Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
PHONETICS I URUS133 1. Semester 2 + 0 2.0 6.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Russian
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors Zulfiya ŞAHİN
Assistants
Goals The goal of the program is to teach the students Russian language phonetics and help to build good pronunciation ant intonational skills.
Course Content Features of Russian phonetics, phonems, intonation
Learning Outcomes 1) Acquire basic theoretical and practical skills related to Russian Phonetics.
2) Students reflect what they learn in their scientific studies.
3) Have knowledge of preparing written and visual presentatitons about Russian language and literature.
4) To have the theoretical and practical knowledge about the history, culture, economy, political backgrounds of Russian literature.
5) Translating from Russian to Turkish and from Turkish to Russian.
6) Doing research and academic publications in the field of literature and linguistics.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Speech organs. Exercises for speech organs. Lecture; Question Answer

Homework
2. Week Articulation base of Russian language. Lecture; Question Answer

Homework
3. Week Stress in words. Reduction of unstressed [а] and [о] after velar consonants. Reduction of unstressed [а] and [э] after palatal consonants. Lecture; Question Answer

Homework
4. Week Pronunciation of [у], [о] and [ы] vowels. Pronunciation of palatal and velar [м], [п], [б], [ф] and [в] consonants. Lecture; Question Answer

Homework
5. Week Toning. Toning Structure 1 and Toning Structure 2. Lecture; Question Answer

Homework
6. Week Pronunciation of palatal and velar [т], [д], [с], [з] and [н] consonants. Lecture; Question Answer

Homework
7. Week Pronunciation of velar [х] consonant and palatal [к’], [г’] ve [х’] consonants. Lecture; Question Answer

Homework
8. Week Pronunciation of palatal and velar [р] and [л] consonants. Pronunciation of [ш], [ж], [ш'] consonants. Lecture; Question Answer

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9. Week Pronunciations of [Ч '], [ц] consonants. Toning Structure 3 and Toning Structure 4. The importance of toning in the semantic differentiation of expressions. Lecture; Question Answer

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10. Week Palatal and velar consonants. Voiced and unvoiced consonants. The rule of devoicing. Lecture; Question Answer

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11. Week Positions when unstressed "Е" and "Я" are pronounced as [э] and [а]. Vowel elision. Lecture; Question Answer

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12. Week The pronounciation of unstressed vowels after [Ш], [ж] and [ц] consonants. Lecture; Question Answer

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13. Week Vowel pronounced instead of "И" and "Э" in initial position. Lecture; Question Answer

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14. Week Pronunciation of АО, ОО, ОА, ЕИ, ЕЕ, УО, УА diftongs. Pronunciation of consonants before palatal consonant. Lecture; Question Answer

Homework

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Brızgunıva Y. A., Zvuki i intonatsiya russkoy reçi, Russkiy yazık, Moskova, 1977.
Odintsova, İ.V., Zvuki, ritmika, intonatsiya, Flinta-Nauka, Moskova, 2011.

ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 2
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 2
Homework 14 4
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 1
Final Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 1
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course