LN3501: PHONETICS (2017-2018)

At pre-honours, you have focused on articulatory phonetics, gaining an understanding of how speech sounds are produced in the vocal tract. LN3002 links this knowledge to an investigation of acoustic phonetics: the analysis of soundwaves in order to identify different phonetic features. Each week there is a seminar to introduce phonetic theory, followed by a practical in which you will learn how to use the freely available Praat software to conduct acoustic analysis of your own voice before extending this to compare different voices. Assessment involves a combination of theoretical and practical work.

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

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1st Attempt: Continuous assessment: Three in-course exercises (20% each for the first two and 50% for the third) and seminar assessment work (10%). In-course exercises 1 and 2 should be of between 1,500 and 2,000 words in length; the third exercise inolves a 500 word lab report and a one-hour in class test.

Resit: 1 two-hour written examination (100%).

Students will be given the opportunity of finding out how well they have performed in seminars as an ongoing feature of the learning process.

Formative assessment will be given to students individually upon request.

Feedback on in-course reports will be given in writing on the cover sheet. Students will also be invited to discuss their performance with their tutor.

The Seminar Assessment Mark will be made available to students along with a generally brief written report from the tutor. Students will also be encouraged to speak to their tutor about the assessment.