 10/10 (HOLIDAY: NO CLASS),10/12
10/10:
No class due to Double Tenth holiday.
10/12:
(1) Upload class notes, notes on CET 5 (#73) 英語教學死角：複合名詞重音
(issue #73) to Google Drive.
Take notes on CET 6 (#74) 抑揚頓挫：英語的語調和斷句 (issue #74) for next Monday, 10/17;
keep up 10-minutes-a-day listening.
(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 10/17 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.
(6) Breaktime music: Tori Amos: China (1992) China (with lyrics) lyrics
Week 6: 10/17, 10/1910/17:
(1) Hand in and upload to Google Drive class notes,
together with notes on CET 6 (#74) 抑揚頓挫：英語的語調和斷句,
Take notes on CET 7 (#75) Stop at stops! —— 遇到塞音請停！;
include with notes next Monday 10/24.
(2) We'll go over the rules for English compound noun stress
based on 25-item handout before handing it in.
(3) 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) Do the ch 1 exercises; due Monday 10/24.
(5) 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
Also read: b. 21. 重方法不重死背的英文文法（下）(# 89) Subscribe here.
And read this article in Chinese from 商業周刊 on using Google and other online tools
to check your English grammar:
c. 還在用Google翻譯？6個超強網站讓你查到最道地的英文
This article went viral on Karen on Ivy; as of this writing it has been viewed over 30,000 times!
Include notes on the above articles in next week's notes.
(6) Read and take notes on: Phonetics I p. 32: Schwa elision in English
(7) Breaktime music: Joe Jackson: Breaking Us in Two video with lyrics lyrics
10/19:
(1) Course, ch. 1.
(2) Ch. 1 exercises, p. 25-32 are due 10/26.
(3) 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.htmb. 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
(4) 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. (TURN OFF the SPECTROGRAM display;
we're only using the WAVEFORM display for this assignment.)
(5) Optional reference:
Paper on contractions in Mandarin: "Contraction and Backgrounding in Taiwan Mandarin."
Concentric: Studies in Linguistics, Vol. 32, No. 1, January 2006. by Karen Chung.
(6) Breaktime music: Joe Jackson: Breaking Us in Two video with lyrics lyrics
Week 7: 10/24, 10/2610/24:
(1) Hand in and upload to Google Drive class notes,
together with notes on CET 7 (#75) Stop at stops! —— 遇到塞音請停！,
and on page 13: Romanization III http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/intro%20page%2013.htm
along with essays in Chinese on Romanization by Prof. Wen-chao Li:
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/Wenchao%20Romanization%20I.htm
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/Wenchao%20Romanization%20II.htm
Take notes on CET 8 (#76:) "-s" 和 "-ed" 詞尾 怎麼唸？;
include with notes next Monday 10/31.
(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) Demonstration of speaking vs. tuning fork, whistling with Frequency Analyzer;
plus Newton's vowels.
(4) We'll finish ch. 1 and begin ch. 2.
We'll mark the ch. 1 exercises on Wednesday 10/26.
Test on Chapter 1 on Monday 10/31, including dictation and compound stress marking.
(5) Tutorial on Plosives, Part I:
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/intro%20page%2017.htmDirect link:
http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wtutor?tutorial=siphtra/plostut1/plostut1.htm
(7) New resource: Besides the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary,
Dictionary.com also gives pronunciations in IPA (click on the "Spell" button),
syllabification (click on "syllables"), how it rates on a "difficulty index", example
sentences, and lots of other interesting information about each word entry.
(8) Book sharing: Barnes, Julian. 2016. The Noise of Time. London: Jonathan Cape.184pp.
This fictionalized biography of Dmitri Shostakovich recreates the Russian composer's
struggles with the Soviet dictatorship as he tried to both create his art and simply survive.
The Guardian book review (optional – if interested) .
(9) Halloween breaktime music (1):
The Monster Mash (1962) by Bobby "Boris" Pickett lyrics
10/26:
(1) Please note: a. "feedback" and "vocabulary" are 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) We'll mark the exercises for Chapter 1 in class.
(3) There will be a test on Chapter 1, including dictation and
compound stress marking, on Monday, October 31.
(4) Start on Course, ch 2.
(5) Useful resources:
1. How to transcribe English with IPA symbols;
2. Introduction to the IPA and text markup (ppt);
3. English consonants (ppt).
(6) Webpages: Phonemes and Allophones
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/intro%20page%2014.htm
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/intro%20page%2015.htm
(7) Halloween breaktime music (1):
The Monster Mash (1962) by Bobby "Boris" Pickett lyrics
Week 8: 10/31, 11/02
10/31:
(1) Upload to Google Drive class notes and notes on CET 8 (#76:) "-s" 和 "-ed" 詞尾 怎麼唸？;
for next Monday: take notes on CET 9 (#77:) 鼻音/m/、/n/ 與 /ŋ/ —— No problen? （上）;
keep up 10-minutes-a-day listening and Echo practice.
