Universidad Pública de Navarra - Nafarroako Univertsitate Publikoa
Public University of Navarre
| Course code: 306313 | Subject title: PRONUNCIATION AND ORAL PRACTICE (ENGLISH) | ||||
| Credits: 6 | Type of subject: Optative | Year: 3 | Period: 2º S | ||
| Department: Ciencias Humanas y de la Educación | |||||
| Lecturers: | |||||
| AZPILICUETA MARTINEZ, RAÚL (Resp) [Mentoring ] | RUIZ HERNANDEZ, SIMON EDUARDO [Mentoring ] | ||||
Contents
Students will improve their pronunciation of English and will acquire tools to teach pronunciation.
General proficiencies
2.1 Basic Proficiencies (comunes a los cuatro grados)
BP1 - Students have demonstrated that they possess knowledge of and understand an area of study, based on general secondary education and usually at a level which, albeit with the support of advanced text books, also includes some aspects which imply knowledge of the latest developments in their field of study.
BP2 - Students know how to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional manner and possess skills which are usually demonstrated by developing and defending arguments and resolving problems in their area of study.
BP5 - Students have developed those learning skills required in order to undertake further studies with a considerable degree of self-reliance.
2.2. General Proficiencies
GP1 - To be familiar with the objectives, curricular content and evaluation criteria of Early Childhood Education.
GP2 - To promote and facilitate learning in early childhood from a global perspective, integrating the different cognitive, emotional, psychomotor and volitional dimensions.
GP3 - To design and regulate learning spaces in contexts characterised by diversity which attend to the unique educational needs of children, gender equality, fairness and respect for human rights.
GP11 - To reflect on classroom practices in order to innovate and improve teaching. To acquire habits and skills for autonomous and cooperative learning, and promote it among children.
GP12 - To understand the function, possibilities and limits of education in today's society, and the core competences which affect early childhood education centres and the professionals who belong to them. To be familiar with quality improvement models as applicable to education centres.
2.3. Transverse Proficiencies
TP1 - To demonstrate a level of competence in English, French, German or Italian equivalent to the B1 level of the Council of Europe¿s Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
Specific proficiencies
SP1 - To be familiar with the objectives, curricular content, organization, methodology and evaluation criteria of Early Childhood Education.
SP2 - To promote learning in early childhood from a global perspective, integrating cognitive, emotional, psychomotor and volitional dimensions.
SP3 - To design learning spaces in contexts characterized by diversity and in multicultural and multilingual environments which attend to the unique needs of children, gender equality, fairness and the development of human rights.
SP4 - To reflect on learning contexts and contexts of coexistence in education centers. To be able to observe systematically, acknowledge work well done, accept the rules and respect others.
SP12 - To organize actively the processes of teaching and learning the contents of Early Childhood Education from a perspective of skills development.
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes are the realization of the skills that students acquire in the matter. Three levels are
established:
- Optimal level: 100% acquisition of skills and expertise in at least 75% of them.
- Standard or medium level: acquisition of the majority of the alleged relevant powers and expertise in
those aspects contributing to the specific competencies of the title.
- Deficient Level: Insufficient acquisition of the aspects contributing to the specific competencies of the
title.
A student gets a grade of APTO if the level of learning is optimal or medium.
In this subject these learning outcomes are specified as follows:
R1. Conocimiento del sistema fonológico de la lengua inglesa
R2. Concienciación respecto a las variedades acentuales de la lengua inglesa
R3. Adquisición de una pronunciación correcta en lengua inglesa.
R4. Adquisición de herramientas para enseñar pronunciación.
R5. Adquisición de herramientas para mejorar la propia pronunciación.
R6. Concienciación respecto a la importancia de la pronunciación en lengua inglesa.
