ENGL 310 ENGLISH PHONETICS
January-May, 2014
Course Schedule
Date
Theme
Activities
Resources
Jan.
27
Course
Introduction
Discussion of course outline and course
requirements
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Jan. 29
History
‘Feb.
3
History
* Subject to Change
Task and
Due Date
Sign up for the
course wikispace
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Brief history of the English Language and
Phonetics
 Old English
 Middle English
History of English – PPT
Beowulf (YouTube)
Canterbury Tales

Feb. 5 Speech
Anatomy
Feb.
10
Feb.
12
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Brief history of the English Language and
Phonetics
 Early Modern English
 Modern English
 American English
Speech Anatomy
Phonetic Symbols for consonants and
vowels
Shakespeare
Arthur the Rat
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Choose 5 words to
transcribe
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Transcription
Exercise
Transcription Practice
Transcription Practice
Self Inventory
Due: February 10
Date
Theme
Feb.
17
Feb.
19
No Class
Feb.
24
Vowels
Feb.
26
Consonants
Activities
Resources
Task and
Due Date
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Read Chapters 2
and 3
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Complete written
exercises p. 15; 2021
President’s Day
Transcription Exercises
Short vowels
Long vowels
Dipthongs
Tripthongs
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Voicing
March Consonants
3
Fricatives and Affricates
March Consonants
5
Nasals
March Mid-term
10
test
Roach, Chapters 2 & 3
Roach, Chapter 4
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Roach, Chapter 6
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Roach, Chapter 7
Written exercise
p. 30
Written exercise
p. 45
First Annotated
Bibliography entry
due
Written exercise
p. 54-55
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Read chapter 8
Written exercise
p. 63
Mid-term test
March Syllables
12
The nature and structure of syllables
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March Syllables
17
Strong and weak syllables
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Roach, Chapter 8
Roach, Chapter 9
Written exercise
p. 72
Second Annotated
Bibliography entry
Date
Theme
Activities
Resources
The nature of stress
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March Stress
24
Suffixes
Prefixes
Compound words
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March Stress
26
Weak forms
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March Connected
31
speech
Rhythm
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April 2 Connected
speech
Assimilation
linking
March Stress
19
Roach, Chapter 10
Roach, Chapter 12
Roach, Chapter 14
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Roach, Chapter 14
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April 7 Intonation
Form and function
Tone
April 9 Intonation
Roach, Chapter 11
Tone and pitch
Roach, Chapter 15
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Roach, Chapter 16
April
14-18
April
21
April
23
No class
Spring Break
No class
José de Diego Day
Intonation
Fall and rise
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Roach, Chapter 17
Task and
Due Date
Written exercise
p. 81
Written exercise
p. 88
Written exercise
p. 95-96
Third Annotated
Bibliography entry
due
Written exercise
p. 118
Written exercise
p. 128
Written exercise
p. 134-135
Written exercise
p. 144-145
Fourth Annotated
Date
Theme
April
28
Intonation
April
30
Activities
Resources
Functions 1
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Function 2
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American
Scottish
Age
Social class
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Roach, Chapter 18
Intonation
Roach, Chapter 19
May 5 Varieties
Roach, Chapter 20
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May 7 Teaching
Teaching Pronunciation
May
12
May
13-19
Teaching
Teaching Pronunciation
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Finals
Final test
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Task and
Due Date
Bibliography entry
due
Written exercise
p.152
Written exercise
p. 160
Written exercise
p. 168
Fifth Annotated
Bibliography entry
due