Season´s greetings

Dear students

The chair of English Phonetics and Phonology wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.



Best wishes
Susan

NOV 26 THEORETICAL/PRACTICAL LESSON

Hello!!
A glance at today´s activities:

1) Link-up: recording dialogues 90-100
2) Stress: recording and practice in pairs of "A quiet morning" (Say it with rhythm I)
3) Exercises on allophones of /p/ and /d/ from "Material exercises" section
4) Short dictation

We´ll meet again next Wednesday for our last lesson this term
Take care!

NOV 25 PRACTICAL LESSON

Hello!!
Today students read aloud units 14-16 (Sounds English). They also transcribed dialogues from forthcoming units of the same book, marking sentence stress as well. As a last activity, a student dictated to the class a short dialogue assigned by the teacher.
Take care, Laura.

TUESDAY PRACTICAL LESSON

Hello!

Remember that those students attending practical lessons on Tuesdays should attend either Prof Cosentino´s or Prof Chiusano´s practical lessons from November 30 onwards. Those students taking lab lessons on Mondays 10-12 can join my lab courses from 8-9 or 9-10 on the same days.
This term I am temporarily replacing Prof Claudia Borgnia (Tue 12-14, Mon 10-12), who will not be coming back this year as she is on medical leave.
Thank you!
See you tomorrow...
Laura

Feedback on the blog

Hi dear students

I'd appreciate if you send me a feedback on the blogging system that was implemented this year both for English Phonetics and Phonology I and II.

Thank you.

Susan

About final exam

Hello everybody

You'll have to read your notes on Estuary English for the final exam. In case you have any questions, please remember our last class will be on Tuesday 2nd at 11 am.

Thank you. Enjoy the weekend.

Susan

No class on Tuesday 25th

Dear students

There will be no class on Tuesday 25th at 10 am on account of my medical treatment.

Thank you very much.

Susan

TP LESSON WED 19

HELLO!!
TOMORROW MORNING WE´LL BE HAVING A ONE-PERIOD LESSON (8 TO 9 AM) BECAUSE OF FINAL EXAMINATION BOARDS
THANK YOU!
LAURA

PRACTICAL LESSON NOV 18

HELLO STUDENTS!
THERE WILL BE NO CLASSES TOMORROW TUESDAY AT 12 ON ACCOUNT OF FINAL EXAMINATION BOARDS
SEE YOU, LAURA

Firma de cursada

Dear students
On Tuesday 2nd I´ll be signing students´ cards at 11 am.

Thank you .

Susan

Research task for final exam

Dear students
Remember to carry out the research activity to be submitted on the day of your final exam no matter whether you´re sitting for it in December or next year.

The sample copy with the instructions is at Fotocopiadora.

Thanks.

Susan

This message is for Elena Steinbach

Hi Elena
You´ll have to prepare the make-up of your oral presentation on your own. You´ll be presenting only 2 activities instead of 4, since no mate will be sharing it with you.

Be seeing you.

Susan

Mid-term exam # 2 (dictations and transcriptions)

Hello everybody

There´s a board of final exams tomorrow at 10. Therefore no class will be delivered.However,at 11 am I´ll be showing tests, usual room for Tuesdays.

Thank you

Susan

T/P LESSON NOV 12

Hello!!
Today we tried to catch up with diction. We finished "Clusters" and started "Link-up" (up to dialogue 90). We did "Classical music v pop music" (Stress section, p18) and the drills on p 16 (Say it with rhythm I)
We also did a dictation
Take care, Laura

Make - up (oral presentation)

Elena and Sebastián

There has been a change regarding your oral presentation make-up. We´ll postpone it till December 1st (Monday) at 12:00 am.

Thank you.

Susan

NOV 5 INTENSIVE PRACTICE WITH ALLOPHONES

Hello!!
Today we stayed in the classroom and we did a dictation. After correction on the bb students marked allophones. We also started to transcrbe a text in Spanish featuring allophones.
Have a good week!

PRACTICAL LESSON NOV 4

Hello!!

Today students did an allophonic transcription of a text in Spanish and a dictation featuring sentence stress
See u on Wednesday!!
Laura

Oral presentation make-up

Dear students
The above make-up will be taken Tuesday 25th at 10:00 a.m.
Students delivering this presentation will have to prepare activities based on the following sounds/t/ /b/ /k//v/.

Please remember to submit your handouts in advance.Thank you.

Susan

Written mid-term exam (transcription)

Dear students
No theory on stress will be asked for the mid-term exam. Just an allophonic transcription of plosives,fricatives,nasals and liquids both in English and Spanish.

Susan

PRACTICAL LESSON TUE 28

HELLO!!
TODAY WE DID A TRANSCRPTION FEATURING ALLOPHONES OF PLOSIVE AND FRICATIVE CONSONANTS. WE ALSO DID A DICTATION AND RECORDED SOUNDS ENGLISH (UNITS 11 AND 12)
SEE U TOMORROW!
LAURA

About sending handouts via e-mail

Hello again

I had agreed with those students delivering the oral presentation next week to send me the handouts via e-mail. However, on second thoughts, I consider it won´t work out because I ´ll also need the copies of the textbook units you chose. So PLEASE submit them Thursday 30th or Friday 31st. Leave the copies at Departamento (Phonetics pigeon hole).

Thank you.

Susan

Oral presentations: 2nd mid- term exam

Hi there

Please remember to include theory in your oral presentation as a support to the group of consonants chosen.

