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21G.223

Listening, Speaking, and Pronunciation

Undergraduate / Graduate · Historical course

Fall 2004

Topics

  • Introduction to the Course, Materials, and Homework
  • Phonetic Alphabet
  • AE 4 - Vowels in Detail
  • AE 4 - Vowels in Detail (cont.)
  • AE 5.2 - Dialogues for Vowels
  • Colloquial Challenges
  • AE 12 - Consonant Overview
  • AE13 - Difference Between Voiced and Voiceless Consonants (Positional Variation)
  • NAE Flap/Glottal Stop
  • AE 14 - <ed> and <s> Endings
  • AE15 - Consonants in Detail
  • AE 15-Consonants in Detail (cont.)
  • Adjustments in Connected Speech Prints vs. Prince
  • Expressing Opinions
  • AE 6 - Stress
  • AE 7 - Stress (Advanced)
  • Chapter 10 - Stress in Compound Nouns
  • AE 8 - Rhythm
  • AE 8 - Rhythm (cont.)
  • AE 9 - Rhythm (Advanced) CI 7: A Contribution to Make the World a Better Place (Prominence)
  • Debate: Protest a low Grade or keep Quiet?
  • AE16 - Intonation (and pp. 117-118)
  • AE 16 - Intonation (cont.)
  • Course Wrap-up

Readings

  • Dauer, Rebecca. Accurate English. New Jersey: Longman Publishing Group, 1993. ISBN: 0130072613.
    Listed reading
  • Numrich, Carol. Consider the Issues. 3rd ed. New Jersey: Pearson ESL, 2003. ISBN: 0131115936.
    Listed reading
  • King, Kevin. The Big Picture: Idioms as Metaphors. Boston: Houghton Mifflin College Division, 1999. ISBN: 0395917123.
    Listed reading
  • Houghton Mifflin Company Staff. The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms for Students of English . Boston: Houghton Mifflin College Division, 2000. ISBN: 0395976200.
    Listed reading
Sources