- Course Code
- EL 30NW
- Credit Points
- 30
- Course Coordinator
- Dr D Watt
Pre-requisites
Available only to Junior Honours English or Language and Linguistics students who have passed EL 2802. This pre-requisite may be waived by the Head of School.
Overview
This course focuses upon two areas of speech communication: speech acoustics – the study of the sound signals passing between speaker and hearer, and auditory phonetics – the processes by which these signals are perceived and understood by the hearer. The course aims to give a detailed and balanced picture of the principal medium humans use to communicate with one another. Students will learn to use sound spectrography software for speech analysis, and will become familiar with the structure and functioning of the human ear.
Structure
1 two-hour lecture per fortnight; 1 two-hour seminar per fortnight (alternating with lectures); 1 one-hour laboratory practical per week.
Assessment
1st Attempt: In-course assessment: 2 laboratory reports (45%); 1 two-hour written examination (45%) and seminar assessment work (10%).
Resit: 1 two-hour written examination (100%).