Furthermore, if you need tape recorder, DVD or some other kind of equipment,you should tell Richard or me in advance.
Thank you.

PS We have implemented a Phonetics Workshop on Tuesdays delivered by Claudia Cosentino so as to reinforce dictation practice.

Be seeing you.

Susan

Hi there!!! For further practice of dictations you can join the class on Tuesdays from 3 to 4 at the lab.
Hope you can come!!!
See you
Claudia

Tuesday 21 Practical Lesson

Hello!!
* Warm up: reading of second page of Tongue Twisters giving practice in plosive and fricative consonants (use of dictionary- sentence stress-pair work at the lab)
*Free practice for next week´s diction exam
* Recording of Sounds English (units 9-10)
*Dictation
Laura

October 22 NATIONAL STRIKE

Hello students!
I wanted to let you know that I´m joining the national university teachers´ strike tomorrow
I´ll be seeing you on Monday then
Take care!
Laura

Oral presentation

Dear students

I posted today Tuesday morning, the list with dates + topics for your oral presentation.You must include your names there and make your choices.

I´ll be answering questions about it and helping you in case you need it every Friday morning at Departamento.


Thanx.
Enjoy your weekend.

Susan

2nd mid term exams and make-ups

Hi! Here you have the dates, topics and groups for the 2nd oral mid term exam. The written exam (dictation, and transcription of English and Spanish sentences) will be on Monday 10th at 12hs and Tuesday 11th at 10hs. depending on the group you attend. The Oral make-up exam will be on Monday 17th at 12hs, and the Dictation and transcription make-up exam will be on Monday 24th at 14hs. See you

Ricardo

Topics for the 2nd Oral Mid-term Exam

• Sounds English: from Unit 2 to 11.
• How Now Brown Cow. Units: 4, 9, 10.
• Ship or Sheep: Units 24 to 29 and 38, 39.
• Sound Right Dialogues 32 to 49.
• Clusters: From dialogue 45 to 69.

Group 1. Monday 27th, 12 – 14hs.

GONCALVEZ, María Belén
GOYENECHE, Mariana
GRASSO, Estefanía
LESCA, Amancay
MARTÍNEZ, Ana Macarena
MASONE, Sebastián
PAZ, Josefina María
ROSSI, Virginia
STEINBACH, Elena
VALERIO, Solange
ZANETTO, Agostina

Group 2. Tuesday 28th, 10 – 12hs

ATIENZA,Laura
ALTAMIRANDA, Elizabeth
BARRANGÚ, María Mercedes
BENTIVEGNA, Eliana
CAÑETE, Victoria
CONTI, Micaela María
DI SABATO VAZ, María Paz
DI VIRGILIO, Andrea
FURLAN, Milagros
GÓMEZ, Paula Vanesa

WEDNESDAY 15 T/P LESSON

Hello!
This is what we did last Wednesday:
* Notes on bb from Teaching American English Pronunciation: revision rules for sentence stress-unstress/minor word stress/major word stress/major sentence stress-common errors in words stress patterns-stress/unstress
* p 23 (Ortiz Lira, stress section): lists of words carrying different stress patterns (read silently and then aloud) (paired at the lab)
* Clusters (66-72)
Take care!
Laura

T/P LESSON WEDNESDAY 8

Hello!!
Yesterday we did intensive practice for Tuesday´s make-up exam (dictation)
We also carried out a brief revision of the main concepts concerning STRESS-SENTENCES STRESS (content v grammatical words, main exceptions, the nature of sentence stress in Spanish)
At the LAB, students got in pairs and discussed which words took stress and which ones did not in a few dialogues (Sounds English). Then they read the conversation aloud, paying special attention to sentence stress.
Take care and enjoy the long weekend!

Websites for practising dictation

Hello there

Solange Valerio - a mate of yours- sent me these new websites to practise sentence dictation.

Be seeing you next week.

Enjoy your weekend.

Susan


http://international.ouc.bc.ca/pronunciation/

http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/phonetics/dictations.htm

TUESDAY 7 PRACTICAL LESSON

Hello there!
Today we started our lesson with a warming-up activity: students prepared TONGUE TWISTERS (diction material p 25) featuring English plosive consonants in pairs at the lab. Assignment for Tue 14: transcribe tongue twisters por practice (not to be handed in)
Two-page dictation(top mark: 25)
Sounds English: recording of units 5 and 6
See you tomorrow morning then!
Laura

New dates for written mid-term # 2

Hello everybody

There's been a change regarding the dates of the witten exam due to overlapping with final exam boards on November the 18th.
New dates: November 10th and 11th.

Thank you.

Susan

Mid - term 1: Marks

Hello again

I'll be posting up the marks of Mid-term exam 1 tomorrow morning. Furthermore, I'll be showing the tests in class. If you belong to the Monday group, you can also join us.

Be seeing you.

Susan

About mid-term exam 2

Dear students

As scheduled, our second mid-term exam will be in November.It will be divided into three parts:

1. Written exam: dictation (on November 17th and 18th)+ allophonic transcription of an English sentence and a Spanish one(same dates)
2. Oral exam (lab material) starting on October 27th.
3. Oral presentations in pairs starting on November 3rd and finishing November 20th.

Instructions for the oral presentations have already been left at Fotocopiadora de Humanidades,together with the Marking Criteria List.You should get both copies for the test.

Thank you

PS Please, go on reading English/Spanish Nasals and Affricates.

Thank you.Take care.


