COURSE

UNIVERSIDAD ESPECIALIZADA DE LAS AMÉRICAS

BRANCH OF VERAGUAS

Faculty: Educación Social y Especial

Department: ENGLISH

Career: B.A. in ESL Teaching

Name of the subject: Phonetics II

Prerequisite course: Introductory Phonetics

Semester: First       Code: 2361

Credits granted: 4        Theoretical hours: 2           Practice hours: 2

Prepared by: Noriel Reina               Date: September 6^th, 2014

ANALITICAL PROGRAMING

I-                  JUSTIFICATION

The course PHONETICS II has been designed to satisfy a need of the students of English in UDELAS – VERAGUAS. This course encourage students not only to read and make phonetics transcriptions, and to use appropriate intonation and stress among other important factors in the study of phonetics, but also to improve their pronunciation and their ability to communicate orally in English. The course emphasis on the oral communication based on the ESL teaching which leads most of the time toward the solution of pronunciation problems.

II-              DESCRIPTION

The course PHONETICS II goes to the detailed study of English sounds of the spoken language, taking into consideration its acoustics and physiology. The course is based on theory and practice where special attention is dedicated to social and historic aspects which have evolved the language. Students make daily transcriptions and continues practices of pronunciation, intonation and rhythm of the language. Together with the teacher, students discover rules and principles of phonetics, thus avoiding the role of passive learners.

III-           MODULES

v Module: 1                              Duration: 4 weeks

ü Title: The Vowels of English

v Module: 2                              Duration: 4 weeks

ü Title: The Vowels of English II

v Module: 3                              Duration: 4 weeks

ü Title: Diphthongs

v Module: 3                              Duration: 4 weeks

ü Title: Prosodic Signals

IV-          METHODOLOGY

The development of this course will be done taking into consideration interactive stages. Teachers and students will work through guided study, tutorial and workshops. Oral and written practices will be develop. Students will handle blank outlines with which they will interact with the teacher and, using induction and deduction, fill it in during lessons. It is demanding active participation in classes to get the goals.

V-              RESOURCES

v Handouts

v Visual aids

v Internet / Web sites

v Power Point Presentation

v Cardboards

v Videos

VI-          ASSESSMENT / EVALUATION

During the course Diagnostic, Formative and Summative evaluations will be supported by evaluation agents such as Auto-Evaluation, Co-Evaluation and Hetero-Evaluation that will be leaning of instruments like Rubrics, Checklist, and Flashcards.

v Participation / Attendance 5%

v Oral Presentations      15%

v Written reports           20%

v Midterm exams          26%

v Final Exam                  34%

100% TOTAL

VII-       GENERAL OBJECTIVE

v Analyze the importance of the new subject based on the course studied before.

v Use basic abilities of oral production of the English language in real situations.

v Act with independence and self-confidence in the use of the language.

v Show domain in the use of phonetic symbols in oral and written tasks.

VIII-   SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE

v Read and make phonetic transcriptions.

v Use appropriate intonation and stress patterns.

v Improve their pronunciation in oral communication.

v Identify pronunciation problems in common speech.

v Discover the principles of phonetics through active participation.

IX-           COMPETENCES

v Properly, processes information in order to analyze and understand prior knowledge schemes.

v Manages various sources of information that allows understanding and communication of the English language, effectively.

v Uses strategies and abilities for improving communicative competence in English.

v Expresses in an oral and writing way the phonetics rules for interpreting the information received to handle technical solutions of the English language.

v Carefully, incorporates the application of technological resources to improve phonetic pronunciation problems.

v Communicates effectively the messages with good pronunciation, using the appropriate vocabulary.

v Demonstrates ability to create, innovate and develop activities in various scenarios in the society.

v  Participates in harmony and tolerance as a member of a team respecting other people opinions.

X-               BIBLIOGRAPHY

v VILLARREAL, RUBEN. The Sounds of English. University of Panamá. 1992.

v BURLING, R. Patterns of Language. San Diego, California. Academic press. 1992.

v FINNEGAN, E. Language: Its structure and Use. Texas. 1994.

v International Phonetic Alphabet. (Internet)

v  Material provided by the teacher.