My dear teachers this week  I won´t be at university neither, however you must be prepared for the final exam which must be taken by you next week.

• Do not forget the last workshop at virtual campus (week 15)

• English day is on November 13th, please do not forget to sign the attendance (Billy is in charge of it)

WEEK 16

WRITE A SHORT REFLEXION IN WHICH YOU ANSWER TO THE QUESTION:

1. http://alex-ateachersthoughts.blogspot.com/2010/06/why-should-we-teach-english-phonetics.html
2. pdf must be added to your Wix
3. one page lenght
4. double space.

                      Why should we teach English phonetics and phonology?

My dear teachers, as I told you the last class this week I won´t be at University. However you must prepare your next product:

1. Summarize Suprasegmentals through a Powtoon video.
2. comment on the forum at Gran Colombia´s platform.(virtual Campus)

Steps:

1. Click on the link and take notes:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpdgi6_qeU4

2. Comment on the blog based on what you understand.

3. Go to the mooodle platform, watch the 4 videos and be part of the fórum with your own examples. (show me what you understood)

4. Create your own Powtoon video in which you add your previous examples.

5. Add your video to your Wix.

 

 

 

Guys watch this video NOW!!

My dear Teachers next class you will check intonation patterns in a song you like.

 

 

 

My dear teachers you must write an essay using: essay map (in class)

• You must tell me:

What is Prosody and why is it important in English pronunciation?

What are the forms and functions of Intonation?

• You will find relevant information at:

http://www.phon.ox.ac.uk/jcoleman/PROSODY.htm  

http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/intonation

Do not forget to add your own hypothesis.

PRESENTATION 4 Group 47

Phonetics and Phonology

1/ Record a video explaining the  following concepts with examples.

2/ Add the video to your wix.

(15-days on, when finishing, you must add the link of your Wix as a comment)

• ASSIMILATION
• ELISION
• WEAKENING
• LIAISON
• HOMOPHONES
• HOMOGRAPHS
• HOMONYMS
• PHONEMES
• ALLOPHONES  
  

PRESENTATION 4 Group 48

Phonetics and Phonology

1/ Record a video explaining the  following concepts with examples.

2/ Add the video to your wix.

(15-days on, when finishing, you must add the link of your Wix as a comment)

• ASSIMILATION
• ELISION
• WEAKENING
• LIAISON
• HOMOPHONES
• HOMOGRAPHS
• HOMONYMS
• PHONEMES
• ALLOPHONES
  

PRESENTATION 4 Group 49

Phonetics and Phonology

IN GROUPS OF THREE CHOOSE YOURS BEFORE THE OTHERS DO IT

• ASSIMILATION
• ELISION
• WEAKENING
• LIAISON
• HOMOPHONES
• HOMOGRAPHS
• HOMONYMS
• PHONEMES
• ALLOPHONES

WELCOME TO PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY II

• WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE IMAGES?
• WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

GROUP 48
QUIZ

Let´s post the links and comment on them.

Please do no forget that I want to listen to your records.
1. You must add the record to your wix.
2. You must publish your wix as a comment in this blog.
3. You must set the analysis of 5 words witthin  sentences. ( These must be from oth

GROUP 47
QUIZ

Let´s post the links and comment on them.

Please do no forget that I want to listen to your records.
1. You must add the record to your wix.
2. You must publish your wix as a comment in this blog.
3. You must set the analysis of 5 words witthin  sentences. ( These must be from other classmates)  

GROUP 49
QUIZ

Let´s post the links and comment on them.

Please do no forget that I want to listen to your records.
1. You must add the record to your wix.
2. You must publish your wix as a comment in this blog.
3. You must set the analysis of 5 words witthin  sentences. ( These must be from other classmates)  

Groups 47 and 49

My dear teachers for next class you must bring the record and the corresponding analysis.

(handwriting)

1.Search the diphthongs in youtube and listen to them.
2. What a diphthong is?
3. What are diphthongs in english?
4. What is Pitch?
5. What is the word stress?
6. Make a list of diphthongs with 5 examples for each one.
7. Write 8  sentences using the words you added  as examples. (1 sentence for each diphthong)
8. Ask a person you don't know to read the sentences you did.   Record  him/her and set up the analysis.

analysis:
1. The participant says ____ so, he/she matches or dismatches the diphthong _____.
2. The stress in the sentence is appropiate or inappropiate.
3. If it is appropiate you may say that the Pitch is increasing in the first vowel and decreasing in the second vowel.
If it is not appropiate you must point it out, you must say that the participant uses the vowel ___ instead of the diphthong.