Susan

WEDNESDAY T/P LESSON

Hello students,

This is what we did today:
* Introduction to STRESS: brainstorming, the nature of stress (D Jones), word and sentence stress (general rules).
* "Clusters": apply sentence stress on paper, recording of dialogues 59/66
* Exercise material (p392): Judge place of articulation of mouth diagrams and draw missing parts
* Stress section (p13): Match dictionary entries with definitions (words with primary stresses)Reading assignment for next class: from Teaching American English Pronunciation, "Connected Speech" chapter: Placement of stress in sentences, from "Suprasegmentals..." chapter: Stress/unstress
Thank you,
Laura

PRACTICAL LESSON SEPT 30 at 12

Hello there!

We will have no practical lessons tomorrow at 12 on account of the "English phonetics and phonology I/II" final examination boards
See you on Wednesday, then..
Laura

ON USING THE PRONUNCIATION DICTIONARY

Hello there!
Remember to take the PRONUNCIATION DICTIONARY to class whenever possible.
I know it´s heavy, but checking the pronunciation of words you´re not sure of is a very good habit!
Thanks a lot,

About the oral exam

Dear students

Considering the query raised by a student about the pronunciation of names in Shakespeare´s tales, I´d like to tell you that you should pronounce them as heard on the recordings.

Take care.


Susan

SEPT 25 ORAL EXAMINATION BOARD POSTPONED

Hello again!

The oral examination board scheduled for Sept 25 has been called off (please read notice below) and re-scheduled for October 2 at the same time.
Thank you, Laura

A LA COMUNIDAD ACADÉMICA DE LA FACULTAD DE HUMANIDADES:
Comunicamos que los días jueves 25 y viernes 26 de setiembre nohabrá actividad académica (clases) en el ámbito de la Facultad de Humanidadesdebido a la realización de las Jornadas sobre Movimientos SocialesLatinoamericanos. Esta medida fue aprobada por el H. Consejo Académico ensesión 09 del día miércoles 17 del corriente.Es importante aclarar que sí se constituirán esos días las mesas examinadoras previstas.
Atentamente,
-- Dr.Luis Porta
Secretario Académico
Faccultad de Humanidades/ UNMDP

WEDNESDAY 24 LESSONS

Hello there!

Happy students´day and Spring day as well everybody!!
Yes, I will deliver the 8 am lesson on September 24 as usual. There is an oral mid-term board at 10 (Paderni-Sordelli) though, so there will be no classes at 10.
Thanks and enjoy!!
Laura

An interesting mail from a mate of yours

Hello everybody
Here is a mail from a mate of yours.
Hi Susan, I send you an e-mail because I really do not know how to use the blog. Here's the blog of JC Wells, where his latest comment is about allophones, the glottal, the dictionary; the article is called Explicitness in Transcription, there are other things that can also be interesting. If you want to post it for me, I would be pleased!
Have a nice weekend and happy spring!

http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/blog.htm

Solange Valerio
Happy student´s day!

Susan

ORAL AND WRITTEN MAKE-UP EXAMS

Hello!
These are the dates for both make-up exams:

ORAL MAKE-UP EXAM: Monday 6 at 12.

WRITTEN MAKE-UP EXAM: Tuesday 14 at 10 both groups together ONLY THIS TIME due to the holiday (October 13)

Enjoy your weekend!
Laura

RESCHEDULING OF MON 22/TUES 23 BOARDS

Hello there!
Due to the fact that we are joining the strikes on Monday 22 and Tuesday 23, ONLY the boards scheduled for those days will be re-scheduled. Please read the new schedule below.
The dates for the written exams will NOT be changed.
Thank you, Laura.

GROUP 1 WEDNESDAY 24^th 10 – 12 HS (SORDELLI / PADERNI) (no change)

ALESSANDRIA, Melina

ALTAMIRANDA, Elizabeth

ANTIA, María Belén

ARIAS, Mara

AZCONEGUI, Daniela

BARRANGÚ, María Mercedes

BEDOY, Marina

BENTIVEGNA, Eliana

CAÑETE, Victoria

CASADO, Estefanía Ailín

CONRAD, Matías

CONTI, Micaela María

COSTA, Luciana Andrea

DI FONZO, Yanina

GROUP 2 THURSDAY 25th 8 - 10 HS (CHIUSANO/ SORDELLI)

LESCA, Amancay

LÓPEZ BENEITEZ, Lucía

PORFIRI, Carolina

PRIOR, Melisa

REYNA, Daniela

RODRIGUEZ, Angel Ariel

ROSSI, Virginia

SABA, María Fernanda

SARARASOLA, Fernanda

STEINBACH, Elena

STOCO,Lucrecia

VALERIO, Solange

YU, Wen Hsin

ZANETTO, Agostina

GROUP 3. MONDAY 29^TH 14 – 16 HS (PADERNI / COSENTINO)

MARINO, Mara Soledad

MARTÍNEZ, Ana Macarena

MARTINEZ, Florencia

MASCARIN, Daniela

MASONE, Sebastián

MATEO CANEDO, Malén

MENDOZA, Milagros

NARIO, Juan Pablo

ORMAZABAL, Sofía

PAZ, Josefina María

PELÁEZ, Mario

PEREIRA GONCALVES, Paula

GROUP 4 TUESDAY 30^th 8 – 10 HS. (CHIUSANO / SORDELLI)

DI SABATO VAZ, María Paz

DI VIRGILIO, Andrea

ESPÍNDOLA, Ariel

FERNÁNDEZ, Mauro

FURLAN, Milagros

GELPI, María Victoria

GÓMEZ, Paula Vanesa

GONCALVEZ, María Belén

GOYENECHE, Mariana

GRASSO, Estefanía

GUERRERO, Victoria

GUT, Mariana

HUEIQUIMIL, Adriana

JOURDAN, Virginia

PROF SORDELLI THEORETICAL-PRACTICAL LESSON, SEPT 17

Hello everyone!

