DICATION MARKS AND MAKE-UP DATES

Hello!



You´ll find the dictation marks below.

Tentative make -up examinations dates are August 7 at Rectorado: 8:15 am for oral exams and 11:00 for dictations.



Biasco: dictation 4 (four)

Altamiranda: dictation 4 (four), final grade 5 (five)

Arnuz: dictation 2 (two)

Barnech: dictation 5 (five), final grade 5 (five)

Ballerini: dictation 5, final grade 5 (five)

Bentivegna: dictation 4 (four)

Bonora: dictation 4 (four)

Cañete: dictation 6 (six), final grade 6 (six)

Conti: dictation 6 (six), final grade 6 (six)

Di Virgilio: dictation 4 (four), final grade 6 (six)

Erdicoborda: dictation 5 (five)

Furlan: dictation 4 (four)

Goncalvez: dictation 4 (four), final grade 6 (six)

Grasso: dictation 4 (four)

Joglar: dictation 2 (two)

Lesca: dictation 4 (four)

Malvestiti: dictation 5 (five), final grade: 5 (five)

Palermo: dictation 2 (two)

Rodriguez: dictation 5 (five), final grade 5 (five)

Romero: dictation 2 (two)

Rossi: dictation 6 (six), final grade 5 (five)

Stachelski: 4 (four), final grade 5 (five)

Zanetto: dictation 5 (five), final grade 5 (five)

That´s all 4 now..
Take care, Laura

NEW DATES

Hello ppl!!

We´ll post dicatation marks as soon as they´re ready
New make-up dates will also b posted soon
Take care!
Laura

LAST MINUTE NEWS!!

A LOS DEPARTAMENTOS DE LA FACULTAD DE HUMANIDADES, por favor, sirvanse comunicar a los docentes de la Facultad de Humanidades lo que se detalla mas abajo:

A través de la Resolución de Rectorado 558/09 el Rector de la Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata dispone el cese de las actividades académicas a partir del día de las 16:00 horas del día de la fecha, motivo por el cual, también en esta Unidad Académica se suspenden todas las actividades.
Ante la situación de estar en las últimas semanas de clases que implicaba toma de parciales y recuperatorios, esta Secretaría Académica informa a los docentes de las distintas cátedras que las actividades de evaluación sean previstas en las semanas del 3 al 14 de agosto del corriente.
La finalización del primer cuatrimestre por tanto, sería el día 14 de agosto, debiendo los docentes elevar la entrega de informe de regularidades a partir de esa fecha (o antes de la fecha preestablecida) y hasta el 18 de agosto.
Los docentes pueden prever formas alternativas de evaluación para el cierre de las cursadas (parciales domiciliarios, consultas por correo electrónico, trabajos monográficos, etc).
Debido a que es imposible realizar las actas en tiempo y forma, las mesas examinadoras de la semana comprendida entre el 3 y el 7 de agosto se suspenden. Los estudiantes deberán inscribirse en el turno de examen que va desde el 24 de agosto al 4 de setiembre.
No se modifica el calendario correspondiente a la 2° parte del año 2009.

Dr. Luis Porta.
Secretario Académico.

WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS

Hello there!!
Pls complete written assignment on stress # 6 for next week
Take care!!
Laura

FRUDAY´S EXAM

Hello girls!!!
I understand your concern....So far (it´s 11 am) Pet hasn´t told me anything about calling the whole thing off...So the exam is still standing!!
Keep studying, then...
Best of luck!!!
Laura

HEDGEHOG MAN TRANSCRIPTIONS

Girls,
I´m at Departamento, there is a bag from "Praha" libros containing your transcriptions..
Actually, it has been there for about a month...
Good luck!
Laura

CONVERSATIONAL ISSUES

Hello!
I forgot to post "Conversational issues" as an exam topic...
The following functions will b tested:

* Openings
*Turn-takings
* Interrupting
*Topic-shift
*Closings
*Message adjustance or avoidance

You don´t ned to prepare new situations, you are supposed to practice the ones provided in the notes. Remember to rehearse both roles beforehand. Language, diction and intonation will be assessed in these role-plays.