My dear teachers do not forget:

1- You must bring the Workshop that we started in class.
2- You must send me the link of the sculpture you did ( vowel chart)one day before our class.
3- Groups 48 and 47 We have class in the LAB # 6 (examination sheet)
4- Wednesday "Phonetics and phonology" we do not have a LAB yet.
5. Group 48 don't worry, we will start the workshop on Monday 15th.

My dear teachers for next class I need you to bring  wooden ice cream sticks, glue, and the lottery board game.

My dear teachers for next class you must:

- bring the workshop we started last class.
- bring a  crossword in which you ask for the concepts relate to phonetics and phonology. ( do not solve it, it's for class)

How does he use language?
what may you say in terms of the way how he produces the word "world" ?
Are there any other Word sounds you find interesting?

NEXT CLASS YOU MUST BRING A LOTTERY BOARD GAME PIECE LIKE THE SAMPLE I GAVE YOU LAST CLASS.

 

 

 

NEXT CLASS YOU MUST BRING A COMPARATIVE CHART

My dear teachers, phonetics vs phonology.

Please comment

WELCOME TO PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY



Here you will find the syllabus, readings, tasks, duties, activities and more.
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Syllabus

FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN

SYLLABUS DEL CURSO PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY

 

GENERAL INFORMATION.

 

FACULTY	Faculty of Education	PROGRAM	B. A in English Teaching
AREA	DISCIPLINE TRAINING AREA	COURSE	PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY
COURSE ID NUMBER	BFE22B00A103	SEMESTER	Second
NUMBER OF CREDITS	2	DATE	21/07/2014
HOURS OF IN-CAMPUS WORK	32	HOURS OF INDEPENDENT WORK	64
PROFESSOR	CARLOS CARRILLO	E-mail	@ugc.edu.co

 

GENERAL OBJECTIVE.

 

At the end of the course, the students will be able, among other things, to understand and reflect on the basic concepts related with Phonetics and Phonology, and how they can be connected to generate an improvement of pronunciation of the English Language, not only for them, but for their future students, by generating a virtual product (Website) that demonstrates their ability to share their new knowledge to others, using ICTs.

 

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES.

 

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Identify the differences between Phonetics and Phonology.

2. Explain the airstream process and the production of sounds.

3. Identify the IPA symbols, their corresponding sounds and the way those sounds are classified.

4. Identify how the English consonant and vowel sounds are produced and classified.

5. Reflect on how the process of syllabication and intonation can influence the message of oral texts.

7. Analyze the intonation patterns, in order to evaluate their speaking performance.

8. Evaluate their autonomous learning process.

9. Display in a creative way the products of the course in a website.

 

AREA DISCUSSION PROBLEM

 

Which are the phonetic and phonological aspects, the pre-service English teachers must work on, in order to get acquainted with the production of speech sounds and improve their pronunciation in English and at the same time to help others improve it?

 

6.            COURSE DISCUSSION ISSUES.

 

·         What are the differences between phonetics and phonology?

·         How do humans produce speech sounds?

·         How are the speech sounds represented?

·         How is the English sound system conformed?

 

7.            COMPETENCES.

 

Pre-service teachers must develop the following competences:

·         Good autonomous learning habits, reinforced with good verbal communication.

·         Awareness of innovative instructional methods which include information technologies.

·         Reflect about the best transformative educational learning and teaching methods.

·         Apply new knowledge to daily life in order to improve pronunciation.

·         Ability to transmit new knowledge to others.

 

8.            ACTIVITIES.

 

Students will design a website, which will be their course project. In it, they will display the products of each one of the sessions, according to the topic presented.

 

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA.
TYPE OF ASSESSMENT:	PERCENTAGE%	DATE	ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES
PROFESSOR' ASSESSMENT	90%	6th - 12th and 17th week	Continuous assessment of website design (60%)  1-hour written examination at the end of Semester (40%)
SELF-ASSESSMENT	5%	6th - 12th and 17th week	Checklist with established criteria.
PEER-ASSESMENT	5%	6th - 12th and 17th week	Checklist with established criteria.