Today we focused on the "Exercise material" section of the module, no dictations I´m afraid...
* Page 381: Place of Articulation practice
* Page 383: Miscellaneous multiple choice tasks
* Page 396: Derived Forms: identify and explain the features of connected speech found in these words
* Clusters: In an attempt to catch up, we recorded dialogues 50 to 59.
That´s all then, take care!
Laura

PRACTICAL LESSON PROF SORDELLI SEPT 16

Hello!!
This is more or less what we did today from 12 to 2:00...
* Two short DICTATIONS giving practice in /g/- /k/ (Sounds English)
* "Assimilation Awareness" exercise (The Pronunciation Book): match the rules with the examples and write in phonetics
See you soon!
Laura

Comments!

Dear students

Feel free to make any comments on the blog!

Nice weekend

Susan

FRIDAY NIGHT ON THE TELLY

Hello!
If you´re at home Friday nights at 10 you shouldn´t miss "Extras" (I-sat). If you haven´t got cable tv you can youtube and have a look at some sketches. You´ll have a laugh and also listen to different varieties of British English
Enjoy the weekend and take care!
Laura

Confirmed dates and groups for oral exams

ORAL MID TERM EXAM – ENGLISH PHONETICS & PHONOLOGY II

Topics & groups for the Oral Exam 1

ALL SHAKESPEARE’S TALES YOU’VE RECORDED



GROUP 1 MONDAY 22nd 12 – 13 HS (CHIATTI / SORDELLI)
13 – 14 HS (CHIATTI / PADERNI)




LESCA, Amancay
LÓPEZ BENEITEZ, Lucía
PORFIRI, Carolina
PRIOR, Melisa
REYNA, Daniela
RODRIGUEZ, Angel Ariel
ROSSI, Virginia
SABA, María Fernanda

SARARASOLA, Fernanda
STEINBACH, Elena
STOCO,Lucrecia
VALERIO, Solange
YU, Wen Hsin
ZANETTO, Agostina

GROUP 2. MONDAY 22nd 14 – 16 HS (PADERNI / COSENTINO


MARINO, Mara Soledad
MARTÍNEZ, Ana Macarena
MARTINEZ, Florencia
MASCARIN, Daniela
MASONE, Sebastián
MATEO CANEDO, Malén
MENDOZA, Milagros


NARIO, Juan Pablo
ORMAZABAL, Sofía
PAZ, Josefina María
PELÁEZ, Mario
PEREIRA GONCALVES, Paula

GROUP 3 TUESDAY 23rd 8 – 10 HS. (CHIUSANO / SORDELLI


DI SABATO VAZ, María Paz
DI VIRGILIO, Andrea
ESPÍNDOLA, Ariel
FERNÁNDEZ, Mauro
FURLAN, Milagros
GELPI, María Victoria
GÓMEZ, Paula Vanesa
GONCALVEZ, María Belén

GOYENECHE, Mariana
GRASSO, Estefanía
GUERRERO, Victoria
GUT, Mariana
HUEIQUIMIL, Adriana
JOURDAN, Virginia

GROUP 4 WEDNESDAY 24th 10 – 12 HS (SORDELLI / PADERNI)


ALESSANDRIA, Melina
ALTAMIRANDA, Elizabeth
ANTIA, María Belén
ARIAS, Mara
AZCONEGUI, Daniela
BARRANGÚ, María Mercedes
BEDOY, Marina
BENTIVEGNA, Eliana
CAÑETE, Victoria


CASADO, Estefanía Ailín
CONRAD, Matías
CONTI, Micaela María
COSTA, Luciana Andrea
DI FONZO, Yanina

IF YOU’RE NOT ON THE LIST YOU SHOULD COME ON THE DAY THAT CORRESPONDS TO THE 1ST LETTER OF YOUR LAST NAME. BE SURE YOU TELL ME OR RICARDO ABOUT IT.
Thanks

Susan

This message is for Susan's Monday and Tuesday groups

Hi everybody

As scheduled, we´re having our first written mid- term exam on Monday 29th and Tuesday 30th respectively according to groups.

We´ll be probably starting our oral exam on September 22nd. It´s based on the reading of Shakespeare's tales.
Precise dates will be confirmed next week.

Thanks.
Be seeing you.

Susan

Tuesday 9th

Dear Tuesday students

Sorry for today´s absence. I´ve been having lately a bit of an ache in the base of my lumbar spine and am now under treatment.

Go on reading English and Spanish fricatives for next week.

Nice weekend.

Susan

Tuesday afternoon practical lesson (Prof Sordelli)

Hello!
This is what today´s lesson was about:
* Warming-up: Phonetics crossword puzzle in pairs (Bowden & Marks´The Pronunciation Book)
* Short dictations giving practice in plosive consonants /p/ /b/ (from Sounds English)
* Recording of Unit 2 (Sounds English)
I´ll guess we´ll meet again next week, then.
Laura

September 10 strike

Hello there!

