Pronunciation and Awareness of Different English Accents
Main language of instruction: English
Other languages of instruction: Catalan, Spanish
Head instructor
Dr. Stephen HAMPSHIRE - shampshire@uic.es
Office hours
Dr. Stephen Hampshire
shampshire@uic.es
As explained in the Introduction, the aim of this subject is to provide theoretical foundations for the teaching of English Pronunciation in the EFL context.
Unit 1: Introduction to pronunciation study
Unit 2: English speech sounds and different accents
Unit 3: Suprasegmental characteristics of English
Unit 4: Pronunciation in the EFL classroom for young learners.
This subject is organised around face-to-face classes and online work. Participants are also asked to complete compulsory and optional tasks as part of their autonomous learning process outside the classroom. Specifically, the methodology of this course involves:
Theoretical and practical classes
The evaluation of this subject consists of a series of exercises/activities indicated after each session and that you should deliver via Moodle and in Word format within a week
The final grade of the subject will be the weighted average of the three exercise/activities.
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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
–Part 1: Voicing and Placehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e66ByetpDY
–Part 2: Mannerhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJR1VPzayu0&feature=fvwrel
Website-English consonants in 2D:http://www.ic.arizona.edu/~lsp/Phonetics/ConsonantsI/Phonetics2d.html#
Website- VOT and Aspiration:
http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~krussll/phonetics/narrower/aspiration.html