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