I´m joining the strike tomorrow so I will not be delivering my Wednesday lessons.
See you next week, then.
Laura

TRANSCRIPTION GUIDELINES AND DEADLINES

Students are expected to hand in three out of four transcription sets this term. Transcriptions are not compulsory to pass the course, however they will be part of every student´s personal portfolio along with lab feedback sheets and attendance records. As for all transcriptions, new words should be looked up in the dictionary and mistakes marked in a different colour.

SET # 1: (Sept 15/17) Transcribe four 200-word passages of YOUR CHOICE. Include bibliographical references as in: Woolf, V (1996) Mrs Dalloway. London: Penguin (please kindly attach an ordinary spelling copy)

SET #2: (Oct 06/08) Allophones: transcribe the texts below and mark the appropriate diacritic on fortis plosives. Sounds English (Unit 8: task 2.2.a, Unit 9: task 4.1.a, Unit 10: task 2.a)

SET #3: (Oct 20/22) Provide a 100-word passage about your last weekend activities in Spanish and transcribe featuring main consonantal allophones using the IPA FONTS in your computer (please kindly attach an ordinary spelling copy)

SET#4: (Nov 10/12) Produce a 200-word transcription of a passage in English featuring all the allophones you have learnt in the course (please kindly attach an ordinary spelling copy)

Have a good week!
Laura

PROF SORDELLI/TP LESSONS/SEPT 3

* Revision exercises (theory booklet p 385, ex.1,2 and 3)
* Dictation giving practice in plosive consonants /k/-/g/: revision of main phonetic features, brief introduction to the concept of "aspiration"
* Lab: Clusters 45-49
Have a good week!
Laura

PROF SORDELLI/ PRACTICAL LESSON/ SEPT 2

* Recording and transcription of a passage from "The Ash man"(Harmer & Elsworth(1990)The Listening file London: Longman) (lab)
* Dictation giving practice in miscellaneous sounds
* Reading aloud Unit 2 (Sounds English) (lab)
Thank you, see you again next Tuesday!
Laura

Have fun and transcribe the text

I hope you enjoy it!
Susan

The English Language


Have you ever wondered why foreigners have trouble with the English Language?
Let's face it
English is a stupid language.
There is no egg in the eggplant
No ham in the hamburger
And neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.
English muffins were not invented in England
French fries were not invented in France.
We sometimes take English for granted
But if we examine its paradoxes,
we find that Quicksand takes you down slowly
Boxing rings are square
And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
If writers write, how come fingers don't fing.
If the plural of tooth is teeth
Shouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth?
If the teacher taught,
Why didn't the preacher praught.
If a vegetarian eats vegetables
What the heck does a humanitarian eat!?
Why do people recite at a play
Yet play at a recital?
Park on driveways
and drive on parkways.
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy
Of a language where a house can burn up as
It burns down
And in which you fill in a form
By filling it out.
And a bell is only heard once it goes!
English was invented by people, not computers
And it reflects the creativity of the human race
(Which of course isn't a race at all)
That is why
When the stars are out, they are visible.
But when the lights are out they are invisible.
And why it is that when I wind up my watch
It starts
But when I wind up this observation,
It ends.

Reading material for the following classes

Dear students

I´m sending you the titles of the articles you must read: The English Plosive Consonants (Gimson´s Chapter 9) and from Manual de Pronunciación española (by Tomás Navarro Tomás) : Las consonantes oclusivas (=plosives in English).

Please read both articles. There´s even a contrastive study of both English RP and Rioplatense Spanish that you can use to understand the consonant allophones better.

Best,

Susan

Tentative dates: written mid-term exams and make-ups

Tentative dates: written mid-term exams and make-ups

Mid-term # 1 September 29th and 30th
Mid -term #2: November 3rd and 4th

Make-up #1 : second week of October
Make-up #2: November 17th and 18th

Welcome everybody !

Hello All,

Hope everyone enjoyed the long break and is ready for spring semester and for new activities.
Don´t forget to check the blog periodically.

Thank you.

Susan

PROF SORDELLI - JULY 7 LESSON

HELLO!
WEAK FORMS 29-33
SHORT DICTATION giving practice in dental and labiodental fricatives
SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT TERM!
LAURA

JUNE 30 LESSON PROF SORDELLI

WEAK FORMS: DIALOGUES 14-18
TRANSCRIPTION IN CLASS: SOUNDS ENGLISH UNIT 24, TASK 3.1
COMPARING SPANISH AND ENGLISH VOWELS (FINCH & ORTIZ LIRA)
SEE YOU SOON..
LAURA

Wednesday group from 10 to 12 a.m.

On Wednesday July the 2^nd we’ll have normal classes but in Room “Pablo Neruda”. It’s downstairs on the same floor as Biblioteca Central (on the right). Thanks

Ricardo

Monday group from 3 to 5 p.m.

On Monday June 30^th we’ll have normal classes but in Room “Pablo Neruda”. It’s downstairs on the same floor as Biblioteca Central (on the right). Thanks

Ricardo

Make-up 2nd mid term exam (dictation and theory)

On Monday 14^th at 2 p.m. We start with the dictation and then we go on with the theory. Room Multimedios 1

Ricardo

2nd mid term exam

Marks will be posted up on Monday July 7^th at 2 p.m. You’ll also be able to see the exams on that day at that time. See you!

