| Educational guide Faculty of Arts |
english |
| Foreign Language Teaching (2010) |
 Subjects |
| PRONUNCIATION IN CLASSES OF ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE |
| Contents |
| IDENTIFYING DATA | 2015_16 |
| Subject | PRONUNCIATION IN CLASSES OF ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE | Code | 12695109 | |||||
| Study programme |
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Cycle | 2nd | |||||
| Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
| 3 | Compulsory | First | 1Q |
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| Competences | Learning aims | Contents |
| Planning | Methodologies | Personalized attention |
| Assessment | Sources of information | Recommendations |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| 1. Introduction | 1.1. The importance of teaching pronunciation 1.2. Pronunciation awareness 1.3. Analysis of deficiencies 1.4. The role of the instructor 1.5. Fluency vs. accuracy 1.6. Pronunciation in the EFL class 1.7. Assessing pronunciation |
| 2. The sound system of English | 2.1. Basic notions of phonetics and phonology 2.1.1. Contrast, minimal pairs, neutralization 2.1.2. Speech production, the articulators 2.2. The sound system of English 2.2.1. Segmental issues 2.2.1.1. Vowels 2.2.1.2. Consonants 2.2.2. Suprasegmental issues 2.2.2.1. Stress 2.2.2.2. Rhythm 2.2.2.3. Intonation 2.2.2.4. Sounds in contact 2.3. Dialectal variation |
| 3. Transfer problems | 3.1. Awareness of L1 3.2. The sound systems of Spanish and Catalan 3.3. Transfer problems 3.3.1. Segmental issues 3.3.2. Suprasegmental issues 3.2. The interaction between phonology and spelling |
| 4. Methodological aspects in the teaching of pronunciation | 4.1. Review of methods 4.2. Acquisition of pronunciation skills 4.2.1. Age factors 4.2.2. Exposure to the language 4.2.3. Amount and type of instruction 4.2.4. Aptitude, attitude and motivation 4.3. Pronunciation in the curriculum |
| 5. Practical tools for the teaching of pronunciation | 5.1. Awareness-raising activities 5.2. The use of phonetic transcription and other notational devices 5.3. Working segmental aspects of pronunciation 5.3.1. Same/different exercises: distinguishing vowels 5.3.2. Repetition drills: consonants and consonant clusters 5.4. Working suprasegmental aspects of pronunciation 5.4.1. Stress and vowel reduction 5.4.2. Rhythm: reading aloud exercises. 5.4.3. Intonation: use of speech analysis software 5.4. Pronunciation teaching materials 5.4.1. Printed materials 5.4.2. Online resources 5.5. The use of recorded exercises |
| 1. Introduction | 1.1. The importance of teaching pronunciation 1.2. Pronunciation awareness 1.3. Analysis of deficiencies 1.4. The role of the instructor 1.5. Fluency vs. accuracy 1.6. Pronunciation in the EFL class 1.7. Assessing pronunciation |
