28.1066, Summer Schools: Summer Course in English Phonetics/UK

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Subject: 28.1066, Summer Schools: Summer Course in English Phonetics/UK

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Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2017 14:27:18
From: Caterina Paolazzi [sslycpd at ucl.ac.uk]
Subject: Summer Course in English Phonetics/UK

 

Summer Course in English Phonetics

Host Institution: University College London
Coordinating Institution: University College London
Website: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/study/cpd/cpd-courses/scep

Dates: 14-Aug-2017 - 25-Aug-2017
Location: London, United Kingdom

Focus: Come and study English phonetics for two weeks at University College London! Whether you're a teacher or student of English, whatever your native language (including English), you can brush up your knowledge of the theoretical side of phonetics and bring yourself up-to-date on new developments. Or you may want the opportunity to do some ear-training and listening practice under the guidance of specialist tutors. Or you may just want to improve your own English pronunciation. It's all available on UCL's long-established annual Summer Course in English Phonetics.
Minimum Education Level: No Minimum


Special Qualifications:
Good working knowledge in English (IELTS 6.5 or higher, or TEFL 92 or higher).


Description:
The Course covers all the main aspects of English phonetics:

- Phonemic system (vowels and consonants)
- Segmental analysis (allophonic processes)
- Word stress
- Weakening and coarticulation processes
- Sentence stress (accent, tones)
- Intonation and meaning

These topics will be investigated both in lectures and in practical classes.
We deal with both speaking and listening. You will get plenty of practice in
pronunciation performance (sounds in isolation and, more importantly, in
connected speech) and in auditory discrimination (ear-training).

Practical groups will be kept small (not more than about ten people), and will
be streamed according to students' level of ability. We expect to have
separate groups at various levels for:

- Teachers of English as a foreign language
- Undergraduate students of English
- University academics and postgraduates

The main strand of SCEP, as taken by most of our participants, pays particular
attention to the challenges of English pronunciation for native speakers of
other languages. We cover the English consonant and vowel systems, and examine
the phonetic characteristics of connected speech, analysing the ways in which
the pronunciation of words in discourse typically differs from their
'dictionary' pronunciation. We also cover stress and intonation, not only in
terms of pronunciation but also from the point of view of meaning and
discourse function. The lectures, ear-training and practical classes focus on
English phonetics rather than on phonetics in general. 

Alongside this main strand, when demand is sufficient we also offer an IPA
Examination strand with a wider scope and treating English phonetics in
greater depth.


Linguistic Field(s): Phonetics


Subject Languages: English

Tuition: 725 GBP

Tuition Explanation: Early bird discount £695 (up to 31st of May)


Registration: 02-Mar-2017 to 14-Jul-2017

Contact Person: Molly Bennett
                Phone: 02076794020
                Email: m.bennett at ucl.ac.uk

Apply by Email: sslycpd at ucl.ac.uk
Apply on the web: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/study/cpd/cpd-courses/scep/howtoapply

Registration Instructions:
Simply fill in the application form. 

No specific documentation required.




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