This document provides an overview of an online phonology clinic course. It outlines 5 modules that will cover topics like word stress, sentence stress, connected speech, rhythm, and applying phonological concepts. It explains the course layout and different activities like forums, assignments, and quizzes. The objectives are to help students improve their English pronunciation, speaking skills, and confidence.

1. WELCOME TO THIS ONLINE
PHONOLOGY CLINIC II
Course Designer &Tutor:
Prof. Diana Martínez Salatín
E-mail: pronunciaciondelingles@yahoo.com.ar
Skype ID: diana.martinez.salatin

2. TOUR

3. Step 1 Log in

4. Step 2
Type in
your
username
and
password.

5. Step 3
Select
your
course.

6. Step 4
The clinic is divided
into modules.
Feel free to click on
them and to take a
look at the
activities.
Take into account
that not all the
activities are going
to be visible right
from the beginning
of the course. This
is done as we
move along the
course.

7. Step 5
The menu on
the left provides
information
about your
grades,
upcoming
events and
deadlines for
assignments.
Check them
regularly.

8. Examples
Calendar with
important
dates for
assignments
Deadlines for
assignments

9. Study Guides
Study guides play
a key role in
organizing each
module.
They give you all
the necessary
information about
the activities that
have to be done
and about how to
work with them.

10. Forums
The forum
sections are
usually divided
into
‘Announcements’
and ‘Queries?’.
The tutor and the
participants alike
can send their
comments and
questions.
These are
automatically sent
to your e-mail
inbox so as to
keep you updated
at all times.

11. Activities
Powerpoint
Presentations
Hot
Potatoes
Quizzes
Handouts Wikis
Assignments

12. Recordings
Check your
computer settings
In the Phonology Clinics so that you can
we make use of a tool visualize this
which helps us to carry out recording bar with
recordings from the its corresponding
campus. buttons.

13. Profile
Remember to
update your
profile

14. PHONOLOGY CLINICS
OBJECTIVES
This hands-on workshop will have as its primary
objectives to help you to:
speak clearly and effectively
understand rapid speech more easily face-to-face, on
television, in movies
gain confidence and increase your comfort level when
speaking English
improve your overall performance when speaking English

15. The different sections in
our virtual classroom
MODULE 1: WORD STRESS
MODULE 2: SENTENCE STRESS & CONNECTED SPEECH
MODULE 3: GROUPING WORDS & RHYTHM
MODULE 4: CONNECTED SPEECH IN ACTION!
MODULE 5: A SPEECH AUDIO FILE

16. PHONOLOGY CLINIC II
CONTENTS IN DETAIL

17. PHONOLOGY CLINIC II
MODULE O: WELCOME!
Features of Connected Speech – Overview
Initial Diction Assessment
Supplementary Material: vowels &
consonants

18. PHONOLOGY CLINIC II
MODULE 1: WORD STRESS
Word Stress
Prefixes and Suffixes
Numbers and Compounds
Reflexives and Phrasal Verbs
Grammatical meaning of stress

19. PHONOLOGY CLINIC II
MODULE 2: SENTENCE STRESS &
CONNECTED SPEECH
Sentence Stress
Weak forms
Words in connected speech
Allophonic variations

20. PHONOLOGY CLINIC II
MODULE 3:
GROUPING WORDS & RHYTHM
Word and Sentence Stress combined
Spanish & English Rhythm
Applying features of connected speech
Sense / Thought groups

21. PHONOLOGY CLINIC II
MODULE 4:
CONNECTED SPEECH IN
ACTION!

22. PHONOLOGY CLINIC II
MODULE 5:
A SPEECH AUDIO FILE
Introducing yourself
Reading aloud (texts)
Describing pictures
Talking about a topic