VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI

UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

COURSEOUTLINEPRONUNCIATION ONLINE

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Hanoi, 2014

1. COURSE DESCRIPTION

- Course Name: PRONUNCIATION ONLINE Code: Number of credits: 3

- Course status: Compulsory Optional

2. COURSE OBJECTIVES

According to the CEFR (B1) of the Council of Common Europe, by the end of the first

semester, first -year students should be able to:

2.1. Knowledge

- Have understandable pronunciation of English sounds (vowels and consonants) even if

occasional mispronunciation occurs.

- Generally understand and follow lectures delivered in English by teachers.

- Generally distinguish varieties of English.

- Generally understand transcription, word stress, sentence stress, strong form, weak form,

rhythm, linking, and intonation.

2.2. Skills

- Be used to working by him/herself and in a group as well.

- Be introduced to the different, most widely recognized accents such as British English and

American English.

- Maintain a conversation or discussion, but may sometimes be difficult to follow when

trying to say exactly what he/she would like.

- Achieve high level of pronunciation with excellence in some difficult sounds such as

vowels, consonants and ending sounds, etc. that make him/herself be well understood.

Besides, other supra-segmentals are gradually formed in student’s speech.

2.3. Attitudes and attendance

- Be serious in studying, attend the class regularly, and actively participate the lessons.

- Be cooperative in pair work and group work.

- Be eager to learn new things relating to the theme.

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- Be well motivated in self-study.

3. DETAILED COURSE CONTENT

Week Theme Note

1. Introduction to Pronunciation

English sounds

Students are

required to

remember 44 sounds

2. Sound No. 1 - /i:/; Sound No. 2 - /ɪ/; Sound No. 3 - /e/;

Sound No. 4 - /æ/; Sound No. 5 - /ə/; Sound No. 6 - /ɜ:/

3. Sound No. 7 - /ʌ/; Sound No. 8 - /u:/; Sound No. 9 - /ʊ/;

Sound No. 10 - /ɔ:/; Sound No. 11 - /ɒ/; Sound No. 12 - /ɑ:/

4. Sound No. 13 - /eə/; Sound No. 14 - /ɪə/;

Sound No. 15 - /ʊə/; Sound No. 16 - /eɪ/;

Sound No. 17 - /aɪ/; Sound No. 18 - /ɔɪ/;

Sound No. 19 - /əʊ/; Sound No. 20 - /aʊ/

5. Sound No. 21 - /b/; Sound No. 22 - /p/; Sound No. 23 - /d/;

Sound No. 24 - /t/; Sound No. 25 - /g/; Sound No. 26 - /k/;

Sound No. 27 - /f/; Sound No. 28 - /v/

6. Sound No. 29 - /θ/; Sound No. 30 - /ð/; Sound No. 31 - /s/;

Sound No. 32 - /z/; Sound No. 33 - /ʃ/; Sound No. 34 - /ʒ/;

Sound No. 35 - /h/

7. Sound No. 36 - /tʃ/; Sound No. 37 - /dʒ/;

Sound No. 38 - /m/; Sound No. 39 - /n/;

Sound No. 40 - /ŋ/; Sound No. 41 - /l/;

Sound No. 42 - /w/; Sound No. 43 - /r/; Sound No. 44 - /j/

8. Transcription Phonemic

transcription or

broad transcription

9. Word Stress Students remember

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rules and practise

10. Beyond stress Students remember

rules and practise

11. Strong forms vs. Weak forms Students remember

rules and practise

12. Rhythm + linking + Reduction Students remember

rules and practise

13. Introduction to Intonation Students remember

rules and practise

14. Revision, Wrap-up and Evaluation

15. FEEDBACK

4. MATERIALS

4.1. Required materials:

Pronunciation Course compiled and edited by Khoa Anh Viet.

4.2. Supplementary materials:

Ship or Sheep.

Pronunciation In Use

Pronunciation Power

BBC Learning English

Keyman

Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

All these materials can be downloaded from English I’s blog at www.englishonecfl.com

(English Pronunciation Section).

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5. COURSE POLICY AND REQUIREMENT OF LECTURERS

These are some requirements for the course:

Register to Pronunciation Online Course in Moodle;

Actively participate the entire lessons;

Complete all compulsory activities;

Receiving mark 0 for such action of copying others’ work, or failing to meet the

deadline for assignment.

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6. COURSE ASSESSMENT

Quiz No. 1 (Introduction) 4.00

Quiz No. 2 (Single vowels) 4.00

Quiz No. 3 (Single vowels) 4.00

Quiz No. 4 (Double vowels) 4.00

Quiz No. 5 (Consonants) 4.00

Quiz No. 6 (Consonants) 4.00

Quiz No. 7 (Consonants) 4.00

Quiz No. 8 (Stress) 4.00

Quiz No. 9 (Beyond Word Stress) 2.00

Quiz No. 10 (Strong forms vs. Weak forms) 2.00

Quiz No. 11 (Rhythm, linking, reduction) 2.00

Quiz No. 12 (Intonation) 2.00

Record Your Voice: /i:/; /ɪ/; /e/; /æ/; /ə/; /ɜ:/ 6.00

Record Your Voice: /ʌ/; /ɑ:/; /u:/; /ʊ/; /ɔ:/; /ɒ/ 6.00

Record Your Voice: /eə/; /ɪə/; /ʊə/; /eɪ/; /aɪ/; /ɔɪ/; /əʊ/; /aʊ/ 6.00

Record Your Voice: /b/; /p/; /d/; /t/; /g/; /k/; /f/; /v/ 6.00

Record Your Voice: /θ/; /ð/; /s/;/ʒ/; /z/; /ʃ/; /h/ 6.00

Record Your Voice: /tʃ/; /dʒ/; /m/; /n/; /ŋ/; /l/; /w/; /r/; /j/ 6.00

Writing Transcription 6.00

Record Your Voice: Word Stress 6.00

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Record Your Voice: Reading A Passage 6.00

Record Your Voice: Reading A Dialogue 6.00

Course total 100

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