A)  COURSE TEACHING PLAN

Course Name: / Listening and Pronunciation I
Course Code: / 1101105
Course Semester: / Fall
Course Hours (T+P): / T 3
Course Credit: / 3
Course ECTS Credit: / 4
Prerequsite Course(s): / None
Language: / English
Course Type: / Compulsory
Course Coordinator: / Teaching Assistant Nihal ARAT
Teachers: / Teaching Assistant Nihal ARAT
Course Objectives: / This course aims to develop students’ listening and pronunciation skills while gaining confidence in communicating in English.
Course Learning Outcomes: / By the end of the course , students will be able to;
-  produce the sounds of English
-  read and write in phonetic alphabet
-  discriminate the sounds of English and Turkish
-  develop self awareness, self monitoring and self evaluation in terms of pronunciation skills
Course Contents: / Starting from basic listening and phonetic skills such as discriminating minimal pairs and formulating phonetic transcriptions of problematic sounds focused in class, the course will focus on higher level listening skills and strategies by integration of reading and writing to the course curriculum through content based activities. Students will be provided with the fundamentals of listening and phonetics namely vowels, consonants, Stres in words, rhythm and intonation as well as the usage of phonetic alphabet for learning and production purposes.

B) WEEKLY TEACHING TOPICS

Week / Topics / Preparations
1 / Unit 1. Introducing letters & sounds Spelling & pronunciation / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HeujZ45OZE
http://www.teachertube.com/video/homophones-10874
2 / Unit 2. /i:/ and /ı /
Unit 3 /u:/ and /ʊ /
Pride and Prejudice Chapter 1 / https://www.englishclub.com/pronunciation/minimal-pairs-i-ee.htm
http://epronunciation.com/pronunciation/vowels/unit-6-u-and-%CA%8A.html
3 / Unit 4 /α: / and /Ʌ /
Unit 5 / ɒ / and / / ɔː /
Unit 6 /e/ and /ӕ /
Pride and Prejudice Chapter 1 / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5DC7dF5_kY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO2eXbEhbWg
https://www.englishclub.com/pronunciation/minimal-pairs-a-e.htm
4 / Unit 7 / ɜː /
Unit 8 / ıə / and / eə /
Pride and Prejudice Chapter 1 / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dweBtpz3gco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C3MKggo1vc
http://www.englishlanguageclub.co.uk/e%C9%99-sound/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1HZPx8DuDw
5 / Unit 9 /eı /, / aı /, / ɔɪ /
Unit 10 / əʊ / and / aʊ /
Pride and Prejudice Chapter 2 / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1HZPx8DuDw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrWuLH_AYM4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-pZswbP0-g
6 / Unit 11 / p / and / b /
Unit 12 / t / and /d /
Pride and Prejudice Chapter 2 / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjvHyq5SsSQ
http://www.really-learn-english.com/english-pronunciation-lesson-24-t-and-d-sounds.html
7 / Unit 13 / k / and / g /
Unit 14 / f / and / v / / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWpfIbfpMzw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of-M85N2s2g
8 / Unit 15 /θ/, /ð/
Pride and Prejudice Chapter 2 / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbarejDZmcI
9 / Mid term
10 / Unit 16 / s / and / z /
Unit 17 /ʃ / and / ʒ / / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5iL_pu5CNs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDjAf2AhjRc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=truPu_ReQ8Y
11 / Unit 18 /tʃ / and /dʒ /
Pride and Prejudice Chapter 3 / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqL9ivPb09A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYh8wJaLZdM
12 / Unit 19 / m /, / n / and / ŋ /
Unit 20 / h /
Pride and Prejudice Chapter 3 / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94QeswWCyTY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0GW2q9gibY
13 / Unit 21 / l /
Unit 22 / r /
Pride and Prejudice Chapter 3 / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXKFT02-nKw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o80Vb2d-ZxM
14 / Unit 23 / w / and / j /
Pride and Prejudice Chapter 3 / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhqGU1WxOfc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3jlAt13beM
15 / Final Exam
Reference Materials: / 1- English Pronunciation in Use Elementary, Mark Hancock. CUP 2006
2- Pride and Prejudice. Jane Austen. Stage 5 with audio CD. BCP
3- Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary

C) Material Sharing

Handouts
Homeworks
Semester Project
Exams

D) Evaluation System

Activity / Explanation / Number / Contribution
Midterm exams / 1 / %40
Quizzes
Homeworks
Semester projects
Total / %40
Final Exam / 1 / %60
Total / %100

E) ECTS Work Load

Activity / Number / Work Load (hours) / Total Work Load (hours)
Course hours (İncluding midterm exams, 16xClass hours) / 16 / 3 / 48
Out-Class Activity (Pre-readings, Overview) / 16 / 2 / 32
Homeworks / 16 / 1 / 16
Midterm exams / 1 / 5 / 5
Semester project / 1 / 12 / 12
Final Exams / 1 / 7 / 7
Total Work Load / 51 / 30 / 120
Total Work Load / 30*
Course ECTS Credit / 4