Best, Laura

RECOGNIZING AND PRODUCING ENGLISH RHYTHMIC PATTERNS

Hello!
This is the sort of question you will b asked during the oral exam:

1) What is the aim of this paper?
2) Why is English rhythm more difficult to teach than other aspects of phonology?
3) Explain the 5 types of exercises Chela de Rodriguez uses in order to teach ER.
4) What assumptions about the teaching of ER do the results of her research suggest?

Compare the following aspects of "The Reality of stress-timing" and "Recognizing and producing English rhythmic patterns":

* Theoretical background regarding the nature of ER
* Techniques for teaching ER
* Importance of teaching rhythm

Any doubts, pls let me no...
Best, Laura

TOPICS SECOND MID-TERM EXAM

Hello!
I´m posting the topics for the mid-term exam:

* "The reality of stress-timing" (Barrera Pardo)
* "Recognizing and producing English rhythmic patterns" (Chela de Rodriguez)
* "The Contenders" (John Waine)
* "Eating ppl is wrong" (Malcom Bradbury)
* "The hedgehog man" (p 2) (The listening file)
* Writen Assignments on Stress: 3, 4 and 5.

I´ll b posting some questions about Chela de Rodriguez´paper on rhythm during the weekend.
Best, Laura.

JUNE 18 LESSON

Hello ppl!
There will b no classes on Thursday because I´m in bed with the flu
Take care, Laura

JUNE 9 LESSON

Hello!!

Today we:
* Listened to, recorded and read a passage from Malcom Bradbury´s Eating people is wrong
* Did a couple of role-plays from "Conversational Issues"
* Did a short dictation
* Discussed assignments on stress # 4 and 5 (in pairs)
Home assignment: prepare Chela de Rodriguez´paper on rhythm
Take care!!
Laura

JUNE 02 /CLASS

Hello!
Today we
* Read, recorded and practiced "The hedgehog man" part 2
* Acted out "Conversational issues" dialogues
* Discussed "The reality of stress-timing"
From 10 to 12 we did a dictation and discussed the paper on rhythm
Take care!
Laura

PAPER ON RHYTHM

Hello ppl!
Please re-read Barrera Pardo´s "The reality of stress-timing" as we shall b discussing it this week
Enjoy the weekend!
Laura

THURSDAY LESSON

Hello!
Today we did the same activities that the other groups did.
Enjoy the weekend!
Best, Laura

MAY 26 LESSON

Hello!
Today we:
* Completed the intonation journal
* Read silently, aloud and recorded The contenders (second part)
* Did a short dictation (10-12)
* Performed "back-channelling" and "interrupting" role-plays (Conversational issues)
Keep in mind that students´comments and questions r more than welcome on this blog
Thank youuuu
Laura

TUESDAY 19

Hello!
Today we
* Did a short dictation
* Read silently, recorded and practiced the first part of "The Contenders"
* Practiced role-plays from the "Conversational Issues" section
Best, Laura

CONVERSATIONAL ISSUES

Hello students!
On Friday I left a new 10-page long handout of photocopies for you (CEH xerox room)
Please get it ASAP
Best, Laura

MAY 15: PETER´S LESSON AT RECTORADO

Hello!
You´re having your usual Friday lesson with Peter AT RECTORADO
Good luck!
Laura

MAY 12

Hello!

Today we:
* Recorded a section from "First day of term" (SWR II). Students applied intonation patterns to the ordinary spelling text (right side of the book), then checked the phonetically trancribed text.
* Had free diction practice (SWR, Pete and Christine´s reading material)
* Did a dictation and corrected it.
Best of luck on Friday!
Laura

MAY 12

Hello!
There will b no classes at 10 because of final examination boards
Best, Laura

ORAL MID-TERM EXAM topics

Hello!
As mentioned in class, Assignments 1,2 and 8 from the "stress" section of the booklet are included, plus the whole of "Frank´s first football match" (SWR II)
Best of luck!
Laura

