The Islamic University-Gaza
ENGL1326
Faculty of Arts
Pronunciation
English Department
Semester 1, 2010-2011
Instructor: Dr. Sadek Firwana
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Course Outline
I. Course Description
This course is designed to enable the students to enunciate clearly and audibly for
both speaking and understanding. Due emphasis is to be laid on students’ practical
ability to accurately produce English sounds and utterances in communicative
settings.
II. Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the course students should be will be able to:
 Recognize and pronounce English sounds in isolation and in connected
speech;
 Describe and transcribe the English speech sounds;
 Be familiar with segmental and suprasegmental features of English;
 Compare and contrast English and Arabic speech sounds.
III: Course Topical Content
 Significance of pronunciation;
 Relationship between speech and pronunciation;
 Speech organs and their functions;
 Place and manner of articulation;
 English sounds and their symbols;
 Stress and Intonation
 Contrastive analysis of some English and Arabic sounds.
IV: Course Assessment:
Two Oral tests
Mid-term exam
Final exam
Class participation and attendance
Quizzes
Class & home assignments
15%
20%
40%
5%
10%
10%
V. Presentation Mode
 Mini Lectures and presentations
 Class discussions
 Videos and listening segments
 Student-centred activities
 Power point, LCD, worksheets
VI. Course Textbooks
a. Main (a) Hancock, M. (2003) English pronunciation in use. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
b. ‘Basics of Pronunciation’ notes compiled by the course instructor
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VII. Contact Details
 Office hours:
Sat- Mon- Wed. 11:00-12:00 pm. Quality Unit, 4th Floor, Administration
Building, telephone extension 1026
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Email Address:
sfirwana@iugaza.edu.ps
VIII. Distribution of Course material throughout semester
Week #9
English Pronunciation in Use
 Introduction to Pronunciation
Unit 17 to 20
 Why study Pronunciation
 Relationship between speech and
pronunciation
Week #2  Speech organs and their functions Week #10 English Pronunciation in Use
Unit 21 to 24
 Place and manner of articulation
Week #3  English sounds, their symbols and Week #11 English Pronunciation in Use
Unit 25 to 28
production
Week #4 English Pronunciation in Use
Week #12 English Pronunciation in Use
Unit 1 to 4
Unit 29 to 32
Week #5 English Pronunciation in Use
Week #13 English Pronunciation in Use
Unit 5 to 8
Unit 33 to 36
Week #6 English Pronunciation in Use
Week #14 English Pronunciation in Use
Unit 9 to 12
Unit 37 to 40
Week #7 English Pronunciation in Use
Week #15 Revision for final exam
Unit 13 to 16
Week #8 Revision & Mid-term Exam
Week #1
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