| Competències |
| Codi | |
| A4 | Conèixer l'estructura de la llengua anglesa |
| A7 | Conèixer els mecanismes orals i escrits de la llengua anglesa |
| A9 | Conèixer les bases de la lingüística teòrica |
| A11 | Conèixer les bases de la comunicació humana |
| A14 | Saber analitzar textos orals i escrits des del punt de vista lingüístic, sociològic i literari |
| B1 | Aprendre a aprendre |
| B4 | Treballar de forma autònoma amb iniciativa |
| B5 | Treballar de forma col·laborativa |
| B9 | Planificació i organització |
| B11 | Motivació per la qualitat |
| B12 | Presa de desicions |
| B13 | Capacitat innovadora, emprenedora i d'adaptació a les noves situacions |
| C1 | Dominar l’expressió i la comprensió d'un idioma estranger |
| C2 | Utilitzar com a usuari les eines bàsiques en TIC |
| Objectius d'aprenentatge |
| Objectius | Competències | ||
| To discover the sound system of the English language | A4 |
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| To identify the sound units (phonemic) of the English language | A4 |
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| To understand the basic processes of speech production, transmission and perception | A9 A11 |
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| To become aware of the differences between the phonological, phonetic and orthographic levels of description in English | A7 |
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| To distinguish, from the point of view of production and perception, the vowels of General American English | A4 |
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| To become familiar with the relevance of stress in English | A4 |
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| To become familiar with the principles of phonemic transcription | A14 |
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| To compare the differences between the sound system of English and the sound systems of Catalan and Spanish | A14 |
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| To classify sound units | A14 |
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| To apply the acquired theoretical knowledge to improve pronunciation | C1 |
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| To identify and correct bad pronunciation habits | B1 |
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| To use electronic tools to access pronunciation models | C2 |
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| To imitate sounds | B1 |
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| To evaluate own pronunciation | B4 |
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| To use pronunciation dictionaries | C2 |
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| To organize time and content according to strict schedule | B9 |
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| To take responsibility for regularly assigned exercises | B12 |
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| To attend classes regularly | B11 |
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| To participate actively in classes | B5 |
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| To value self-discipline and importance of consistency in own work | B13 |
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| Continguts |
| Tema | Subtema |
| UNIT 1. Letters, sounds and English | 1.1 Discrepancy between phonology and orthography |
| UNIT 2. Speech sounds and linguistic units | 2.1 Basic notions in phonetics and phonology ····· study of the linguistic characteristics of sounds ····· phonological differences vs. phonetic differences ····· phonological units as concrete units ····· the notion of contrast; the expression of meaning ····· how to identify a phoneme ····· the phoneme as a minimal unit of contrast ····· the use of minimal pairs ····· phonemes across languages ····· allophones ····· neutralization of phonemes ····· why do we need to know the sound system of a language? |
| UNIT 3. The speech chain | 3.1 Introduction to the speech act ····· psychological, physiological and physical media 3.2 The speech chain ····· 3.2.1 production ·············· 3.2.1.1 initiation process ·············· 3.2.1.2 phonation process; the larynx ·························· anatomy ·························· cartilages: crycoid, thyroid and arytenoids ·························· the vocal folds ·························· glottis ·························· physiology ·························· different glottal configurations ·························· voiced and voiceless sounds ·············· 3.2.1.3 oro-nasal process ·························· the velum ·························· oral and nasal sounds ·············· 3.2.1.4 articulation process ·························· active and passive articulators ·························· main parameters ·························· horizontal dimension ·························· vertical dimension ·························· laterality ·························· temporal issues ·························· coarticulation and coordination ····· 3.2.2 transmission ·············· speech as soundwaves ·············· sources and resonators ·············· fundamental frequency ·············· amplitude ·············· spectrum ·············· duration ····· 3.2.3 perception ·············· physiology ·············· the perception organs ·············· psychophysics ·············· pitch ·············· loudness ·············· quality ·············· length |
| UNIT 4. Transcription and the International Phonetic Alphabet | 4.1 Principles of transcription: broad, narrow ····· 4.1.1 Symbols and diacritics ····· 4.1.2 The International Phonetic Alphabet 4.2 Parameters for consonants ····· voicing ····· nasality ····· manner of articulation ····· place of articulation ····· laterality ····· temporal aspects ····· multiple articulations 4.3 Parameters for vowels |
| UNIT 5. Parameters for vowels | 5.1 Parameters for vowels ····· front–back ····· low–high ····· round–unround ····· long–short ····· steady state–diphthong ····· oral–nasal ····· stressed–unstressed ····· r-coloredness ····· cardinal vowels |
| UNIT 6. Front vowels | 6.1 American English front vowels ····· phonological description ····· alternative transcriptions ····· spellings ····· distribution ····· allophonic and dialectal variations ····· length differences |
| UNIT 7. Back vowels | 7.1 American English back vowels ····· phonological description ····· alternative transcriptions ····· spellings ····· distribution ····· allophonic and dialectal variations ····· length differences |
| UNIT 8. Central vowels and diphthongs | 8.1 American English central vowels and diphthongs ····· phonological description ····· alternative transcriptions ····· spellings ····· distribution ····· allophonic and dialectal variations ····· length differences |