MAY 5

Hello!!!
Today we:
* Worked out the stress and intonation patterns of FFFM (parts 3 and 4) (which we had already recorded)
* Did a dictation which was corrected on the bb
* Wrote in the journal
* Discussed the assignment on rhythm in pairs (10-12 am) and made some notes on the bb
Best, Laura

APRIL 28

Hello!!
Today we
* Did a dictation
* Recorded parts 3 and 4 from FFFM
*Assignments: transcribe and mark sentence stress on "Friend of the earth" p1
See u soon..
Best, Laura

APRIL 23 LESSON

Hello!
We worked with sentences from "Online intonation", recorded and read from SWR. We also checked assignments on stress 1 and 2.
There r no classes with Peter on Friday because of final examination boards.
Examination dates:
April 27: dictation (TP)
May 04: TP feedback
May 11: Mid-term exam (dictation)
Best, Laura

TUESDAY LESSON/THURSDAY LESSON

Hello!
Today we had quite a long dictation using all the tunes which took up most of the class.
Students also worked out the intonation patterns of the third part of "Frank´s first football
match"
Assignment for nex class: read "The reality of stress-timing" and transcribe "The hedhehog man(part 2). Pls apply sentence stress.
Thursday ppl: we´ll meet as scheduled and try to catch up!
Best, Laura

APRIL 21 LESSON

Hello!!
The 10-12 am group will have no classes on the 21 due to final examination boards, however students are welcome to attend the 8 am lesson.
Best!
Laura

APRIL 14

Hello!!
This is more or less what we did today..
* Sentences for dictation featuring all the tunes from "Online Intonation" (You can listen to them online at www.ucl.phon.ac.uk/johnm/oi)
* Silent reading, recording and practice of "FFFM" part 2, SWR II
* Written assignments 1 and 2: stress and prominence, rules for sentence stress
Assignments for next class: Assignment 8 (rhythm)
I´m joining the strike this Thursday
Best, Laura

APRIL 07 LESSON

Hello!
Today..
*Revision of gral rules for sentence stress. Main topics concerning theory on stress (only 10-12 am group)
* Revision of main tunes and basic specific terms
* Silent reading, recording and practice of "Frank´s first football match" (Say with rhythm II)
* Sentence dictation: high and low fall, low-rise and fall-rise
* Next week assignment: assignments 1 & 2
Enjoy the long weekend!!
Laura

MARCH 31, 8-10 am

Hello!
This is more or less what we did today:
* Brief summary of this term´s theory on stress
* Revision of gral rules for sentence stress
* Revision of main tunes plus examples
* Identify the kinetic stress ("Online Intonation" at: www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/johnm/oi/oi1.htm
*Transcriptions for next week: p 62 "The tv campaigner", part one
* Please bring a tape and the booklet to class next week
Look forward to meeting u again soon!
Laura

MARCH 31

Hello there!
There will be no classes at 10 because of the IF1/IF2 final examination board.
Those sts from the 10 am group who can make it at 8 (just for next week) are welcome!
See you then!
Laura

FRIDAY 27

Hello!!
You´re not having classes with Peter tomorrow as he´ll b in a final examination board (IC2)
Thank you!
Laura

MARCH 27

Hello!
We´ll b having a one-hour class this Thursday because of final examination boards at 9
Thank you, Laura

MARCH 26

Hello there!
This is Laura´s schedule for this term:

1) Tues 8-10

OR

2) Tue 10-12

OR

3) Thursday 8-10

I hope most of you have been able to register this morning during Peter´s lesson!
Remember you´re expected to take the booklet(CEH Xerox Room) and a blank tape every class
I´ll b seeing some of you this Thursday at 8!
Byyyye
Laura

Welcome!

This is the blog of "Discurso Oral II", Department of Modern Languages, UNMdP.
Welcome to IDO2 2009! Your suggestions and comments online will be very useful!
Prof Pedro Luchini (Prof adjunto)
Prof Laura Sordelli (JTP)
Prof Cristina Chiusano (ATP)