M.Ed.

This course explores speech sounds as physical entities (phonetics) and linguistic units (phonology). In viewing sounds as physical elements, the focus of this course is on articulatory description, types of movements and configurations of the vocal tract to produce sounds in languages. The course aims to equip students with the knowledge and skills required to produce and analyze both segmental and supra-segmental features of language in general and English in particular. The course, then, focuses on dealing with different theories of phonology and their importance, phonological processes in English, and formulation of different phonological rules. Finally, there is a discussion on English phonology in detail and Nepali phonology in brief along with the techniques and activities of teaching English pronunciation.