| UNIT 9. The phonetic nature of stress | 9.1 Preliminary considerations in the analysis of English stress ····· what is stress? ····· how can we usually tell where a word is stressed? ····· how can we tell the difference in stress between syllables? ····· stress as an issue of relative prominence 9.2 Levels of stress: primary and secondary ····· differences in degree/level of prominence 9.3 Phonetic nature of stress ····· 9.3.1 physiological, acoustic and perceptual issues ·············· effort, amplitude, loudness ·············· vocal fold vibration, F0, pitch ·············· time, duration, length ·············· vocal tract shape, spectrum, quality |
| UNIT 10. Stress and vowel reduction | 10.1 Alternations between full vowels and reduced vowels ······· vowels that can only appear in stressed syllables ······· vowels that can only appear in unstressed syllables ······· vowels that can appear in both stressed and unstressed syllables ······· relationship between reduced vowels and orthography 10.2 Strong and weak forms |
| UNIT 11. Word stress | 11.1 Distinctiveness in English stress ······· stress is both a phonetic and a phonological issue ······· distinctive stress (only difference in minimal pairs) is limited in English ······· compare to Spanish and Catalan ······· relevance of vowel reduction in unstressed syllables 11.2 Markedness and left-headedness ······· 11.2.1 word stress: two main patterns ·················· 11.2.1.1 final stress ································ very limited class of nouns with final stress (marked) ································ open class of verbs (unmarked) ·················· 11.2.1.2 non-final stress ································ open class of nouns (unmarked) ································ limited class of verbs, mostly derived from nouns (marked) |
| UNIT 12. Complex word stress | 12.1 The relevance of morphosyntactic information in stress assignment in English ······· 12.1.1 word-class distinctions ·················· verb/noun pairs ·················· secondary stress in most nouns but not verbs 12.2 Complex word stress ······· 12.2.1 stems and affixes ·················· 12.2.1.1 inflectional suffixes ································ do not change word-class ·················· 12.2.1.2 derivational suffixes ································ change word class ·················· 12.2.1.3 stress-neutral suffixes ································ no difference from the stress pattern of the base ································ suffixes are always unstressed ·················· 12.2.1.4 stress-shifting suffixes ································ different stress patterns from base ································ suffix can bear main stress ································ behave almost like separate bases 12.3 Stress in compound nouns and verbs ······· what is a compound? ······· stress pattern of compounds |
| Planificació |
| Metodologies :: Proves | |||||||||
| Competències | (*) Hores a classe | Hores fora de classe | (**) Hores totals | ||||||
| Activitats Introductòries |
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| Sessió Magistral |
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15 | 7.5 | 22.5 | |||||
| Resolució de problemes, exercicis a l'aula ordinària |
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30 | 22.5 | 52.5 | |||||
| Resolució de problemes, exercicis |
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1 | 19 | 20 | |||||
| Treballs |
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8 | 22 | 30 | |||||
| Pràctiques a través de TIC |
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1 | 11 | 12 | |||||
| Atenció personalitzada |
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1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Proves objectives de preguntes curtes |
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1.5 | 1.5 | 3 | |||||
| Proves pràctiques |
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3 | 3 | 6 | |||||
| Proves orals |
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0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | |||||
| (*) En el cas de docència no presencial, són les hores de treball amb suport vitual del professor. (**) Les dades que apareixen a la taula de planificació són de caràcter orientatiu, considerant l’heterogeneïtat de l’alumnat | |||||||||
| Metodologies |
| Descripció | |
| Activitats Introductòries | – Explanation of course structure – Explanation of course syllabus – Presentation of course schedule – Description of the type of class: theory and practice – List and explanation of course objectives – List and explanation of course methodologies – Explanation of course assessment – List of teaching materials: workbook, recorded exercises and pronunciation dictionaries – Relation of course to the rest of the degree program – Presentation of the virtual environment for pronunciation practice – Instructions to carry out exercises and assignments – Feedback on work done and tests taken |
| Sessió Magistral | – Power-point supported sessions – Brief summary of session – Main objectives of session – Links to previous units – Explanation of main concepts – Exemplification – Audio and video illustrations – Question and answer session – Recapitulation |
| Resolució de problemes, exercicis a l'aula ordinària | – Pronunciation exercises: group and individual – Transcription exercises – Perception and discrimination exercises |
| Resolució de problemes, exercicis | – Self-correction transcription exercises |
| Treballs | – Pronunciation exercises recorded on digital media |
| Pràctiques a través de TIC | – Listening exercices – Pronunciation exercises |
| Atenció personalitzada |
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| Avaluació |
| Descripció | Pes | ||
| Sessió Magistral | – Class attendance – Participation |
10% | |
| Resolució de problemes, exercicis a l'aula ordinària | – Class attendance – Participation |
10% | |
| Treballs | – Recorded pronunciation exercises | 20% | |
| Proves objectives de preguntes curtes | – Short questions aimed at checking knowledge of theoretical contents | 15% | |
| Proves pràctiques |
– Transcription exercises – Distributional and combinatorial exercises |
30% | |
| Proves orals | – Pronunciation | 15% | |
| Altres comentaris i segona convocatòria | |||
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No late assignments will be accepted. 60% = Passing grade for Convocatòria 1 & Convocatòria 2 Convocatòria 1: Convocatòria 2: |
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| Fonts d'informació |
| Bàsica |
DAUER, R. M., Accurate English: A Complete Course in Pronunciation, , 1993
KENYON, J. S. and KNOTT, T. A., A Pronouncing Dictionary of American English, , 1953
, Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, ,
ROMERO, Joaquín, Pronunciation Exercises, , 2011
VAN RIPER, C. G. and SMITH, D. E., An Introduction to General American Phonetics, , 1992 |
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