Topic outline

  • General

  • ABOUT THE COURSE

    • COURSE DETAILS

      • Module: English Phonetics
      • Year of study: Second year (L2)
      • Term:  Semester three
      • Unit: Main unit
      • Credit: 2
      • Coefficient: 2
      • Module format: Tutorials (TD)
      • Evaluation method: (Continuous assessment (attendance, participation, assignments, and quizzes) + Final assessment (Exam)) /2 = Global mark

      Day & time

      • Group 6: Monday from 09:40am to 11:10pm
      • Group 7: Wednesday from 08:00pm to 09:30pm

      Instructor

      • Teacher: Moustafa Amrate
      • Email: moustafa.amrate@univ-biskra.dz

    • COURSE DESCRIPTION

      English Phonetics is a four semesters course for undergraduate students of English at the University of Biskra. In addition to defining the basic concepts in the field of Phonetics and explaining the anatomy and mechanisms of human speech, the course introduces students to the phonemic (i.e., vowels and consonants) as well as the prosodic aspects (i.e., stress, intonation, and rhythm) of English pronunciation. In this third term, the English Phonetics course focuses on word stress and its placement in different types of English words (i.e., simple words, complex words, compound words).

      COURSE OBJECTIVES

      By the end of this course, the student will be able to:

      1. Classify English words based on their syllabic structure (i.e., simple words, complex words, and compound words).
      2. Identify stress in simple, complex, and compound English words.
      3. Use stress in simple, complex, and compound English words.

    • COURSE OUTLINE (SEMESTER THREE)

      Unit 1: Revision

      1. Review of English vowels
      2. Review of English consonants

      Unit 2: Syllables

      1. Structure of English syllables

      Unit 3: Word stress

      1. Word stress in English
      2. Stress in simple words [a) Stress in two-syllables simple words, b) Stress in three-syllables simple words]
      3. Stress in complex words
      4. Stress in compound words

  • UNIT 1: REVISION

  • REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTARY RESOURCES

    • Books

      Carr, P. (2019). English phonetics and phonology: An introduction. John Wiley & Sons.

      Collins, B., & Mees, I. M. (2013). Practical phonetics and phonology: A resource book for students. Routledge.

      Hancock, M. (2009). English Pronunciation in Use. Intermediate. Cambridge University Press.

      Roach, P. (2009). English phonetics and phonology paperback: A practical course. Cambridge university press.

      Dictionary

      Oxford Learner's Dictionary

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