(2) Test on Chapter 1 of the Course; will include a dictation
on words ending with three nasals: /-m/, /-n/ and /ŋ/; and two phrase and
compound noun stress marking quizzes. Also hand in ch. 1 exercises.(3) Course, ch 2.
(4) Tutorial on Plosives, Part II : VOT and aspiration:
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/intro%20page%2017.htmDirect link:
http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/johnm/siphtra/plostut2/plostut2.htm
(6) Book sharing: a. Nooteboom, Cees. The Following Story.
London: Vintage Books. 1996; 2014. 97pp. Paper.
b. (Introduced by Nick Yang:) 周家發. 邊薯人，講呢D：語言奇趣之旅.
香港: 中華書局. 2014. 260pp. 平裝.
(7) Breaktime music: The Rustavi Choir from the Republic of Georgia
(8) This is OPTIONAL; it is included here only because we did this last year,
and some of the content is quite fun and interesting - you can pick out anything you
that piques your curiosity and have fun with it; you can include any feedback
you may have in your notes if you like:
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. Prof. 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!
11/02:
(1) Course: ch 2
(2) Compound noun stress, /s/ or /z/, schwa elision, /sp/, /st/, /sk/ deaspiration practice:
Four-task handout. Due on Monday 11/07.
(3) We'll have our first quiz on 漢語拼音 Hanyu Pinyin and
注音符號 Mandarin Phonetics Symbols on Monday 11/07 –
review and practice so you come prepared!
(4) 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.
(5) Breaktime music: A novelty song that's a little creepy but mostly fun, and good rhythm practice:
They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-haaa! (1966) by Napoleon XIV (Jerry Samuels)
Week 9: 11/07, 11/09
11/07:
(1) Submit paper copy of class notes, and notes on
CET 9 (#77:)鼻音/m/、/n/ 與 /ŋ/ —— No problen? （上）, also upload to Google Drive;
prepare class notes and notes on CET 10 (#78:) 鼻音/m/、/n/ 與 /ŋ/ —— No problen? （下）
for next Monday; keep up 10-minutes-a-day listening and Echo practice.
Also submit corrections for for test on Chapter 1.
(2) Take notes on this English Island article (republished in 30+ magazine)
and include in your notes for next Monday: 看「中文字幕」會影響英文聽力嗎？
(3) First Pinyin (for Taiwan students)/Mandarin Phonetic Symbols
(for students from outside of Taiwan) quiz:
The quiz will be postponed to Wednesday, 11/09.
(4) We will go over the Four-task handout in class; submit.
(5) Course, ch. 2.
(6) Book sharing: Burnett, Bill & Dave Evans. Designing Your Life: Build a life that works for you.
London: Chatto & Windus, 2016.
(7) Breaktime music: Crimes of the Heart by Amanda McBroom lyrics
11/09:
(1) First Pinyin (for Taiwan students)/Mandarin Phonetic Symbols
(for students from outside of Taiwan) quiz.
We'll have another similar quiz next Monday, 11/14.
(2) 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) Course ch. 2.
(4) Reminder: Practice Dictations online.
(4) Breaktime music: Crimes of the Heart by Amanda McBroom lyrics
Week 10: 11/14, 11/16
11/14:
(1) Submit paper class notes, notes on: CET 10 (#78:) 鼻音/m/、/n/ 與 /ŋ/ —— No problen? （下）
and on: 看「中文字幕」會影響英文聽力嗎？ and upload to Google Drive;
take notes on CET 11 (#79:) 台式英語罪魁禍首：/æ/、/ɛ/ 和 /eɪ/ for next Monday.
(2) Finish ch. 2 of Course.
(3) Do the exercises for chapter 2; due Monday 11/21.
(4) Test on ch. 2 on Wednesday 11/23 including dictation,
Pinyin/注音符號 quiz, and compound stress marking.
(5) Course, ch. 3.
(6) Breaktime Music: Working At The Car Wash Blues, by Jim Croce lyrics.
11/16:
(1) Mark the exercises for chapter 2 in class.
Test on ch. 2 on Wednesday 11/23.
(2) Course, ch. 3.(3) Breaktime Music: Working At The Car Wash Blues, by Jim Croce lyrics.
Week 11: 11/21, 11/23
11/21:
(1) Submit PAPER class notes and CET 11 (#79): 台式英語罪魁禍首：/æ/、/ɛ/ 和 /eɪ/.
For Monday November 28: Class notes, CET 12 (#80) 英語發音百樂篇（一）: Pronunciation Potluck (1)
("says" and "said", clear and dark "l", the "tap" rule for "t", and the difference between "ear" and "year");
and CET 13 (#81) 英語發音百樂篇（二）: Pronunciation Potluck (2)
(/ju/ vs. /u/ the deaspiration of /p/, /t/, and /k/ after /s/; the pronunciation of /ʒ/ and /ʤ/;
also /dz/ vs. /z/, and /ts/ vs. /s/.
