An introduction to the articulatory and acoustic properties of speech sounds. Survey of speech sounds found in the languages of the world. Emphasis on ear training and transcription using the International Phonetic Alphabet.
4
UnitsOptional
Grading1, 2, 3
PasstimeNone
Level LimitLetters and science
CollegeShe's really helpful, but she taught a lot of extra things we didn't really need to know. We sped through IPA in the first two weeks. Then we were learning gestural scores and anatomy. Other classes are normally IPA based, so just have prior knowledge of the IPA chart and gestural scores and maybe you'll be okay
She's a great lecturer and really wants students to succeed. If you have any homework questions make sure to go to office hours for clarification. If you're interested in SLP make sure to take her! This class was homework (50%) and attendance (20%) heavy with only a final (30%) - no midterm or paper. Very nice teacher!
Brendan was a great lecturer, he is very knowledgeable about many topics and is great at answering questions. There are 2 projects instead of a midterm and 2 pop quizzes, so beware. The readings were short but many, some of them were also very difficult to read. He requires attendance the first few weeks.
Not the worst professor I've had but he lectured much slower than I could read his slides and so disliked mandatory attendance. He uses an online system instead of iclicker so it can be done remotely. Beyond that I didn't like the projects and couldn't figure out how to make them as long as they wanted without fluff. It was interesting overall.
Barnwell overall is a pretty good professor, and he's very straightforward. His tests are fair, if you study the information on the slides you'll be fine since he includes very detailed information (you do have to put in the work tho). The only downside I would say is that he lectures a bit fast, so make sure you're able to take notes efficiently!