Universitat Internacional de Catalunya - Barcelona

English Language Teaching II

• code 10168
• course 4
• term Semester 1
• type op
• credits 6

Main language of instruction: English

Head instructor

Dra. Angélica CARLET - acarlet@uic.es

Office hours

Angelica Carlet

acarlet@uic.es

By appointment

Having achieved an English level corresponding to B2 competences as described in CEFRL.

• CEM-52 - To be able to foment initial contact with a foreign language.
• CEM-62 - To relate theory and practice to the classroom and school context.
• CEM-63 - To participate in teaching activity and learn how to do, act and reflect based on practice.
• CET-1 - Interpersonal responsibility: to be aware of professional performance and influence on students. To have the skills and knowledge to manage group processes and communication for good collaboration with and between students.
• CG-11 - To be familiar with the elements that make up the quality-based approach, the different levels of proficiency and how to develop this skill as much as possible.

• To become familiar with basic concepts in the study of phonetics and phonology.
• To recognise and produce English speech sounds.
• To improve your English pronunciation.
• To identify contrastive elements between the sounds of English and those in your habitual languages (Sp, Cat).
• To identify and correctly use intonation patterns in English.
• To start teaching English pronunciation to young learners. 
• To apply the theoretical knowledge to the EFL classroom. 

Unit 1: Introduction to pronunciation study

1.1 What is phonetics and phonology? Why study phonetics?

1.2. Introduction to the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).

1.3. Basic concepts: homophones, homographs and minimal pairs.

Unit 2: English speech sounds

2.1 Vocal organs.

2.2. English consonants.

2.3. Contrastive Analysis of English, Catalan and Spanish consonants.

2.4. English vowels.

2.5. Commonly mispronounced words.

Unit 3: Suprasegmental characteristics of English 

3.1. What are supragmentals?

3.2. Stress.

3.3. Rhythm.

3.4. Intonation.

Unit 4: Pronunciation in the EFL classroom for young learners.

4.1. Objectives and research findings on teaching foreign language pronunciation. 

4.2. Teaching materials and strategies to teach English pronunciation to young learners.

            4.2.1. Phonics methodologies to raise phonemic awareness and teach graphemes to children.                       

            4.2.2. Use of oral and written texts to teach phonetic traits.

            4.2.3. Students' microlessons.

Classroom instruction will combine practical seminars, group discussion, oral presentations and lectures.

In addition, this subject requires weekly home assignments and readings to complement our sessions and practise English pronunciation individually. Students will have to use the following book for self- and guided study.

Estebas Vilaplana, Eva (2012). Teach Yourself English Pronunciation: An Interactive Course for Spanish Speakers. A Coruña: Netbiblo.   

• Quiz  (units 1-2)                                                       10%
• Homework and class participation                                10%
• Oral Tests                                                                 20%
• Storytelling Project (unit 3)                                          20%
• Oral presentation: Critical analysis of an article              20%
• Final Materials Project (unitat 4)                                   20%

Collins, B. & Mees, I.M. (2003). Practical Phonetics and Phonology: A Resource Book for Students. London: Routledge.

Estebas Vilaplana, Eva (2009). Teach Yourself English Pronunciation: An Interactive Course for Spanish Speakers. A Coruña: Netbiblo.   

Ladefoged, P. & Johnson, K. (2011). A Course in Phonetics. (6th ed.). Boston: Wadsworth

O’Connor, J.D. (1999). Better Enlish Pronunciation. (new ed.).  Cambridge: CUP.

English Pronunciation in Use (Intermediate), Cambridge University Press.

Website - Department of Phonetics and Linguistics UCL - Identify the symbol: http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/johnm/flash/findrp.htm

Website- Type IPA phonetic symbols: http://ipa.typeit.org/

Website - The International Phonetic Association: http://www.langsci.ucl.ac.uk/ipa/ipachart.html

Website: Sheep or ship? (vowels): http://www.shiporsheep.com/

Website - Phonetics: The sounds of spoken language (English and Spanish), University of Iowa: http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/#

Webiste- Video tutorial: English pronunciation and IPA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e66ByetpDY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJR1VPzayu0&feature=fvwrel

http://www.ic.arizona.edu/~lsp/Phonetics/ConsonantsI/Phonetics2d.html#

Website- VOT and Aspiration:

http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~krussll/phonetics/narrower/aspiration.html