Assessment and Content

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English Pronunciation
La Pronunciación del Inglés
31012
La Pronunciación del Inglés.
Lecturer: Ekaterina Sinyashina
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Topic 1.- THE SCIENCE OF SPEECH
CONTENT
Unit 1 .-The Speech Chain
Unit 2.- Phonetics and Phonology
Unit 3.- The Phonation System
Topic 2. THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND VARIATION
Unit 4.- Variation
Unit 5.- The Speech to Study: the Features of Received Pronunciation (RP)
Unit 6.- Phonological Transcription Symbols
Topic 3.- MAKING SPEECH SOUNDS
Unit 7.- English Vowels
Unit 8.- English Consonants
Unit 9.- English Diphthongs
Unit 10.- The Structure of the Syllable
Topic 4.- SUPRASEGMENTALS
Unit 11.- Pitch
Unit 12.- Stress and Accent
Unit 13.- Intonation and Rhythm
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ASSESSMENT
50%
TASKS AND ACTIVITIES DURING THE SEMESTER
!!! deadline (1 week)
3 Moodle tasks:
Seminar 1 – Comprehension Questions (upload to Moodle as a pdf file)
Seminar 2 – Phonemic Transcription (upload to Moodle as a pdf file)
Seminar 3 – Oral Recording (Units 1-6; upload to Moodle)
Extra Practice (Units 7-13; upload to Moodle)
4 mini exams (Seminar 2):
Mini Exams
Group 1.1
Group 1.2
Group 2.1
Group 2.2
Unit 4
February 21
February 21
February 21
February 19
Unit 7
March 14
March 14
March 14
March 12
Unit 10/11
April 11
April 11
April 11
April 9
Unit 13
May 16
May 16
May 16
May 14
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ASSESSMENT
40%
FINAL TEST (06/06/2019)
theoretical questions + phonemic transcription
10%
PARTICIPATION
5% theory classes + 5% practice classes