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Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad (Department of English Language & Applied Linguistics) Warning

This document contains instructions and questions for an assignment on phonology for a diploma TEFL course. It warns that plagiarism will not be tolerated and assignments cannot be borrowed from others. The assignment contains 7 questions assessing students' knowledge of consonant and vowel articulation, transcription, stress patterns, assimilation and elision. It also includes instructions for a project assignment where students must research and present on a topic related to teaching intonation or syllable structure.

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Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad (Department of English Language & Applied Linguistics) Warning

This document contains instructions and questions for an assignment on phonology for a diploma TEFL course. It warns that plagiarism will not be tolerated and assignments cannot be borrowed from others. The assignment contains 7 questions assessing students' knowledge of consonant and vowel articulation, transcription, stress patterns, assimilation and elision. It also includes instructions for a project assignment where students must research and present on a topic related to teaching intonation or syllable structure.

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ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD

(Department of English Language & Applied Linguistics)

WARNING
1. PLAGIARISM OR HIRING OF GHOST WRITER(S) FOR SOLVING
THE ASSIGNMENT(S) WILL DEBAR THE STUDENT FROM AWARD
OF DEGREE/CERTIFICATE, IF FOUND AT ANY STAGE.
2. SUBMITTING ASSIGNMENTS BORROWED OR STOLEN FROM
OTHER(S) AS ONE’S OWN WILL BE PENALIZED AS DEFINED IN
“AIOU PLAGIARISM POLICY”.

Course: Phonology (5658) Semester: Spring, 2018


Level: Diploma TEFL Total Marks: 100

ASSIGNMENT No. 1

Q.1 a) Explain the manner of articulation of the following consonant sounds: (10)
Labio-dental alveolar palatal velar glottal
b) Fill in the following chart with the missing vowels. (05)

Q.2 What do you understand by the terms “manner of articulation” and “place
of articulation”? What role do these two play in describing the consonants?
Explain. (20)
Q.3 Transcribe the following: (10)
action, accusations, bold, brands, communities, complaint, destruction, depth,
ethical, exact.
Q.4 What are diphthongs? Explain and exemplify the diphthongs that: (15)
i. Glide towards /el/
ii. Glide towards /ʊ/

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iii. Glide towards /aI
Q.5 Define the term syllable. Identify syllable boundaries in the following words. (10)
important, people, science, money, against, under, remember, included, alphabet,
develop.

Q.6 Define and exemplify the following: (10)


i. Word stress
ii. Sentence stress
iii. Syllable time language
iv. Stress time language
v. Pitch

Q.7 Define assimilation and elision. Transcribe the following words/phrases keeping in
mind the assimilated/elided consonants. (15)

Assimilation Elision
i. Circuit board Dropout
ii. Best man Kept quiet
iii. Direct method At least twice
iv. Dust bowl Desktop
v. Circuit board Next to

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ASSIGNMENT No. 2
The 2nd assignment is a project. You are required to study the relevant area, conduct
research and prepare a brief report on your findings in the area given. You will have to
submit one copy of the report to your tutor within the scheduled period and then present
the report in the tutorials. This compulsory assignment carries 100 marks, 40 marks for
the written report and 60 for the presentation. You are required to pass both these parts
separately.

A few guidelines for the presentation and the written report:


i. The written report should have an introduction, body and conclusion. It should be
written in clear concise and correct English.
ii. It should have 2000 to 3000 words.
iii. The presentation will be assessed and evaluated mainly in:
a. Contents of the assignment/report
b. Communication skills
c. Language fluency
d. Presentation style
iv. You may use transparencies, charts or any other material to make your presentation
impressive.

You will prepare your project on one of the following topics. Your tutor will assign
different topic to different students during your classes. For example, if the number of
students in your class is 20, one topic may not be assigned to more than five students.

1. Students need to be able to recognize the attitudinal value of intonation patterns;


they should be given plenty of opportunities to repeat and mimic. They should be
encouraged to produce a range of patterns for themselves. How would you, as a
language teacher, make your students understand this?
Conduct a mini experimental research in a secondary level class on how to teach
intonation, record the findings and present in your class.

2. When teaching sounds and words, we have to make our students understand that
words have their phonological structure, a structure that consists of phonemes and
groups of phonemes called syllables. Teaching syllable boundaries to the students
can be very difficult. How would you teach your students the different ways by
which words can be divided into syllables? Prepare a lesson plan for this purpose,
implement it in an English language class and present the results it in your class.

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