Course Contents

Week 1 • Importance of teaching pronunciation • Introduction to Phonology • Phones /Phonemes Week 2 • Allophones • Minimal pairs • Phonetics/phonology distinction Week 3 • Introduction; organs of speech • English consonants classified according to manner and place of articulation: • Voiced/voiceless (manner) • Bilabial/ interdental / labiodental/ alveolar/palatal/velar / (uvular)/ glottal(place) Week 4 English consonants classified according to manner and place of articulation:cont.. • Aspirated/unaspirated (manner) • Oral/nasal (manner) • Stops/fricatives/liquids/glides (manner) Week 5 • English vowels classified according to the position of tongue and lips • high/mid/low (tongue height) Week 6 English vowels classified according to the position of tongue and lips cont.... • front/central/back (tongue part involved) • rounded/unrounded (lips) • whether they are tense/lax Week 7 • Phonological rules • IPA, speech transcription Week 8 MID TERM Week 9 • Suprasegmentals;Stress & intonation • Techniques for indicating stress • Techniques for indicating and teaching intonation Week 10 • The principles of formal language description • A structural description of language Week 11 • How can EFL pronunciation be taught? • Why is teaching of pronunciation neglected by teachers? Week 12 • A functional description of language • The sentence/clause as a unit of analysis Week 13 • Interference of L1 with L2 • The phonology of English as compared with Urdu Week 14 • Sounds and Spellings • Integrated pronunciation teaching Week 15 • Presentation of assignment: What Pupils Think About Learning English as a Foreign Language Week 16 Final Exam

Course Synopsis

The aim of the module is to develop procedures for analyzing the syntactic and phonological character of English so that these procedures may be used in teaching or research where the analysis of linguistic data is pre-requisite. It also examines the cross-linguistic similarities and variation in sounds, with special reference to English and Urdu.

Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the module students will be able to • Speak English with correct pronunciation and prosodic patterns • Discuss issues in English phonetics and phonology • Discuss issues in teaching the pronunciation of English to Urdu learners. • Understand the principles of linguistic description • Understand and make use of corpora • Carry out a structural and functional description of the syntax of English • Carry out a structural and functional description of the phonology of English understand the distinction between the theoretical description of English and description of English for pedagogic purposes