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Practical English Phonetics

Course code

GRA6015.HT

old course code

GRA6015

Course title in Estonian

Inglise keele foneetika ja fonoloogia

Course title in English

Practical English Phonetics

ECTS credits

3.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2025/2026 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2025/2026 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

The aim is to introduce students to the basic aspects of phonetics and phonology, explore the relationship between the phonology and orthography of English, and to provide systematic practice in transcribing English words.

Brief description of the course

The topics under discussion are: the production of speech sounds, the phoneme, the syllable, the stress, intonation and functions of intonation. Each class includes a practical component, e.g. listening exercises, transcriptions and analyses of a transcribed text.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- knows the technical terminology used in discussions of each topic;
- is be able to undertake practical analyses (e.g. explore the relationship between an orthographic and a (morpho)phonological system);
- is able to identify a wide variety of segment types and know how they are produced;
- is able to transcribe a text.

Teacher

Merilin Miljan, PhD

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