Ricardo

PROF SORDELLI JUNE 23 LESSON

DICTATION-CLOSING DIPHTHONGS ENDING IN /u/AND CLOSING DIPHTHONGS PLUS SCHWA
SEE YOU SOON
LAURA

SUBMISSION DATE

I´m sorry but I made a mistake regarding the date of submission of the last set of transcriptions, the right date is June 23, as June 16 was a holiday
See you soon
Laura

Oral make-up exam

It will be on June 30^th at 2 p.m. at room Multimedios 1

Thanks!

Ricardo

Topics for the 2nd mid term exam

• Formal description of all English pure vowels except ash and /e/

• General classification of English diphthongs

• Formal description of closing diphthongs.

Remember that for the formal description of a vowel or a diphthong you should include the articulation of the sound, spelling-to-sound rules, allophones and any other characteristics that are related to the sound you're describing.

See you next week!

Ricardo

LAST SET OF TRANSCRIPTIONS

Hello ppl, you can get the last set of transcriptions at the CEH xerox room, the place where we always leave our stuff at....
You don´t need to use the IPA fonts unless you want to do so...
Thanx
Enjoy the long weekend....!
Laura

PROF SORDELLI MONDAY LESSON

DICTATION
WEAK FORMS AT THE LAB: 19-23
REVISION OF GRAL CLASSIFICATION OF DIPHTHONGS
DESCRIPTION OF CLOSING DIPHTHONGS ENDING IN /i/
See you in a couple of weeks..
Prof Sordelli

NEW DEADLINE

The day of submission of the last set of transcriptions will be June 17
Thank you!
Prof Sordelli

LAST SET OF TRANSCRIPTIONS

Those students who haven´t got their transcriptions back yet should ask their lab teachers for them, as all three sets are in the lab
The last set of transcriptions needs to be done only by those students who did not submit any of the first three sets or those students who failed to correct their work ("Missing corrections")
Thank you!
Prof Sordelli

New dates for mid term 2

Hello everybody

• Mid term # 2 (theory) will be due June 23rd at 12:30 pm (Monday Group ).
  
• Monday and Tuesday Groups (dictation) same date at 2 pm.
• Theory Tuesday group June 24th at 10 am.

Thank you.

Susan

WRITTEN MAKE UP EXAMS

Written make-up exams will be held on Monday 2 and Tuesday 3 according to groups
Thank you
Prof Sordelli

PROF SORDELLI MAY 26 LESSON

* FORMAL DESCRIPTION OF VOWEL NUMBER 12 (THE ROOF), SCHWA AND LONG SCHWA
* DICTATION
* LAB: WEAK FORMS 5-14
THAT´S ALL 4 NOW...
LAURA

THIRD SET OF TRANSCRIPTIONS

Hello!

The Third Set of Transcriptions will be available at the CEH Xerox Room on May 26, 9 am
Enjoy your weekend!
Laura

No class on Tuesday 27th

Prof. Chiatti will not deliver her class Tuesday 27th. Dictation for the make up exam will be practised in practical classes.

Written make up will be held Monday 2nd and Tuesday 3rd according to groups.

Thanx

Susan

PROF SORDELLI/ MAY 19, 8-10 am

* HAND OUT/HAND IN TRANSCRIPTIONS
*GENERAL TIPS FOR DICTATIONS
* 2-PAGE DICTATION, CORRECTION ON BBOARD
* REVISION CHART: FEATURES FOR THE FORMAL DESCRIPTION OF VOWELS, MOUTH DIAGRAMS: /i:/ vs /a:/
* FORMAL DESCRIPTION OF /i/, /i:/, ash.

THAT´S ALL THEN...
LAURA.

Oral exam # 1 (make-up)

Five-minute talk make-up will be on Monday 26th at 12:00 hs.

Thanx.

Susan

Latest changes for Tuesday 13th

Hi everybody
There won´t be final exam boards on Tuesday13th as scheduled. Therefore, we are having regular classes on that date.

Thanx.

Susan

Monday lessons Prof Laura Sordelli

* Revision: Inference of rules for the pronunciation of past inflection (ed) and third person singular (s) Chart featuring voiced and voiceless consonants
* Dication of sentences, correction on bboard
* Anchoring: using pneumonic devices for learning spelling-to-sound rules for /i/ and /i:/
* "Weak Forms" at the lab: Recording of Units 1-4

Oral exam # 1

• Monday 5th I´ll be leaving Guideline for oral mid- term exam (Five-minute talk) at Fotocopiadora de Centro de Estudiantes (Humanidades), and posting up group lists too.
• There are two useful interactive websites you can consult to practise articulatory anatomy through a diagram, and also clickable charts allowing you to listen to the sounds of the International Phonetic Alphabet, and diphthongs in General American and British (RP) English.
  

http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/# http://www.abdn.ac.uk/langling/resources/phonetics.html

I hope these activities will promote the scientific study of phonetics and the various practical applications of this science.
Go ahead!!

Susan

New practice through listening

Hi everybody
I would like you to work with two pieces of news from the following website http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/.
Choose Concentrating solar power (April 2008) and Reports from 2006 (Response to Pinochet death, December 2006). Both of these articles have audio material.
Listen to them and transcribe the texts with the aid of the Pronunciation Dictionary.

Listening is a demanding skill. A good listener needs to be able to draw on a range of skills, including:

• Listening for general meaning.
• Listening for specific information.
• Coping with unknown vocabulary.
• Predicting what is going to be said next.
• Using prior knowledge to aid understanding.
• Coping with different accents. Furthermore, audio will help you improve pronunciation and practise phonetics using the IPA.

