University of Louisiana at Lafayette
CODI 220: Phonetics
Fall Semester
Instructor: Dr Martin Ball Office:
BH 209
Location: BH 216 Phone:
482-6721
e-mail: mjball@louisiana.edu Office Hours: as posted on office
door.
Class Time: Tuesday / Thursday,
This course will introduce articulatory phonetics and
so describe all the stages in the production of speech. It will introduce
students to the International Phonetic Alphabet, and include practice in the
recognition and transcription of a wide range of sounds. The course will also
cover the transcription of American English. The course will also introduce the
concept of speech organization (phonology) and describe some of the approaches
to phonological description. Finally, the course will provide description of a
range of atypical sounds encountered in the clinic.
Specific Course
Objectives
Learner Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students should
be able to:
Course requirements:
Students must complete assigned readings by the deadlines given,
and be prepared to discuss the readings in class.
Perform satisfactorily on 2 mid-term exams and one final
exam, and four transcription tests.
Perform satisfactorily in oral production exercises in
class.
Complete assigned homework.
Attend classes, take part in class discussion.
Class Structure
Classes will be of two types: lectures, where the basic
information of the course is imparted, and practical sessions, where the oral
production and transcription of a range of both English and non-English sounds
will be undertaken, and the current class topics discussed. Some classes will
consist of different amounts of time assigned to both these activities.
Ball, M.J. and Müller, N., 2005, Phonetics
for Communication Disorders. Erlbaum.
See also: http://www.yorku.ca/earmstro/ipa/
Grading
The final grade will be based on the total number of points
accumulated and expressed as a percentage (%) of the total points possible
during the semester. Points will be deducted for all assignments that are
turned in late unless the student presents a written excuse that is acceptable
to the instructor (10% deduction for one day late, 25% for one week late, 50%
for two weeks late; no assignments can be turned in more than two weeks after
the due date).
Grading Scale:
|
100-90 |
89-80 |
79-70 |
69-60 |
59 and below |
|
A |
B |
C |
D |
F |
Assessment Weighting:
Mid-term 1: 10%
Mid-term 2: 20%
Final exam: 30%
Transcription tests: (4x5%): 20%
Homework assignments: (1x20%): 20%
Up to 5% extra points are awarded to students to reflect
active, well-prepared participation in class and good attendance.
If a student does not make sufficient progress towards the
learner outcomes for this course (as determined by course requirements and
grading), an opportunity for remediation will be provided. Remediation may
include, among other activities, additional readings, written or oral
reflections on selected topics, or additional assignments. The measures are
taken at the discretion of the instructor.
Class Attendance:
1. Regular class attendance is required.
2. In case of absences from class, it is the student's
responsibility to obtain any materials and information missed.
3. Students are responsible for making up all assignments
missed.
Course Evaluation
Students will have the opportunity to evaluate the course by
completing the student evaluation of instruction administered by the university
towards the end of the semester. However, comments on the course are welcome
any time, and students are invited to come and see Dr
Ball during his office hours, or contact him by e-mail whenever they wish to
discuss any aspects of the course.
Emergency Evacuation
Procedures
A map of this floor is posted near the elevator marking the
evacuation route and the Designated Rescue Area. This is an area where
emergency service personnel will go first to look for individuals who need
assistance in exiting the building. Students who may need assistance
should identify themselves to the teaching faculty.
Laptop and Cell-Phone Policy
1.
Laptops should be closed, and not used during class, unless an exemption is
obtained in the case of special needs.
2.
Cell Phones are to be OFF during class; not on silent vibrate mode. No texting
in class!
3.
Students are NOT allowed to leave class to make or receive cell phones calls or
text messages.
4.
If you expect an urgent message (e. g. to do with family illness etc), tell the instructor at the beginning of class.
5.
After one warning, students who breach this policy will be asked to leave the
classroom for that meeting.
Academic Honesty
All assignments and homeworks are
to be an individual’s work, unless an instructor specifies that a piece of work
(for example a larger project) should be a collaboration
between two or more students.
Please note the following University Regulations:
Rules and
Regulations
V.
Academic Honesty
A. Introduction
An
essential rule in every class of the University is that all work for which a
student will
receive a grade or credit be entirely his or her own or be
properly documented to
indicate sources. When a student does not follow this rule,
s/he is dishonest and s/he
defeats the purpose of the course and undermines the goals
of the University.
Cheating in any form therefore can not be
tolerated; and the responsibility rests with
the student to know the acceptable methods and techniques
for proper documentation
of sources and to avoid cheating and/or plagiarism in all
work submitted for credit,
whether prepared in or out of class.
B. Definitions of Cheating and Plagiarism
1. Cheating, in
the context of
academic matters, is the
term broadly used
to
describe all acts of dishonesty committed in
the taking of tests or examinations
and in the preparation of assignments. Cheating
includes but is not limited to
such practices as gaining help from another
person or using crib notes when
taking a test, relying on a calculator or other
aids if such aids have been
forbidden, and preparing an assignment in
consultation with another person
when the instructor expects the work to be done
independently. In other words,
cheating occurs when a student makes use of any
unauthorized aids or
materials.
Furthermore, any student who provides unauthorized assistance in
academic work is also guilty of cheating.
2. Plagiarism is a specific
type of cheating. It occurs when a
student passes off as
his or her own the ideas or words of another
person, when s/he presents as a
new and original idea or product anything which
in fact is derived from an existing
work, or when s/he makes use of any work or
production already created by
someone else without giving credit to the
source. In short, plagiarism is the use
of unacknowledged materials in the preparation
of assignments. Thus, the
student must take care to avoid plagiarism in
research or term papers, art
projects, architectural designs, musical
compositions, science reports, laboratory
experiments, and the like.
C.
Penalties
The University considers both cheating and plagiarism serious
offenses. The
minimum penalty for a student guilty of either dishonest act
is a grade of "zero" for the
assignment in
question. The maximum penalty is dismissal from the University.