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COURSE SYLLABUS

COURSE TITLE: Phonetics

COURSE CODE: Eng 328

Instructor: Dr Hameed Ahmed Khallaf

Website: http:// Email: [email protected]

.Office no. ------Phone no ------

Office location: College/ Institute:College of Science and Humanities in Rumah

A. COURSE DESCRIPTION

The course is mainly concerned with how students can improve their pronunciation skills through getting them acquainted with the RP of English, explaining the differences between vowels and consonants, monothongs, and diphthongs and getting .them to be familiar with native-like manners of pronunciation

B. METHOD OF INSTRUCTION

Lecture, class discussion, small group discussion and demonstration

C. COURSE OBJECTIVES

Familiarizing students with the RP of English -1 Getting students acquainted with vowels and consonants sounds -2 Getting students to be aware of the differences between English orthography and -3 pronunciation Getting students to differentiate between vowels and consonants -4 Getting students to distinguish between oral and nasal sounds -5 Getting students to distinguish between voiced and voiceless sounds -6 D. COURSE LENGTH

.hours per week 2

E. TOPICS/UNITS AND DATES

Remarks Lectures Topic Week number Orientation week Week1 Introduction Week2 (Received Pronunciation (RP Week3

Spring vacation Week4 Articulators Week5

Voiced and voiceless sounds Week6

Oral and Nasal sounds Week7

First Mid-term Exam Week8 Consonants Week9

Place of articulation Week10

Manner of articulation Week11

Vowels Week12

Short and long vowels Week13

Diphthongs Week14

Second mid-term Exam Week15 Review week Week16 Final examination starts Week 17 Final examination ends Week18 F. TEXTBOOK(S) AND REQUIRED TOOLS OR SUPPLIES

:List Required Textbooks .1 Phonetics and Phonology, Peter Roach, 1988 : List Electronic Materials .2 www.wikipedia.com-

G. GRADING POLICY &PLAN

.No make-up exam without official excuses with 7 days .1

:Weighting of course components .2

Points Evaluation Tools 20% First Midterm Exam 20% Attendance and Participation 20% Second Midterm Exam 40% Final Exam 100 TOTAL %

Weight Grade Class Points

5 +A 100 – 95 4.75 A 95 >– 90 4.50 +B 90> – 85 4.00 B 85> – 80 3.50 +C 80 >– 75 3.00 C 75> – 70 2.50 +D 70> – 65 2.00 D 65> – 60 1.00 F 60>

H. COURSE COMPONANT SPECIFICS& INSTRUCTIONS

:Procedures pertaining to course components

.Component 1. Arriving 10 minutes late to the lecture will be considered absent

.Component 2. This syllabus is tentative and liable