- Course Code
- EL 2802
- Credit Points
- 15
- Course Coordinator
- Dr D Watt
Pre-requisites
Essentials of Language (EL 1509)
Notes
This is a 6-week course.
Overview
The course covers key aspects of articulatory phonetics and will introduce elementary phonological theory as it relates to the description of English. The latter will include accounts of simple phonological processes and the notion of derivational rule. Students will also acquire skills in the production and perception of sounds of English through a combination of lectures and practical activities (ear training, transcription practice, etc).
Structure
2 one-hour lectures per week, 1 one-hour tutorial per week.
Assessment
1st Attempt: 1 in-class exercise under test-conditions (50%), one assessed homework exercise (30%), one 5 minute oral examination (10%) and tutorial assessment mark (10%).
Resit: 1 two-hour written examination (100%).