SUMMARY OF INFORMATION ON EACH COURSE

1. Name of English Phonetics and Phonology

Course/Module Fonetik dan Fonologi Bahasa Inggeris
2. Course Code TSLB3043

3. Name(s) of Hamidah binti Samsudin

academic staff

4. Rationale for the This course is relevant to student teachers of English as a Second Language as it provides the
inclusion of the content knowledge for them to use the English language competently.
course/module in
the programme
5. Semester and Year Semester 2 Year 1
offered
6. Total Student
Total Guided and Independent
Learning Time Face to Face Non Face To Face
Learning
(SLT)

L = Lecture L T P A L T P A
T = Tutorial
P = Practical 120.25
A = Assessment 23 22 3.25 23 33 16

7. Credit Value 3

8. Prerequisite (if any) TSLB3013

9. Course Learning At the end of this course students will be able to:
Outcomes 1. Explain aspects of phonetics and phonology in English.
(CLO) (C6, P2, A4, PLO3, CTPS2)
2. Produce the correct articulation, description and transcription of phonemes in the
English Sound System. (C6, PLO2, PLO4, CS2)
3. Analyse the structure of syllables, patterns of stress and intonation, and features of
connected speech in the English Language using standard terminology. (C4, PLO3,
CTPS1)
4. Write a report (in groups) based on an analysis of transcribed data of a sample’s (non-
native speaker of English) segmental or supra-segmental aspects of pronunciation
errors and causes for the errors with evidence from the literature (C6, A2, PLO3,
PLO5, CTPS5, TS4)
5. Write the solutions to address the pronunciation problems identified with evidence
from the literature.(C6, A2, PLO3, PLO6, CTPS5, LL2)

LEARNING TAXONOMIES
COGNITIVE PSYCHOMOTOR AFFECTIVE
DOMAIN DOMAIN DOMAIN
Internalizing values
(characterization)
Complex or overt
Guided response
Understanding
Remembering

Organization
Responding
Mechanism

Origination
Adaptation
Perception
Evaluating
Analysing

Receiving
response
Applying

Creating

Valuing
Set

CLO

C C C C C C P P P P P P P A A A A A
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5
1 x x x
2 x
3 x
4 x x
5 x x

10. Transferable Skills: Critical Thinking Skills(CTPS5), Communication Skills (CS2), Teamwork (TS4) , Life-Long
Learning (LL2)

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11. Teaching-learning Teaching-learning strategy:
and assessment 1. Lecture – input
strategy 2. Tutorial activities- discussions, presentations, online tasks, Q & A session

Assessment strategy:

Programme Learning Outcome Teaching and Learning Types of

(PLO) Strategies Assessment
PLO2 – Practical Skills Tutorial Pronunciation
Quiz and Transcription
Online tasks Tests
PLO3 – Critical, Scientific Tutorial Report Writing
and Problem Online tasks Quiz
solving Skills Examination
PLO4 – Communication Tutorial Pronunciation
Skills Presentation and Transcription
Tests
PLO5 – Social Skills, Tutorial Report Writing
teamwork and Discussion
responsibility
PLO6 – Life-long learning Online tasks Report Writing
and Managing Discussion
Information Skills Presentation

12. Synopsis This course focuses on an overview of English phonetics and phonology, English consonants,
English vowels, the syllable, stress patterns, intonation, aspects of connected speech and
practice in spoken discourse: pronunciation and transcription.

Kursus ini berfokuskan pada fonetik dan fonologi, pengkelasan bunyi bahasa, konsonan dan
vokal Bahasa Inggeris, suku kata, pola tekanan, intonasi, aspek-aspek suprasegmental dan
latihan dalam pertuturan:sebutan dan transkripsi.
13. Mode of Delivery Lecture and tutorial

14. Assessment Coursework: 60%

Methods and Types Examination: 40%

Types of Assessment Methods of Assessment Percentage

Written Examination 40
Coursework Report Writing (Group) 30
Quiz 20
Pronunciation and Transcription Tests 10

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17. Content outline of the course/module and the SLT per

Interaction

Interaction
topic

Face-to-

Face-to-
face
face

Non
Assessment

Assessment
Practical

Practical
Lecture

Tutorial

Lecture

Tutorial

Total
1. Overview English Phonetics and Phonology

• Phonetics and phonology

2 1 2 1.5 6.5
• The production of speech sounds
• The International Phonetic Alphabet
• The Phonemic Chart

2. English Consonants

• Place and manner of articulation

• Describing and producing English consonants
6 3 6 4.5 19.5
• voiced and voiceless consonants
• fricatives and affricates
• nasals, stops, glides
• Symbols and transcription

3. English Vowels

• Describing and producing English vowels

• short vowels
• long vowels 3 6 3 9 21
• diphthongs
• triphthongs
• Symbols and transcription

4. The Syllable

• Structure of the English syllable 2 1 2 1.5 6.5

• Strong and weak syllables
• Weak forms

5. Stress Patterns

• Stress timing 2 1 2 1.5 6.5

• Stress in simple words
• Complex word stress

6. Intonation
4 2 4 3 13
• Forms of intonation
• Functions of intonation

7. Aspects of Connected Speech

• Rhythm
• Assimilation
• Elision 4 2 4 3 13
• Linking
• Liaison
• Juncture
• Contractions

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 8. Practice in Spoken Discourse: Pronunciation and
Transcription

• Practical tasks in listening to and transcribing

6 9 15
extracts of spoken discourse
• Practical tasks in recording of own pronunciation
and identifying aspects of connected speech

Coursework 1.25 10 11.25

Practical

Revision 6 6

Examination 2 2.

Total 23 22 3.25 23 33 16 120.25

TOTAL FACE TO FACE AND NON-FACE TO FACE Face to face Non face to face
LEARNING TIME
Lecture 23 23
Tutorial 22 33
Report (Group)
6
(1000 words)
Quiz 1 3
Pronunciation and
Transcription tests 0.25 1
(15 minutes)
Examination 2 6
Total 48.25 72
Total SLT 120.25

Credit 3

18. Main references Roach, P. (2009). English phonetics and phonology (4th ed.).
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Carr, P. (2012). English phonetics and phonology. An

introduction (2nd ed.). Singapore: Wiley-Blackwell.

Katz, W.F.(2013) Phonetics for dummies. New Jersey: John

Wiley & sons Inc.

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 Additional references Ladefoged, P. & Johnson, K. (2014). A course in phonetics (7th ed.).
Boston: Cengage Learning.

Collins, B. & Mees, I. M. (2013). Practical phonetics and phonology:

A resource book for students (3rd ed.). London: Routledge.

Rogerson-Revell, P.(2011). English phonology and pronunciation

teaching. London: Continuum International Publishing Group.

Davenport, M. & Hannahs, S. J.(2010). Introducing phonetics and

phonology (3rd. ed.). London: Routledge.

International Phonetic Association .(2013). Handbook of the

International Phonetic Association. A guide to the use of the
International Phonetic Alphabet. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.
Jones, D., Roach, P., Setter, J., & Esling, J. (2011). Cambridge English
pronouncing dictionary (18th ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.

Cameron, S.(2012). Perfecting your English pronunciation with DVD.

New York: McGraw Hill.

19. Other additional information None

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