One of the courses that we find interesting is Phonetics and
Phonology. This is because this course really exposed us to something new
because before this we were unaware about the important things like place of
articulation, types of vowel and consonance and so on. This course also helps
us improve our speaking skill in the aspect of pronunciation because throughout
the course, we learned the correct way of pronouncing English words.
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| This vocal tract is how we produce sound to speak. |
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| We learned about phonetic alphabet and how to pronounce it properly. |
Think of the
assignments which required you to apply the computer to assist in their
completion.
In Phonetics and Phonology assignment, the lecturer told us
to use software called Silipa because it can help us in identifying the place
of articulation and the pronunciation of every symbol in the IPA chart. Other
than that, in the process of completing our research proposal for Research
Methodology class, we also used computer to access IIUM Database to find
journal article as a reference for our research proposal.
Relate the
applications to the 3 stages of CALL & name the key concepts associated to
the assignments.
The application used in Phonetics and Phonology class falls
under the first stage of CALL which is Behaviorist. This is because this
application provides tons of exercises that can be used by the student in order
to increase their level of understanding towards this subject (pattern drills
and audio-lingual teaching). On the other hand, in Research Methodology class,
the computer acts as a provider of information as well as the tool to be used
in order to complete the given assignment. Thus, we can say that the
application used in Research Methodology class is related to the third stage of
CALL, Integrative because at this stage, computer provide alternative contexts
for social interactions; to facilitate access to existing discourse communities
(IIUM database) and the creation of new ones (Microsoft Word, Power Point,
etcetera).
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| What do you think, is there any 'right' way to pronounce words? |
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