| Teaching Staff
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Prof. Dr. Mehmet DEMİREZEN |
| Language of Instruction |
İngilizce (English) |
| Type Of Course |
Compulsory |
| Prerequisites |
- |
| Recommended Optional Programme Component |
- |
| Course Objectives |
Analyzing authentic listening materials and speech samples used in different discourses; basic listening and phonetic skills such as discriminating minimal pairs and formulating phonetic transcriptions of problematic sounds; higher level listening skills and strategies; the fundamentals of listening and phonetics namely vowels, consonants, stress in words, rhythm and intonation as well as the usage of phonetic alphabet for learning and production. |
| Course Content |
Basic listening and phonetic skills such as the study of speech sounds with an emphasis on the production and perception of sounds of the English language, the articulation and transcription of the sounds in the IPA, discriminating the minimal pairs and formulating phonetic transcriptions of problematic sounds focused in class. the course will also focus on higher level listening skills and strategies. |
| Learning Outcomes (LO) |
1. To articulate the phonemes of English accurately 2. To articulate the allophones of English accurately 3. To distinguish the phonemes of English from the allophones of English 4. To pronounce the inflectional suffixes of English accurately 5. To articulate the different syllable types of English accurately |
| Mode of Delivery |
Face to face |
| Course Outline |
| Week |
Topics |
| 1. Week |
Stressed Syllables in Words and Numbers; Moving Stress |
| 2. Week |
Falling and Rising Intonation |
| 3. Week |
Stress in Sentences; The Most Important Word |
| 4. Week |
Strong and Weak Pronunciations |
| 5. Week |
/ə/ in Unstressed Syllables and Words; can and can’t |
| 6. Week |
/ər/ in Unstressed Syllables and Words; Intonation in Choice Questions with or |
| 7. Week |
Phrase Groups |
| 8. Week |
Midterm exam |
| 9. Week |
Using Stress and Intonation to Show a Contrast |
| 10. Week |
Linking Vowel Sounds; Stress and Pronouns |
| 11. Week |
Negative Contractions |
| 12. Week |
Stress in Compound Nouns; Sentence Rhytm and Timing |
| 13. Week |
Stress and Linking in Phrasal Verbs |
| 14. Week |
Tag Questions with Falling Intonation |
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| Assessment |
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Percentage(%) |
| Mid-term (%) |
40 |
| Quizes (%) |
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| Homeworks/Term papers (%) |
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| Practice (%) |
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| Labs (%) |
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| Projects/Field Work (%) |
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| Seminars/Workshops (%) |
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| Final (%) |
60 |
| Other (%) |
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| Total(%) |
100 |
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| Course Book (s) and/or References |
Demirezen, M. (1987). Articulatory Phonetics and the Principles of Sound Production. Yargı Publications |
| Work Placement(s) |
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| The Relationship between Program Qualifications (PQ) and Course Learning Outcomes (LO) |
| LO1 | LO2 | LO3 | LO4 | LO5 | PQ1 | | | | | | PQ2 | | | | | | PQ3 | | | | | | PQ4 | | | | | | PQ5 | | | X | | | PQ6 | X | X | X | X | X | PQ7 | | | | | | PQ8 | | | | | | PQ9 | | | | | | PQ10 | | | | | | PQ11 | | | | | | PQ12 | X | X | X | X | X | PQ13 | | | | | | PQ14 | | | | | | PQ15 | | | | | | PQ16 | | | | | | PQ17 | | | | | | PQ18 | | | | | | PQ19 | | | | | | PQ20 | X | X | X | X | X | PQ21 | X | X | X | X | X | PQ22 | X | X | X | X | X |
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