After carrying out this activity, I'd like to have some comments.
Thanx

Susan

Mid term exams: new dates

There has been a change in mid term dates:

Written exam Monday 19th and Tuesday 20th (according to chosen schedule)
Oral exams: dates, groups and material to be prepared will be posted next week on notice board.

Thanks.

Susan

MONDAY 27 LESSON (PROF SORDELLI)

* Revision of key concepts: voicing, gradation, elision, assimilation, linking r, counterparts, spelling-to -sound rules, chart featuring voiced and voiceless consonants
* Transcription of 8 sentences in phonetic script (/i/-/i:/)(correction on bboard)
* Discussion of notes on "Weak Forms"(p 1 -pronouns)

Thank you
Laura

SUMMER COURSE IN ENGLISH PHONETICS 2008

August 11-22 , University College London

Find out more at http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/scep/index.html

Prof Sordelli

MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT LINKS

Listen to the Brit pop chart while you catch up on weak forms and some features of connected speech (assimilation, elision, linking r) (Advanced RP used by the young generation) www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart
"BBC Top Forty"

Listen to the latest news report, pop music and funny facts (General RP)
www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/wright
"Steve Wright in the Afternoon"

(You´ll need to download "Real Player" for listening to these shows)

FECHAS ENTREGAS TRANSCRIPCIONES

TRANSCRIPTIONS: SUBMISSION DATES

FIRST SET: MAY 5

SECOND SET: MAY 19

THIRD SET: JUNE 02

FOURTH SET: JUNE 16

Just for the weekend

Please transcribe the following joke for practice using phonetic script.

(Sorry boys!!)

Hello...
so cute I had to share...
Never Lie to a Woman!!!

A man called home to his wife and said, '? Honey...I have been asked to go fishing up in Canada with my boss & several of his Friends.We'll be gone for a week. This is a good opportunity for me to get that Promotion I've been wanting, so could you please pack enough clothes for a week and set out my rod and fishing box, we're leaving from the office & I will swing by the house to pick my things up!'
Oh! Please pack my new blue silk pyjamas!
The wife thinks this sounds a bit fishy but being the good wife she is, did exactly what her husband asked.
The following weekend he came home a little tired but otherwise looking good. The wife welcomed him home and asked if he caught many fish.
He said, 'Yes! Lots of Salmon, some Bluegill, and a few Swordfish. But why didn't you pack my new blue silk pyjamas like I asked you to do?
You'll love the answer...?The wife replied, 'I did. They're in your fishing box!!!'

Never Lie To A Woman...!!!

Have a nice weekend!!

Susan

New reading material

People

• Please read for Monday 21st/Tuesday 22nd "Speech sound and their production" pp 205-211; "Towards a sound system for English" pp 212-14.

• Monday 28th/Tuesday 29th:The Production odf Speech:the physiological aspect" pp.167-171; "The Description and Classification of Speech Sounds" pp.173-74.

Thank you.

Nice weekend.

Susan

Another link to download the IPA-SAM phonetic fonts

April 15th

The IPA-SAM phonetic fonts are TrueType® fonts for use on IBM-compatible PCs running Windows. (They also work on Mac OSX.) With them installed, you can display phonetic symbols on the screen and print them out in any size. The IPA-SAM character set includes all the symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet as currently recognized by the IPA. There are three typefaces: Doulos (similar to Times), Sophia (san serif) and Manuscript (similar to Courier, monospaced). All are available in regular, bold, italic, and bold italic.

Please try this other link in case the one I gave you before does not work for you.
Thanks.

Susan

http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/fonts.htm

Useful link for reading: John Well's IPA transcription systems for English

Hello everybody again

Here is a brief personal history of John Wells.

WELLS, John Christopher, Professor of Phonetics, University College London, (UCL) since 1988. He was born on 11 March 1939; Education:St John's School, Leatherhead;.Trinity College Cambridge (BA 1960; MA 1964). University College London (MA 1962; PhD 1971); Lecturer in Phonetics, UCL 1962-65, Lecturer 1965-82, Reader 1982-88, (Head of Department of Phonetics and Linguistics 1990-2000). Member, Council of the IPA 1970- (Secretary 1973-86; Editor, JIPA (Journal of the International Phonetic Association) 1971-87); Member, Council of the Philological Society 1989-1995. Member, Academy of Esperanto 1971-. President, World Esperanto Association 1989-95.

Major publications: Longman Pronunciation Dictionary 1990, 2000; Accents of English (three vols. and cassette) 1982; Lingvistikaj Aspektoj de Esperanto, 1978, 1989; Jamaican Pronunciation in London, 1973; (with G. Colson) Practical Phonetics 1971; Concise Esperanto and English Dictionary, 1969.

The following link will lead you to an article J. C. Wells wrote on IPA transcription systems for English

http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/ipa-english-uni.htm

Remember to consult the blog every week!
Thank you .

Susan

Brief History of IPA (April 14th)

International Phonetic Alphabet

The International Phonetic Alphabet is a system of phonetic notation used by linguists to accurately and uniquely represent each of the wide variety of sounds (phones or phonemes) the human vocal apparatus can produce. It is intended as a notational standard for the phonemic and phonetic representation of all languages.

History

It was originally developed by French and British language teachers (led by Paul Passy) under the auspices of the International Phonetic Association, established in Paris in 1886 (both the organisation and the phonetic script are best known as IPA). The first official version of the alphabet appears in Passy (1888). These teachers based the IPA upon the Romic alphabet of Henry Sweet (1880–1881, 1971), which was formed from the Phonotypic Alphabet of Isaac Pitman and Alexander John Ellis (Kelly 1981).

