PLMCPH-Clinical Phonetics and Phonology

Module Provider: Clinical Language Sciences
Number of credits: 10 [5ECTS credits]
Level: M
Terms in which taught: Autumn and Spring
Module Convenor: Dr V Stojanovik
Pre-requisites: All other MSc SLT Year 1 modules
Co-requisites:
Modules excluded:
Module version for: 2008/9

Email: V.Stojanovik@reading.ac.uk

Aims:
The aims of this module are: to familiarise the students with the issues involved in data collection and representation in the study of speech development; to introduce the skill of applying theoretical knowledge of phonetics and phonology to clinical data; to provide a framework for phonetic and phonological analysis of normal and disordered speech using instrumental and non-instrumental techniques; and to develop the practical skills of transcription of clinical data.

Assessable learning outcomes:
By the end of this module students will be able to:
• Carry out accurate transcription of normal and disordered speech sounds;
• Identify and produce all the sounds from the IPA chart and its Extension chart;
• Organise and analyse sets of phonological data from normal and atypical development;
• Interpret disordered data samples by relating it to developmental norms and the adult phonological system;
• Make reference to a wider variety of sources to facilitate data analysis;
• Recognise possible links between phonological impairment and other levels of linguistic competence;
• Critically analyse and evaluate the use of various instrumental techniques currently available for the analysis of speech.

Additional outcomes:
• Develop critical analytical skills;
• Be able to work independently and in teams, gaining and providing peer support via an ongoing process of developing practical skills.
• Will encourage the students to consider the issues involved in phonological assessment
in relation to efficacy and workplace constrictions.

Outline content:
In this module the students will get more practice using the symbols of the IPA; they will also be introduced to the extensions of the IPA chart used in the transcription of disordered speech. The course also identifies aspects of secondary articulation, co-articulation and phonemic patterning, different phonation types, supra-segmental features and primary and secondary cardinal vowels. The students will practise transcription of disordered speech. They will be introduced to frameworks which will help them organise, analyse and interpret speech data, and relate it to developmental norms and to the adult phonological system. The course will also introduce different types of instrumentation used in the analysis of normal and disordered speech including spectrography, laryngography and electropalatography. Practical experience of using and analysing data with these techniques are given and independent study in the speech laboratory is encouraged.

Brief description of teaching and learning methods:
The teaching for this module starts in the Autumn term and will continue in the Spring term. There will be 5 practical sessions on transcription in the Autumn Term (wks 6-10). Also in the Autumn term, there will be 5 lectures on Instrumental Phonetics supplemented by 3 practical sessions. There will also be 6 lectures on Clinical Phonetics and Phonology. In the Spring term there will be 10 practical sessions on transcription of disordered speech.

Contact hours:

	Autumn	Spring	Summer
Lectures	11
Tutorials/seminars
Practicals	8	10
Other contact (eg study visits)
Total hours	19	10
Number of essays or assignments
Other (eg major seminar paper)		1 data assignment,1 test, 1 instr. assignment

Assessment:
Coursework: Phonological data analysis assignment of 2000 words. This is to be submitted in the last week of the Spring term. There will be a practical test at the end of the Spring term on the sounds of the IPA and its extensions. An assignment in instrumental clinical phonetics (500 words) to be submitted in the third week of the Spring term.

Relative percentage: 100%: 10% for the data analysis assignment, 80% for the practical exam and 10% for the classroom test.
Penalties for late submission: Penalties for late submission of coursework will be those specified by the university.
Examination: None
Requirements for a pass: Not less than 50%.
Reassessment arrangements: Reassessment before or on 1st September.