PLMCPH-Clinical Phonetics and Phonology

Module Provider: Clinical Language Sciences
Number of credits: 10 [5 ECTS credits]
Level:7
Terms in which taught: Spring term module
Pre-requisites: PLMPPR Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology or PLMPP Phonetics and Phonology
Non-modular pre-requisites: All other MSc SLT Year 1 modules
Co-requisites:
Modules excluded:
Current from: 2021/2

Module Convenor: Dr Mirjana Sokolovic-Perovic
Email: m.sokolovic@reading.ac.uk

Type of module:

Summary module description:

In this module the students learn to apply knowledge of phonetics and phonology to clinical data and to collect and analyse data using perceptual and instrumental approaches.

Aims:

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

• Transcribe and produce sounds from the IPA and extIPA charts

• Organise and analyse sets of phonological data from typical and atypical development

• Interpret disordered data samples by relating them to developmental norms and the adult phonological system

• App raise the various instrumental techniques currently available for the analysis of speech and identify when they should most appropriately be used.

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 with 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 for the transcription of disordered speech. The students will practise transcription of disordered speech and 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. They will be familiarised with the issues involved in the asses sment of bilingual clients and the assessment of suprasegmentals. The course will also introduce different types of instrumentation used in the analysis of normal and disordered speech including spectrography, laryngography and electropalatography.

Brief description of teaching and learning methods:

There will be nine one-hour lectures and nine practical transcription and oral practice sessions. In addition to this, there are three hours of pre-recorded video tutorials on methods in instrumental clinical phonetics, accessed through the Blackboard virtual learning environment.

Summative assessment- Examinations:

Summative assessment- Coursework and in-class tests:

The course will be assessed by a practical skills assessment and coursework, each worth 50%.

Formative assessment methods:

Formative feedback on transcription and production of the sounds from the IPA and extIPA charts is provided in practical sessions.

Peer feedback on production of the sounds from the IPA and extIPA charts in practical sessions.

Formative feedback on clinical data analysis and interpretation in group and pair exercises.

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Penalties for late submission:

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