The alphabet has undergone a number of revisions during its history, including some major ones codified by the IPA Kiel Convention (1989); the most recent revision was in 1993, updated again in 1996. The extIPA was first created in 1991, revised to 1997; the VoQS (Voice Quality Symbols) was proposed in 1995 to provide a system for more detailed transcription of voice production (Ball and others 1995).

Description

The IPA is primarily a phonemic alphabet, what MacMahon (1996) has termed a "selective" phonetic alphabet. The IPA aims to provide a symbolization of every constrastive sound occuring in human language. This means that the IPA is not primarily concerned with non-contrastive sounds. For instance, a flap and a tap are two different articulations, but since no language has (yet) been found to make a phonemic distinction between these two sounds the IPA does not provide a unique alphabetic letter (or diacritic) and instead provides a symbol (i.e. [ɾ]) that will cover both of these articulations. As a result, there does exist some ambiguity in IPA usage. However, it is important to note that in actual practice the IPA is used as true phonetic alphabet, especially through the use of diacritics.

The symbols chosen for the IPA are generally drawn from the Latin and Greek alphabets. The IPA has also created new symbols that are often modified versions of Latin letters.

The sound-values of the consonants that are identical to those in the Latin alphabet in most cases correspond to usage in English as well as many other European languages: [b], [d], [f], [g], [h], [k], [l], [m], [n], [p], [s], [t], [v], [w], [z].

The vowel symbols that are identical to those in the Latin alphabet ([a], [e], [i], [o], [u]) correspond roughly to the vowels of Spanish or Italian. [i] is like the vowel in piece, [u] like the vowel in food, etc.

Most of the other symbols that are shared with the Latin alphabet, like [j], [r], [c], [x] and [y], correspond to sounds those letters represent in other languages. [j] has the sound value of English y in yoke (= German, Scandinavian or Dutch j); whereas [y] has the ancient Greek, Scandinavian, and Old English value of the letter (= Finnish y, German y or ü, French u, or Dutch uu.) The general principle is to use one symbol for one speech segment, avoiding letter combinations such as sh and th in English orthography.

Latin letters that share a particular modification often correspond to similar sound. For example, all the retroflex consonants have the same symbol as the equivalent alveolar consonants, except with a rightward pointing hook coming out of the bottom. Although there is an amount of correspondence between modified letters, generally the IPA does not have a systematic relationship between graphic shape and articulation. For instance, there is not a consistent relationship between lowercase letters and their small capital counterparts nor are all labiodental consonants linked through a common character design.

Diacritic marks can be combined with IPA signs to transcribe slightly modified phonetic values or secondary articulations. There are also special symbols for suprasegmental features such as stress and tone.

The International Phonetic Association recommends that a phonetic transcription should be enclosed in square brackets ("[" and "]"). A transcription that only denotes phonological contrasts (a "broad transcription") may be enclosed in slashes ("/"). For example some dialects of the English word pretzel in a phonetic (or "narrow") transcription would be [pʰɹ̥ɛʔtsɫ̩], which notes several phonetic features that are not contrasted phonologically. An equivalent phonological (or "broad") transcription could be /pɹɛtsl̩/ or even /prɛtsəl/.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet

A Little Encyclopaedia of Phonetics April11th

Hi there

There is a very useful encyclopaedia called precisely A Little Encyclopaedia of Phonetics by Peter Roach, University of Reading. The book is aimed at first-year students of Phonetics. It is based on a book P. Roach (English Phonetician) wrote in 1992 which brings a series of short explanations of technical terms used in the subject I am currently teaching. There are copies of this book at Fotocopiadora de Centro de estudiantes de Humanidades . However if you want to download it it is also available in electronic form. Website: http://www.linguistics.reading.ac.uk/staff/PeterRoach

Susan

Fechas tentativas de evaluaciones parciales

Parcial I: 12 y 13 de mayo a cargo del Profesor Titular de Cátedra

Parcial II: martes 17 de junio a cargo del Profesor titular y lunes 23 de junio a cargo del Profesor Adjunto

Fechas Tentativas de Recuperatorios (escritos)

Parcial I: 2 y 3 de junio a cargo del Profesor titular y/o profesor adjunto

Parcial II: 7 de julio a cargo del Profesor Adjunto de Cátedra

Schedule 2008

Teórico 1 (2hs) Chiatti	Teórico 2 (1h) Paderni	Teórico/práctico (2hs)
a) Lunes 12 a 14hs	Lunes 14 a 15hs	a) Lunes 8 a 10hs (Sordelli)
b) Martes 10 a 12hs		b) Lunes 15 a 17hs (Paderni) c) Miércoles 10 a 12hs (Paderni)

Práctico (2hs)	Laboratorio (1h)
a) Martes 14 a 16hs (Cosentino) b) Jueves 8 a 10hs (Chiusano) c) Viernes 10 a 12hs (Borgnia)	a) Miérc. 8 a 9 hs(Chiusano) b) Miérc. 9 a 10hs (Chiusano) c) Jueves 12 a 13hs (Borgnia) d) Jueves 13 a 14hs (Borgnia) e) Jueves 14 a 15hs (Cosentino) f) Jueves 15 a 16 hs(Cosentino) g) Viernes 8 a 9hs (Sordelli) h) Viernes 9 a 10hs (Sordelli)