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Phonetics and Phonology Course Overview

The document outlines the first week of a phonetics and phonology course, emphasizing the learning outcomes related to defining concepts, describing the English sound system, and applying transcription features. It highlights the discrepancy between English spelling and pronunciation, prompting students to identify ten examples that illustrate this difference. The course is coordinated by Dola Algady for the academic year 2024-2025.

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Phonetics and Phonology Course Overview

The document outlines the first week of a phonetics and phonology course, emphasizing the learning outcomes related to defining concepts, describing the English sound system, and applying transcription features. It highlights the discrepancy between English spelling and pronunciation, prompting students to identify ten examples that illustrate this difference. The course is coordinated by Dola Algady for the academic year 2024-2025.

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Phonetics and Phonology

WEEK 1-Practice Exercises

Course Learning Outcomes


1) Define fundamental concepts related to phonetics and phonology
2) Describe the sound system of English language
3) Apply key segmental and suprasegmental features of English in
phonetic and phonemic transcription

Lecturer Name: Dola Algady


Course Coordinator Name: Dola Algady
Academic Year: 2024-2025

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This week, we have learned together that English spelling is almost divorced from its
pronunciation.

• Think of ten English words which illustrate that English spelling does not
correspond to its pronunciation. Make sure your examples cover the different ways in
which the English spelling system differs from phonetic spelling as illustrated in the
Key Materials (slide 7).

- Write down the examples here.

These activities were developed by the course coordinator.

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