(2) Mark exercises for Course, chapter 2.
(3) There will be a test on ch. 2, with Pinyin/注音符號 quiz, dictation,
compound noun stress marking on Wednesday 11/23.
(4) Course, ch. 3.
(5) Read: Web page 19: Phonotactics I (with language identifier)
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/intro%20page%2019.htm
and Web page 20: Phonotactics II Syllable structure
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/intro%20page%2020.htm
and include in next Monday's (11/28) notes.
(6) Breaktime Music: Country Western Song: I Wanna Talk about Me video with lyrics lyrics
written by Bobby Braddock sung by Toby Keith
11/23:
(1) Test on ch. 2, with Pinyin/注音符號 quiz, dictation, compound noun stress marking.
(2) Course, chapter 3.
(3) Breaktime Music: Country Western Song: I Wanna Talk about Me video with lyrics lyrics
written by Bobby Braddock sung by Toby Keith
Week 12: 11/28, 11/30
11/28:
(1) Hand in class notes and notes on:
CET 12 (#80) 英語發音百樂篇（一）: Pronunciation Potluck (1)
("says" and "said", clear and dark "l", the "tap" rule for "t", and the difference between "ear" and "year");
and CET 13 (#81) 英語發音百樂篇（二）: Pronunciation Potluck (2)
(/ju/ vs. /u/ the deaspiration of /p/, /t/, and /k/ after /s/; the pronunciation of /ʒ/ and /ʤ/;
also /dz/ vs. /z/, and /ts/ vs. /s/; also make sure you've handed in your
LANGUAGE IDENTIFICATIONS for p. 19.
For next Monday 12/05: Read and take notes on
CET 14 (#82) 英語發音百樂篇（三）: Pronunciation Potluck (3)
(the pronunciation of “th”, “x” and “r”); and also:
CET 15 (#83) 英語發音百樂篇（四）: Pronunciation Potluck (4)
(the pronunciation of “w”, “wh” and “h”; nasal plosion; schwa elision).
(2) Course, ch. 3.
(3) Read and take notes, include in 12/05 notes: 23. Phonotactics V:
Exceptions and odd syllable types (with PC desktop dictionary)
(4) 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 Wednesday 11/30.
(5) Breaktime Music: You Don't Know Me by Ben Folds with Regina Spektor video with lyrics lyrics
11/30:
(1) Course, ch. 3.
(2) Hand in Praat assignment.
(3) Breaktime Music: You Don't Know Me by Ben Folds with Regina Spektor video with lyrics lyrics
Week 13: 12/05, 12/07
12/05:
(1) Hand in class notes and notes on:
CET 14 (#82) 英語發音百樂篇（三）: Pronunciation Potluck (3)
(the pronunciation of “th”, “x” and “r”); and also:
CET 15 (#83) 英語發音百樂篇（四）: Pronunciation Potluck (4)
(the pronunciation of “w”, “wh” and “h”; nasal plosion; schwa elision).
for next Monday (12/12), submit your: a. class notes
b. notes on Class notes and CET 16 (issue #84) and CET 17 (issue #85):
Do not 和 don’t意思一樣嗎？英語的縮讀字（（上、下）;
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 ch. 3 of Course.
(3) Hand copy the "Rules for English Consonant Allophones," p. 72-77, due Wednesday 12/07.
(4) The exercises for ch. 3 are due on Monday 12/12.
(5) Test on ch. 3 on Wednesday, 12/14; 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.
(6) Book sharing: Creating Conversations: Improvisation in Everyday Discourse by R. Keith Sawyer.
(7) Breaktime Music: Between by Vienna Teng 史逸欣 lyrics
12/07:
(1) Hand in your hand-copied "Rules for English Consonant Allophones," p. 72-77.
(2) The exercises for ch. 3 are due on Monday 12/12.
(3) Test on ch. 3 and on the three voicing and plosives tutorials
will be held on Wednesday 12/14; 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.
(4) Course ch. 4.
(5) Breaktime Music: Between by Vienna Teng 史逸欣 lyrics
Week 14: 12/12, 12/14
12/12:
(1) Hand in: a. class notes;
b. notes on CET 16 (issue #84) and CET 17 (issue #85):
Do not 和 don’t意思一樣嗎？英語的縮讀字（（上、下）;
c. notes on web page 33. Contractions:
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/intro%20page%2033.htm
For next Monday 12/19: Class notes and notes on CET 18 (#86) 次重音：次要的重音還是很重要！
and CET 19 (#87) 脫口而出的英文文法 (link will be mailed to you);
also read and take notes on the June 2016 English Island article: 中文好，英文也跟著好了.
