Information Package / Course Catalogue
Listening and Pronounciation I
Course Code: ENT113
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: English
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 2
Objectives of the Course

This course is aimed to help improve your listening and speaking skills to not only to understand but also to enhance your knowledge on various topics in education and language teaching. Additionally, this course provides several activities to improve skills related to intonation and pronunciation. Last but not least, this course aims to increase awareness of learning proper pronunciation as a teacher-candidate.

Course Content

Analyzing authentic listening materials and speech samples used in different discourses; basic listening and phonetic skills such as discriminating minimal pairs and formulating phonetic transcriptions of problematic sounds; higher level listening skills and strategies; the fundamentals of listening and phonetics namely vowels, consonants, stress in words, rhythm and intonation as well as the usage of phonetic alphabet for learning and production.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Burcu AYDIN
Learning Outcomes
1.1.Students will define proper pronunciation and sentence intonation.
2.2.Students will explain proper pronunciation and sentence intonation structures
3.3.Students will be able to express different emotions using proper sentence intonation.
4.4.Students will apply correct pronunciation with IPA.
5.5.Students will distinguish different pronunciation and sentence intonation structures.
6.6.Students will plan activities to explain related to listening and pronunciation.
7.7.Students will organize and present activities to explain related to listening and pronunciation.
8.8.Students will evaluate peers’ performance on pronunciation.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.New Headway Pronunciation (Intermediate & Upper Intermediate). Oxford
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introducing consonant sounds in English
Week 2 - Theoretical
Introducing vowel sounds
Week 3 - Theoretical
Two and multi Syllable Nouns- Connected Speech
Week 4 - Theoretical
Intonation and sentence stress in pronunciation
Week 5 - Theoretical
Connected speech and intonation
Week 6 - Theoretical
A new idea or a transition to a new idea in a lecture
Week 7 - Theoretical
Introduction of the topic and big picture of a lecture.
Week 8 - Theoretical
Introduction of the topic and big picture of a lecture.(Mid term examination)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Revision of stress on words
Week 10 - Theoretical
Revision of stress on words
Week 11 - Theoretical
Introducing an example in a lecture.
Week 12 - Theoretical
Selecting important information within a lecture.
Week 13 - Theoretical
Recognizing non-verbal signals in a lecture.
Week 14 - Theoretical
Recognize changes in pronunciation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Midterm Examination110010
Final Examination110010
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)48
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
PÇ-11
PÇ-12
PÇ-13
PÇ-14
OÇ-1
2
3
4
5
3
3
3
3
OÇ-2
4
3
3
4
5
5
OÇ-3
5
5
5
5
2
2
2
2
OÇ-4
4
4
4
OÇ-5
5
5
5
OÇ-6
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
OÇ-7
5
5
5
OÇ-8
3
3
3
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026