Syllabus in Practical Phonetics, 1st Year, 1st Term, Low Groups

Weeks

Language Input

Study Material and Reference

Development and Consolidation of Graded Phonetic Skills

Practice material and tape-recordings

Forms of Evaluation

Sounds

& sound

phenomena

Intonation patterns

&

intonation phenomena

Recognition & imitation of sounds, sound phenomena &

intonation patterns.

Rhythm practice

Reproduction in connected speech based on imitation. Reading aloud and memory work

Performance in connected speech:

Prose

Conversa-tion

Poetry

based on a given model in a limited situation

based on independent phonetic interpretation

1.

Loss of plosion in consonant clusters of two plosive consonants

PEP, Section I., Part 1, p.210

Intonation of non-final parts of utterances. The notion of a simple & a combined tune

PEP, Section I,

Part 2 p.213

Sound ex-s 1-3,

PEP, pp. 211.

One-stress rhythm pattern. Stressed syllable only. PEP, pp.213-214;

“Have you got any children” (memory work) from “Opening strategies”

PEP,

p. 226

Speech ex-s

pp. 222-223

Current check-up

2

Nasal plosion in consonant clusters of a plosive consonant with nasal sonorants

[n, m]

PEP, Sect. I., Part 1 p.210

A Low-Rise in non-final intonation groups. One-stress rhythm.

PEP, Section I,

Part 2 p.213,

Part 3 pp. 217-220

Sound ex-s 4-5,

PEP, pp. 212

One-stress rhythm pattern. Stressed syllable and enclitics. PEP, pp.214-215

“Our Sitting Room”. (memory work)

PEP

p. 224. L.C.5

Reading Practice

PEP, p.225

Current check-up

3

Lateral plosion in consonant clusters of a plosive consonant with the lateral sonorant [ l ]

PEP, Section I., Part 1 p.211

The Falling nuclear tone in non-final parts of utterances.

PEP, p.213,

pp. 217-220

Sound ex-s 6-7,

PEP, pp. 212.

Rhymes PEP,

pp.212-213

One-stress rhythm pattern. Stressed syllable and proclitics. PEP, pp.215-217

“Aunt Emily”

PEP, pp. 224-225

Reading Practice

PEP, p.225

Current check-up

4

Revision of sound phenomena

PEP, Section I., Part 1 pp.210-211

The Falling-Rising nuclear tone in non-final parts of utterances. One-stress rhythm. PEP, p.213, 217-220

Intonation of non-final parts of utterances.

Work-book on English intonation. Unit 1, pp. 4-5

“Bed in Summer” by R. L. Stevenson

PEP, p. 226

Reading Practice

PEP, p.225

Phonetic Dictation (Auditory Test) №1

5

Fricative plosion

in consonant clusters of a plosive consonant with a fricative consonant

PEP, Section II., Part 1 p.227

Intonation of initial parentheses. PEP, pp.231-232;

Two-stress rhythm. Structures with two stressed syllables only. PEP, Section II pp.229-230

Sound ex-s 1-2,

PEP, pp. 228.

Two-stress rhythm pattern. Falling Tunes PEP, pp.230-231

“Nurse’s Song” after

W.Blake

PEP, pp.241-242

Speech ex-s

PEP, pp. 237-238 ex.1-2

Current check-up

6

Consonant clusters of alveolar consonants before [ T ], [D]

PEP, Section II., Part 1 p.227

Intonation of final parentheses, PEP, pp.233;

Two-stress rhythm. PEP, pp. 233

Sound ex-s 5,

PEP, pp. 229.

Two-stress rhythm pattern. Rising Tunes PEP, pp.230-231;

“Morning and Evening” (memory work) PEP, L.C. 14, pp.240-241

Speech ex-s

PEP, pp. 237-238 ex.3-4;

Current check-up

7

Consonant clusters with [w]

PEP, Section II., Part 1 pp.227-228

Parentheses in the middle of an utterance, PEP, pp.231-232;

Two-stress rhythm. PEP, p. 233-234

Sound ex-s 3-4,

PEP, pp. 228-229.

Limericks PEP, p. 229 ex. 6

Two-stress rhythm pattern. Falling-Rising Tunes PEP, pp.230-231

“The Arrow & the Song” by H.Longfellow PEP,

p. 241

Speech ex-s

PEP, pp. 238 ex.5-6

Current

check-up

8

Revision of sound phenomena

PEP, Section II., Part 1 pp.227-228

Intonation of parentheses.

Work-book on English Intonation, Unit 2 pp.6-7

Intonation of parentheses.

Work-book on English Intonation, Unit 2 pp.6-7

Speech ex-s

PEP, pp. 238 ex.7-8

Reading Practice PEP, p. 239 ex. I

Phonetic Dictation (Auditory Test) №2

9

Revision of sound phenomena

PEP, Sections I-II.,

pp.210-211,

pp.227-228

Revision of intonation phenomena

PEP, Sections I-II.,

pp.217-220,

pp.231-233

Revision of rhythm patterns

PEP, Sections I-II.,

pp.213-216,

pp.229-231

Reading Practice PEP, p. 239 ex. II

End-of-Term Phonetic Dictation;

End-of-Term Test