COURSE OUTLINE

ENGLISH PHONOLOGY
Prerequisite: Introduction to Linguistic

Program : S1
Status
: Compulsory
Semester : 3 (three)
Department
: English

Credits

: 2 (two)
Schedule :
Room
: ZBClass
: A, B, C, D, E

Lecturer
Name
: Dedi Sulaeman, M.Hum.
NIP
: 197912292008011011
Office
: English Department
Phone/SMS : 081573062420
E-Mail
: tugaskuliah.dedisulaeman@gmail.com
Office hours
: Wed, 13.00 16.00

Course Description
This course focuses on the basic concept, principles, theories and issues
covered in phonology. It will deal with the study of the science of human
sound. The materials include the speech production, and articulatory
phonetics, place, manner of articulation and voicing. Besides, it will deal with
some exercise of phonetics symbol, both phonetics transcription and
orthographic version. Beside English, there will be several exercises of
phonological-case from some languages.
Course Objectives
After completing the course, the students are expected to be able to:
know English vowels and consonants;
apply them in practice
get a habit of practicing the English sounds well
write phonetic symbol
Evaluation
Evaluation is done during and after the teaching-learning process. The final
grade is determined by attendance and participation, assignments, mid-term
and final examination. The followings are: 1) The Chart of the Aspects to
Evaluate and Their Percentage Score; and 2) Grading System for the students
final grade.
Chart 1:
No. Aspects to Evaluate
1.

Attendance

and

Percentage
Score
20%

2.
3.
4.

Participation
Assignments
Mid-Term Exam
Final Exam
Total Score

25%
25%
30%
100%

Chart 2:
Range of
Final Score
80-100
70-79
60-69
50-59
0-49

Symbol, Value, and Quality

Symbol
Value
Quality
A
4
Excellent
B
3
Good
C
2
Adequate
Inadequat
D
1
e
E
0
Poor/Fail

Learning Contract:
1. Students are required to come on time. This discipline will be assessed
in another form.
2. Students are required to attend every meeting conducted in the
classroom for at least 12 from the whole 16 meetings. A careless to this
contract will cause ZERO for the aspect of attendance and participation.
3. Students are required to read actively the suggested readings.
4. Students are required to do five assignments:
a. Making a chapter summary;
b. Making a paper with at least 10 references (books are available)
c. Recording 36 English phonemes: 12 vowels and 24 consonants;
and its application
d. Transforming a poem into phonetic symbol on a creative media;
e. Preparing and holding an exhibition.
5. Students and lecturer are not allowed to smoke IN THE CLASSROOM.
6. Students and lecturer are required to TURN OFF THE HANDPHONES
OR SET THEM IN SILENT when they come into the classroom.
SYLLABUS AND SCHEDULE
PHONOLOGY

Session
1
2
3
4

Topic
Introduction: syllabus birds overview & negotiation
The Speech Production
Vowel, Dipthong and Tripthong
Place of Articulation

5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

Manner of Articulation
Voicing
Children language: at glance (a phonological case)
Mid-Term Test
Phonemes
Stressing
Tone and Intonation
Rhythm and assimilation
Exercise: orthographic to phonetics
Exercise: phonetics to orthographic
Review: test, quiz, discussion, reflection
Final Test

References:
Primary References:
April McMahon, 2002, An Introduction to English Phonology, Edinburg:
Edinburg University Press
Parviz Birjandi et al., 2005, An Introduction to Phonetics, Teheran:
Zabankadeh Publications
Roach Peter 1995, English Phonetics and Phonology, Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press
Secondary References:
Crystal, David, 1985, A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics, Oxford: Basil
Blackwell
Grimson, 1938, An Introduction to English Pronunciation, London: Longman
Jones, Daniel, 1928, An outline of English Phonetics, Oxford: Oxford
University press
Jones, Daniel, 1928, The Pronunciation of English, Oxford: Oxford University
press
Malmberg, Bertil, 1993, Phonetics, UK: Oxford
Marsono, 1999, Fonetik, Yogya: Gadjah Mada University Press
Roach Peter, 1995, Phonetics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Suhendra Yusuf, 1998, Fonetik dan Fonologi, Jakarta Gramedia