Methodology
5.1. Teaching methods
| Code | Description |
| TM1 | Lecture with full attendance |
| TM2 | Interaction in large group |
| TM3 | Interaction in medium-sized group |
| TM4 | Interaction in small group |
| TM5 | Individualised interaction: tasks and guidelines for autonomous study |
5.2. Learning activities
| Code | Description | Hours | Attendance |
| LA1 | Theory classes (foundation, examples, proven applications and developments) | 45 | 100 |
| LA2 | Practical classes or, in the event, practical experience (in the field) | 15 | 100 |
| LA3 | Preparation of papers and oral defence | 30 | 10 |
| LA4 | Self-study | 50 | 0 |
| LA5 | Tutorials | 5 | 100 |
| LA6 | Oral or written exams | 5 | 100 |
Evaluation
| Learning outcome |
Assessment activity |
Weight (%) | It allows test resit |
Minimum required grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Learning outcomes | Description | % | % Recoverable |
| R1, R5, R6 | ES1-Attendance and participation in class or, where appropriate, in a school | 0 | 0 |
| R1, R5, R6 | ES2-Theory review and summary work | 0 | 0 |
| R1, R3, R6 | ES3-Practical work: observation, proposal and, where appropriate, evaluation | 50 | 100% |
| R2, R3, R4, R5 | ES4-Partial or complete oral or written assessments | 50 | 100% |
Agenda
1. Phonetics and phonology
2. Speech production
3. Accents and RP
4. Classification and transcription of english sounds
5. The word: syllables and accents
6. Connected speech
7. Intonation
Bibliography
Access the bibliography that your professor has requested from the Library.
10.1 Compulsory
English phonetics and phonology
ROACH, P. (1985): English phonetics and phonology. Cambridge: CUP.
10.2 Other references
Basque phonetics and phonology
TXILLARDEGI, K. (1982): Euskal fonología. San Sebastián: Ediciones Vascas.
Spanish phonetics and phonology
QUILIS, A. (1993): Tratado de fonética y fonología españolas. Gredos: Madrid.
English phonetics for spanish speakers
FINCH, D. F. y ORTIZ LIRA, H. (1982): A course in English phonetics for Spanish speakers. Londres: Heineman.
MOTT, B. (2000): English Phonetics and Phonology for Spanish Speakers. Barcelona: EUB.
Teaching pronunciation
HANCOCK, M. (1995): Pronunciation Games. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
TRIM, J. y KNEEBONE, P. (1975): English Pronunciation Illustrated. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
VAUGHAN-REES, M. (2003): Test your Pronunciation. Harlow: Penguin English guides.
Transcription
GARCÍA LECUMBERRI, M. L. y MAIDMENT, J. A. (2000): English Transcription Course. Londres: Arnold.
MORRIS, I. (1984): English Phonemic Transcription. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
Discrimination
BAKER, A. (1981): Ship or Sheep? An intermediate pronunciation course. Cambridge: CUP.
BOWLER, B. y CUNNINGHAM, S. (1999): New Headway Pronunciation Course. (Intermediate and Upper Intermediate). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Transcription dictionaries
JONES, D. (1997): English Pronouncing Dictionary (15ª edición). P. Roach y J. Hartman (eds.). Cambridge: Cambrige University Press.
WELLS, J. C. (2000): Longman Pronunciation Dictionary. Harlow: Longman.
Internet references
The International Phonetic Association Web Page: http://www2.arts.gla.ac.uk/IPA/ipa.html
IPA ( P. Ladefoged ): http://hctv.humnet.ucla.edu/departments/linguistics/VowelsandConsonants/index.html
The Speech Internet Dictionary (SID): http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/johnm/sid/sidhome.htm
University College London (Download IPA Fonts): http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/fonts.htm
Prosody on the web: http://www.btinternet.com/~eptotd/pow/powin.htm
FonAtari: euskal fonetikaren ataria): http://www.fonatari.org
Centro virtual Cervantes: http://cvc.cervantes.es/obref/dvi/
Online dictionary: www.wordreference.com
Location
Arrosadia Campus of the Public University of Navarra. For specific classroom, see the website of the Faculty of Humanities, Social and Educational Sciences.