Monday 27th/ Tuesday 28th

Hello
Today we worked with two full passages for dictation. They were explained and corrected in class. We´ll be practising the same tomorrow and new texts will be given next week.

I also explained what the oral mid-term would be about.It will consist in speaking for five minutes on a chosen topic. There's a Five-talk Guideline at the Xerox Room (Humanidades)which should be submitted on the day of the test.

Schedule for the oral exam will be posted during this week.

Best,

Susan

MONDAY 27

Hello!!
Today we..
* Did a dictation and checked the first part on the bb
* Listened to, read and practiced "Weak forms"
* Revised the main features of vowels and their classification
* Described "ash" and /e/ formally
We shall finish checking the dictation next week
Best, Laura

Monday 27

Hello!
Please take Elements of Pronunciation tomorrow as we are starting to read "Weak Forms"
See u tomorrow
Laura

MONDAY 20

Hello!!

An overview of today´s lesson:
* Students hand in their transcriptions.
* Revision of basic concepts: phonetics/phonology, voicing/voiceless, fortis/lenis, allophone/phoneme, diacritic.
* Revision of rules governing the pronunciation of inflections
* Gradation: an introduction. Students complete the exercises in pairs.
* Dictation: 5 sentences.
Best, Laura

Interactive link

Hi people

Interesting interactive link to review place of articulation of consonants.

http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/johnm/flash/findrp.htm

B Cing U

Susan

Websites for pronunciation practice

Hello
Dear students
I'm giving you some useful websites for practising listening and pronunciation.

Enjoy!

Susan

PS I'd like to get some feedback about them. Only two or three students communicate via the blog! Feel free to do it.


http://iteslj.org/c/games.html

http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Pronunciation/

http://members.aol.com/eslkathy/esl.htm

http://www.efl.htmlplanet.com

http://www.englishaustralia.com.au

http://www.esl-lab.com

http://www.esl.about.com

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

http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/english/frameset.html

http://www.um.es/docencia/fonetica_inglesa/infoad.htm


BBC Learning English News English

New site BBC for listening exercises (practice)


http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/

About next Tuesday 21st

Hi everybody

I'm letting you know that there will be no class on Tuesday due to final exam boards. You can join the Monday group if you wish because unfortunately I won't make it.

Thanx.

C U

Susan

Link to download the IPA-SAM phonetic script

Hello

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 link and start transcribing words, phrases and sentences on your own.
http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/fonts.htm

Susan

LAB LESSON APRIL 17

Hello!!
Pls do bring a blank tape and the diction material to class..First recording will be taken from English pronunciation illustrated
Thank you!
Laura

Dear students
I´m letting you know that I´m joining the strike on Thursday as well .

see u next week

Cristina

This is a message for Melisa R.

This week

Dear students

On Monday 13th and Tuesday 14th we revised theoretical concepts like voicing, the use of the IPA and we worked with inflections' rules: plural, 3rd person Simple Present, genitive case and Past tense of regular verbs.
We also transcribed sentences using phonetic script and did a short dictation.

Best,

Susan

Hi there!!

I let know that I´m joining the strike on Thursday 16th. ( So there are no classes in the afternoon)
See u next week

Claudia

APRIL 13 TP LESSON

Hello!!
This is roughly what we did today:
Warming-up exercise: sts
Revision of basic concepts: RP, River Plate Latin American Spanish, voicing, counterparts, spelling to sound rules, ordinary spelling vs phonetic script.
Introducion of o and long o: differences regarding tenseness, quantity and lip position. Spelling-to-sound rules.
Sentences featuring o and long o:
Transcription from phonetic script to ordinary spelling
Dictation of sentences featuring o and long o
Next class: Read gradation (weak and strong forms) up to "pronouns" and hand in first set of transcriptions please..
Thank you!!
Laura

Pronunciation tutorial on Tuesdays

Dear students
I've implemented a Pronunciation Tutorial(not compulsory) on Tuesdays starting tomorrow April 7th in the Lab from 3:00 pm to 4:00pm in order to practise pronunciation.
The teacher in charge will be Sofía Romanelli.
You `ll be welcome.

Susan

APRIL 6 lesson

Hello!!
Today we revised certain concepts like the IPA, varieties of English and RP.
Sts copied an IPA chart featuring the sounds of English RP from a poster on the board.
Ear-training exercises /i/, /i:/ and /e/: dictation of short words feturing the target sounds, Spelling-to- sound rules, main features of the target sounds (quality, quantity, tenseness, laxness)
Use of pronunciation dictionary. Transcription of entries in phonetics.
Next class: ear-training: "o" sounds
Enjoy the long weekend!
Laura

Web tutorials

Hi everybody

I would like to get comments on line about this activity.


HELP Phonetic Flash is a collection of JavaScript programs for Microsoft Internet Explorer 4+ and Netscape 4+. It is intended for anyone who wishes to improve their knowledge of phonetic symbols.

There are four sorts of task:

Labels : You see a symbol and have to choose the correct voice, place, manner label

Symbols: You see a label and have to choose the appropriate symbol

Words: You see a word and have to choose an appropriate symbol

Hit and miss: You see a symbol and a list of words. You have to choose the words which contain the sound symbolised

For more details on each of these, click on the following link:



http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/johnm/flash/rpvkey.htm

Susan

The history of languages: speaking in tongues

Dear students
I thought you might be interested in the information below.

Speaking in Tongues: The History of language is an innovative five part one hour series that looks at language from prehistory time to the present day. It is ground breaking in both its scope and content.

Leading and world renowned experts such as Noam Chomsky (a well-known linguist,Peter Ladefoged (phonetician) and Lyle Campbell have been assembled to discuss the many facets of human language. An extensive look at language of this magnitude has never been done before.

Previews of the episodes can be seen at :
http://www.youtube.com/user/Syncopatedprod .
Please try them and listen to the episodes.This activity will help you improve listening comprehension.

Enjoy it.


Susan

LAB LESSONS

Hello!
There are still a couple of places in tha 8 to 9 lab lesson on Fridays
See you then!
Laura

TRANSCRIPTIONS

Hello there!
The first set of transcriptions will be available April 1 at CEH xerox room.
First deadline is April 20
Good luck then!
Laura