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FAKULTAS TARBIYAH DAN ILMU KEGURUAN
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English Education Syllabus

Course Outline : Phonology
Code : PBI 421
Credit : 2
Lecturer : Suhartini Syukri

Course Description:
Phonetics and Phonology is a theoretical subject which consist of theories on articulatory
phonetics and phonological rules which covers the features of speech sounds and the
organization.

Course Objective:
Upon completion of this course, the students are expected to be able to:
1. Recognize and describe the specific linguistic terms found in phonetics and
phonology.
2. Describe the organ of speech and their mechanism to produce the speech sounds.
3. Clarify the distinctive feature of speech sounds.
4. Describe the role of phonology in language learning.
5. Describe basic phonological rules in English.

Teaching Methodologies:
- Lecturing
- Discussion
- Presentations
 KEMENTERIAN AGAMA
INSTITUT AGAMA ISLAM NEGERI (IAIN) KENDARI
FAKULTAS TARBIYAH DAN ILMU KEGURUAN
Jl. Sultan Qaimuddin No. 17 Telp/Fax. 0401 3193710 E-Mail. stain_kdi@yahoo.co.id
Website. http//stainkendari.ac.id

Course Organization

Meeting Topic Material Types of

Assignmen
t
1 Introduction Introduction to the course
Negotiation of syllabus
2 Sounds, spelling, and 26 alphabets, 44 sounds (24 consonants,
symbols 12 vowels, 8 diphthongs), IPA symbols.
3 Organ of speech, Nasal and oral cavities, articulators: lips,
Airstream teeth, tongue, alveolar ridge, hard palate,
Mechanism soft palate (velum), uvula, pharyng.
Pulmonic, regressive/ingressive, click.
4 Describing consonants Places of articulation: bilabials,
labiodentals, alveolars, palatals, velars,
uvulars, glottals, pharyngeals
5 Manners of articulation: stop, continuant,
voiced, voiceless, fricative, affricate,
nasal, oral, aspirated, unaspirated,
plosives
Describing vowels and Vowels articulation: open, close, high,
diphthongs low, mid, front, central, back, lax, tense
Diphthongs articulation: centring, closing
diphthongs
6 Phonetic features [p] bilabial voiceless stop, [d] alveolar
voiced stop, [o:] mid back tense rounded,
etc.

7 Assignment 1
Choose a topic of any ELT related topics. Write 250-300 words essay, in your
essay you need to include: why are you interested in the topic; state the problems,
explain how to deal with the problems; and provide a brief conclusion. Upon the
completion of the essay, you need to highlight the words which correspond to the
knowledge of meeting 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 as examples.
8 Mid test: Oral presentation
Students are required to have 3-5 five minutes presentation on the topic that they
have written.
9 Minimal pairs and Definition, examples, binary valued
distinctive features features (+/- features)
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FAKULTAS TARBIYAH DAN ILMU KEGURUAN
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10 Phonemes, phone, Definitions, distinctions, symbols,

allophones phonetic and phonemic transcription
11 Complementary Definition, examples, differences
distribution, free between free variation and allophones
variation
Phonotactic rules of Sequential constraints, components of
English syllable (coda, onset, nucleus, rhyme),
breaking the syllable structure
12
Prosodic and Stresses, tone, pitch, intonation, length
suprasegmental
phonology
13 Phonological rules The technical notations, metathesis, co-
articulation, assimilation, segment
deletion rule, dissimilation
14 Morphophonemics Morphophonemic rules, plural formation,
the formation of present and past
participle of verbs

15 Assignment 2
Choose a topic of any ELT related topics. Write 250-300 words essay, in your
essay you need to include: why are you interested in the topic; state the problems,
explain how to deal with the problems; and provide a brief conclusion. Upon the
completion of the essay, you need to highlight the words which correspond to the
knowledge of meeting 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 as examples.

16 Final test: Oral presentation

Students are required to have 3-5 five minutes presentation on the topic that they
have written.
 KEMENTERIAN AGAMA
INSTITUT AGAMA ISLAM NEGERI (IAIN) KENDARI
FAKULTAS TARBIYAH DAN ILMU KEGURUAN
Jl. Sultan Qaimuddin No. 17 Telp/Fax. 0401 3193710 E-Mail. stain_kdi@yahoo.co.id
Website. http//stainkendari.ac.id

Assessment

No Assessment Tasks Weighting

1 Assignments 20%
2 Mid exam 40%
3 Final exam 40%
TOTAL 100%

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