(2) Mark exercises for ch. 3.
(3) Try to finish Course, ch. 4.
(4) Hand in hand-copied "Rules for English Vowel Allophones" on Wednesday 12/14.
(5) Hand in exercises for ch. 4 on Monday 12/19.
(6) Book sharing: Cox, Trevor. The Sound Book: The Science of the Sonic Wonders of the World.
New York & London: W. W. Norton, 2014.
(7) Breaktime Music: Black Cadillac by Rosanne Cash lyrics
Bonus song: Hurt by Nine Inch Nails sung by Johnny Cash lyrics
12/14:
(1) Carefully correct items with points deducted on tests on chapter 3
on a separate sheet of paper, due Monday 12/19.
Please be THOROUGH and NEAT – I need to be able to read
your corrections CLEARLY!
(2) Course, Ch. 4, if not finished.
(3) Hand in hand-copied "Rules for English Vowel Allophones".
(4) Hand in exercises for ch. 4 on Monday 12/19.
(5) Breaktime Music: Black Cadillac by Rosanne Cash lyrics
Bonus song: Hurt by Nine Inch Nails sung by Johnny Cash lyrics
Week 15: 12/19, 12/21
12/19:
(1) Hand in class notes and notes on CET 18 (#86) 次重音：次要的重音還是很重要！
and CET 19 (#87) 脫口而出的英文文法;
also the June 2016 English Island article: 中文變好，英文也跟著好了.
For next Monday December 26: Class notes and CET 20 (#88) and 21 (#89):
重方法不重死背的英文文法（上、下）; links will be emailed to you.
(2) Finish ch. 4.
Make sure you have finished your hand-copied "Rules for English Vowel Allophones".
(3) The exercises for ch. 4 are due Monday 12/26.
(4) There will be no separate chapter test on chapter 4; the material in chapter 4
will be covered in the final exam.
(5) Due January 2: 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 Prof. Chung at: feathermountain@gmail.com
(6) Breaktime music: Aramaic Christmas carol: Hweili Isho' Halleluyah (Christ is Born);
12/21:
(1) Course, chapter 5.
(2) 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: 12/26, 12/28
12/26:
(1) Your tests on chapter 3 will be returned to you;
correct them carefully on a separate sheet, and hand in on Wednesday 12/28.
(2) Submit class notes and notes on CET 20 (#88) and 21 (#89):
重方法不重死背的英文文法（上、下）.
Monday January 2 is a holiday; no class.
For next Wednesday January 4 :
Class notes and CET 22 (#90) and 23 (#91): 單數、複數、可數、不可數？
and CET 24 (#92): 動詞時態三頁通.
Links will be mailed to you.
(3) Go over the exercises for chapter 4. Write transcriptions on board before class.
Here are the British and American English audio files for the transcriptions.
(4) Transcribing Mandarin into IPA: Print out and bring to class on Wednesday 1/04:
Jimmy's table of IPA symbols for Mandarin.
(5) Course, ch. 5.
(6) Breaktime music: The Angel (1969) by Buffy Sainte-Marie lyrics
12/28:
(1) Hand in corrections for the test on ch 3.
(2) Course, ch. 5.
(3) Breaktime music: The Angel (1969) by Buffy Sainte-Marie
Week 17: 1/02 (Holiday: no class), 1/041/02: Holiday; no class, but:
Class evaluations and class notes summaries in two pdf files are due today.
Send them to Prof. Chung at: feathermountain@gmail.com (NOT to the NTU account).
1/04:
(1) Submit class notes and notes on CET 22 (#90) and 23 (#91): 單數、複數、可數、不可數？
and CET 24 (#92): 動詞時態三頁通.
Also recommended:
英語島 December 2016 issue: 到底是Yes還是No?
Here's a local file in case you can't access the article at the above link:
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/pubs/EIYesorNo.pdf
(2) Hand in corrections for the test on ch 3.
(3) Finish ch. 5 of Course. We will have an additional class
on Monday January 9 if we are unable to finish chapter 5 today.
(4) Go over exercises for ch. 5.
(5) Wrap-up and questions.
(6) Book sharing:
a. Collins, Lauren. 2016. When in French: Love in a Second Language.
London: 4th Estate/HarperCollins. 243pp.
b. Chomsky, Noam & Morris Halle. 1968; 1991.
The Sound Pattern of English. New York, Evanston & London: Harper & Row. 470pp.
(7) Back homework will be accepted no later than 12 noon Wednesday January 11, 2017.
FINAL EXAMS WEEK:
1/9:
Catch-up class to finish Course, chapter 5.
1/11:
FINAL EXAM: Wednesday, January 11, 2017, 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 - ball2. pall - Paul
Paul - pall3. all - awl
awl - all4. gall - Gaul
Gaul - gall5. 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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