Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Felicity Cox
Contact via felicity.cox@mq.edu.au
Margaret Wood
Lecturer
Anita Szakay
Tutor
Linda Buckley
Tutor
Louise Ratko
Tutor
Joshua Penney
Lecturer
Titia Benders
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
LING110 or LING111
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit forms the essential background to all aspects of speech and hearing science, and to all of the speech and hearing-based research projects in the Centre for Language Sciences (CLaS). This unit focuses on key areas in phonetics and phonology. It aims to develop fundamental concepts relating to the articulation of the sounds of the world's languages including vowels and consonants, complex articulations, airstream mechanisms and laryngeal features, and their use in languages. Students are also introduced to the important concepts of phonology through an examination of phonemes and allophones, syllables, word stress and intonation, and the relationship between phonetics/phonology and identity. Concept development is complemented and enhanced by skill-based training in phonemic and phonetic transcriptions of spoken English and basic ear training of the International Phonetic Alphabet.
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Submission of all assessment tasks is a requirement
It is a requirement of this unit that students make a serious attempt to complete all assessment tasks. Failure to make a serious attempt to complete all assessment tasks may result in failure in the whole unit even if the total marks for completed tasks add up to more than 50%. Failure results from the learning outcomes of the unit not being met.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Broad Transcription | 20% | No | Week 5 |
IPA Test | 10% | No | Week 7 |
Narrow Transcription | 20% | No | Week 10 |
Online Phonemic Analysis Quiz | 15% | No | Week 12 |
Exam | 30% | No | Exam Period |
Research Participation | 5% | No | By beginning of exam period |
Due: Week 5
Weighting: 20%
The broad transcription tasks involves analysis of single words, short phrases and passages using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) symbols specifically selected for the broad phonetic transcription of Australian English.
Due: Week 7
Weighting: 10%
This is an online quiz which assesses the recognition and representation of sounds of the world’s languages
Due: Week 10
Weighting: 20%
The narrow phonetic/allophonic transcription task involves analysis of single words, short phrases and a passage using the principles of the IPA.
Due: Week 12
Weighting: 15%
This online Quiz involves phonemic analysis of language data to determine the phonemes and allophones in a set of corpora using standard procedures employed in phonology.
Due: Exam Period
Weighting: 30%
The final 2 hour exam covers all major topics. The exam is in short answer format.
Due: By beginning of exam period
Weighting: 5%
Research Participation involves participating as a research subject for 5% of the total unit credit. Research tasks that you can participate in are run by various members of the Linguistics, Psychology and Cognitive Science Departments including staff and research students. Research participation typically involves one hour of your time.
Materials
The learning and teaching strategies used in this Unit are structured around a textbook, an extensive set of interactive text, image and audio based online materials as well as lectures (including ECHO360 and associated Powerpoint presentations) and tutorial participation.
Text: Cox, F. & Fletcher, J. (2017) Australian English: Pronunciation and Transcription, 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne.
Attendance
Tutorials commence in Week 1. Each student will attend one tutorial per week. Attendance at tutorials is expected and rolls will be taken. Learning the skill of phonetic transcription and the concepts necessary to gain a solid understanding of phonetics and phonology takes dedication, practice, and engagement. We are here to support your learning and we can only do this successfully through face to face contact with you to guide you through the materials. You must be prepared to attend and actively engage in the learning process with your teachers and peers.
Attendance at lectures is also very important in this unit as it can be extremely difficult to grasp the complexities of speech sound production through audio (ECHO recordings). You will do yourself a disservice if you don't attend lectures. We make lectures highly engaging and interactive which you can't experience if you are not present.
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21/02/2019 | A change was made to the due date for the Narrow Transcription assignment - changed from week 9 to week 10. |