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This document provides instructions for Assignment 2 of the Phonetics and Phonology course. Students are asked to listen to an audio transcript and answer questions testing their knowledge of syllabification. Specifically, they must identify the longest words by syllable count from two extracts, state the number of syllables, and divide the words according to their syllable structure using hyphens. The assignment is worth 20 total marks and directions emphasize submitting work on time and without plagiarism.

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Spring 2022 - ENG507 - 2

This document provides instructions for Assignment 2 of the Phonetics and Phonology course. Students are asked to listen to an audio transcript and answer questions testing their knowledge of syllabification. Specifically, they must identify the longest words by syllable count from two extracts, state the number of syllables, and divide the words according to their syllable structure using hyphens. The assignment is worth 20 total marks and directions emphasize submitting work on time and without plagiarism.

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MA ELT

Phonetics and Phonology (ENG507)

Spring 2022
Assignment No. 2
Total Marks: 20
Lectures: 27-31

Instructions:
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marks.
 The assignments should be zoomed in at 100%.
 Please avoid plagiarism; plagiarized work will be marked zero.
 After the due date, the assignments submitted via email would NOT be entertained.
 Please avoid submitting copied assignments; otherwise, such a case would be referred to the
discipline committee and awarded zero marks.
 The font color should be preferably black and font size 12 Times New Roman.

About this assignment:


In this assignment you are required to implement your knowledge about syllabification. You are required
to listen to the audio available in the following link. Its transcript has been given below for further
understanding. You are then required to fill in the third column of the table that follows the transcript.
You will see that two extracts (given in the first column of the table) have been selected from the
transcript and some questions are asked based on the concept of syllabification. Read the questions
carefully and answer to the point. No elaboration is required for your answers.

Link:
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening/b2-listening/film-reviews

Transcript:
Obviously, this is the sequel to Fun in the City, which is a film I didn't like so it's fair to say my
expectations were low. So, you could say I wasn't disappointed, as it met my expectations. It was awful!
It was so awful, I'd rather not spend any more time on it by talking about it. But, that wouldn't be a film
review and I think I owe you all a review to save you wasting your money going to see it.
So, it starts off with this big wedding scene. And, I won't go into why, but the whole scene is just there so
they can make this one joke. It's not even a funny joke ... it's just, ah, it's just terrible. It's got nothing to do
with the rest of the film. Anyway, it starts there. Then, instead of the characters and the plot staying in
New York where the original film was set, one of them wins a ticket to India and decides to take all her
friends. It's what directors do when they've run out of ideas … let's take our characters on tour!
Anyway, they gossip, cry and shop, and they repeat this until the end. No real people would ever act like
this. I didn't have any sympathy for their problems or even care what happened to them. Don't go and see
it, you'll only encourage them to make another sequel. The world doesn't need three of these films. Please
save your money and go and see the other big film this week: Twilight Mirror.
So, if you're a fan of the book it's based on, you're probably as excited as I was about this. For everyone
else, this is a film fans have been waiting ten years to see. I have to confess, I was a bit nervous. I'd seen
the posters and they didn't look right. I didn't love them at all. And I wasn't sure about the actors they cast
either. So I went in not sure what to expect. But … I loved it.
One thing I really liked about it was the pace. They went backwards and forwards between the real world
and the computer world and it worked really well. The special effects brought the computer world to life
and I totally believed in it. But, more than that, I felt emotionally connected to the story and the
characters. The whole film worked on so many levels. It reminded me of going to the cinema as a child –
how much fun that was. I can't recommend it enough.

Text Questions Answers


Extract 1: Which THREE words are longest Longest words:
Obviously, this is the sequel to Fun according to the number of syllables 1)
in the City, which is a film I didn't in the given text? 2)
like so it's fair to say my expectations (6 marks) 3)
were low. So, you could say I wasn't How many syllables are there in each Number of syllables in
disappointed, as it met my word? each word:
expectations. It was awful! It was so (2 marks)
awful, I'd rather not spend any more
time on it by talking about it. But, Divide the words according to the Division of Syllables:
that wouldn't be a film review and I number of syllables. Use hyphens for 1)
think I owe you all a review to save division. Example: Pa-kis-tan 2)
you wasting your money going to see (6 marks) 3)
it.

Extract2: Write the longest word according to Longest word:


One thing I really liked about it was the numbers of syllables?
the pace. They went backwards and (2 marks)
forwards between the real world and
the computer world and it worked
really well. The special effects
brought the computer world to life How many syllables are there in the Number of syllables:
and I totally believed in it. But, more word you mentioned above?
than that, I felt emotionally (2 marks)
connected to the story and the
characters. The whole film worked
on so many levels. It reminded me of
going to the cinema as a child – how
Divide the word according to the Division of Syllables:
much fun that was. I can't
number of syllables. Use hyphens for
recommend it enough. division. Example: Pa-kis-tan
(2 marks)

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