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FACULTY OF ARTS - NEW UNDERGRADUATE
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COURSEPROPOSALS-DML
LING 130, RUSS 140
MOTION 1:
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"That Senate approve, as set forth in S.72-139,
new undergraduate course proposals of the
Department of Modern Languages, as follows:
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Discontinue
Linguistics 130-3 - Practical
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Linguistics 420-1
when 130-3
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commenced
Russian 140-3 - Russian Civilization."
(If Linguistics 130-3 is approved)
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"That Senate waive the normal two-semester
time lag requirement to permit the
immediate offering of Linguistics 130-3
for the Spring Semester 73-1 in January
1973."
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MEMORANDUM
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FACULTY OF ARTS - NEW UNDERGRADUATE
COURSE PROPOSALS -
LING 130, RUSS 140
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On the recommendation of the Faculty of Arts, the Senate Committee
on Undergraduate Studies has approved new undergraduate course proposals of
the Department of Modern Languages, as set forth in SCUS 72-31e, and recom-
mends approval to Senate as follows:
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Discontinue
Linguistics 130-3 - Practical Phonetics
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Linguistics 420-1 when 130-3
commenced.
Russian 140-3 - Russian Civilization ? -
Representatives from the Faculty of Arts gave statements on the
necessity of introducing Linguistics 130-3 Immediately to alleviate problems
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arising from the current situation of providing somewhat similar experiences
much too late in the student's career. Practical problems arising from late
notification
of the introduction of the course after issue of the course
guide and commencement of preregistration were noted.
The Committee accepted the arguments on special circumstances and
recommends approval of introduction of the course, if approved, commencing
for the Spring Semester 73-1.
Similar arguments were not made for the Russian 140 course, pro-
posed for Spring 73-1, and dates have been adjusted to Fall 73-3.
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The Faculty
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following new courses from the Department of Modern Languages
recommended by the Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committee:
Linguistics 130
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Practical Phonetics
Russian 140
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Russian Civilization
Would you please bring these before Senate for approval at
its next meeting. Thank you.
D. H. Sullivan
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REFERENDUM BALLOT 035
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September, 27, 1972
Please return Referendum Ballot #35 to the Office of the Dean
of Arts by NOON, October 6, 1972.
The completed ballot sheet (green) must be sealed in the smaller,
unmarke.d envelope, which must then be placed in the larger
envelope addressed to this office.
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The faculty members name
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must be signed on the outer envelope only.
The Faculty of Arts Undergraduate Curriculum Committee approved
the attached submission from the Department of Modern Languages.
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LINGUISTICS 130 - Practical Phonetics
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the submission from the Department of Modern
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FACULTY OF ARTS
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NEW COURSE PROPOSAL
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CALENDAR INFORMATION
Department: Modern Languages
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Course Number: Linguistics 130
Course Title : Practical Phonetics
Sub-title or Description: Practical training in the discrimination
and production of sounds used in language. Students will be trained
in the use of the two major phonetic transcription systems (North
American and IPA) as a means of recording phonetic material for
both teaching and research purposes.
Credit Hours: 3
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Vector Description: 1-1-1
Pre-requisite(s): None.
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ENROLMENT AND SCHEDULING
Estimated Enrolment: 50
Semester offered (e.g. Yearly, every Spring; twice yearly, Fall and
Spring):
Fall and Spring semesters.
When course will be offered: Spring 1973.
III.
JUSTIFICATION
A.
What is the detailed description of the course including
differentiation from lower level courses, from similar courses
in the same department and from courses in other departments
in the University?
No other departments offer a similar course. Within the DML
this course is designed to replace a 400-level course in the
same content area (cf. separate Justification sheet) but with
a shift in focus, namely to the completely practical and/or
skill facets of the study of sound in language.
B.
What is the range of topics that may be dealt with in the
course?
This course is not really topic oriented. It involves the
teaching of two physical and/or perceptual skills in addition
to a system of transcribing sounds. In the Introductory
lectures there would be a brief description of the Speech
-Tract and its workings as this is the basis for both transcrip-
tion systems. The remainder of the course would be devoted
to the programmed acquisition of the abilities of perceiving
and producing sounds, most of which would be completely foreign
to the students.
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C. How does this course fit the goals of the department?
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The DML requires of all
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its students a certain number of
credit hours
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in linguistics courses.
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This course prepares
students for these courses by (a) teaching them the transcription
systems in use in the linguistics courses and (b) providing the
students with abilities needed to understand certain facets of
these courses, namely the ability to read transcribed examples
not merely for the purpose of recitation but for the elicitation
of meaningful ?
linguistic observations.
D. How does this course affect degree requirements?
Removal ?
of Linguistics 420-1
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and 421-1 ?
from degree requirements
where applicable.
E. What are the calendar changes necessary to reflect the addition
of this course?
Deletion of entry Linguistics 420-1
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under course descriptions.
Deletion of Linguistics 420-1
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and 421-1 ?
from degree requirements
(where applicable).
Addition of Linguistics 130 and description under course
descriptions.
Addition of a note under Linguistics 220-3 recommending Linguistics
130 as pre- or co-requisite (optional).
F. What course, if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this
course is approved?
Linguistics 420-1.
G.
What is the nature of student demand for this course?
To the extent that Linguistics 130 solves or resolves an anomaly
which has bothered students in the past, namely the fact that one
of the pre-requisites to all upper level linguistics courses was
itself an upper level linguistics course, and hence delayed
students programs or forced them into a situation of taking the
pre-requisite simultaneously with other upper level courses, we
believe that ample student demand or the criterion of same will
have been met.
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Other reasons for introducing the course.
Cf. Separate Justification sheet.
IV. BUDGETARY AND SPACE FACTORS
A. Which faculty will be available to teach this course?
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B. What are the special space and/or equipment requirements for
this course?
None at present, although in the future, we should like to
explore the use of video tape for transcription exercises.
At present class work is keyed to audio-tape material
available on loan from the DML language laboratory tape
library. The obvious defect of these tapes is that they
provide no visual clues for the perception of certain
sound types, e.g. labialization, glottalization.
C. Any other budgetary omplications of mounting this course?
None.
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Approval
Curriculum Committee:
Deanof Faculty:
Senate:
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August 28, 1972.
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Linguistics 130-3 Practical Phonetics
Practical training in the discrimination and production of
sounds used in language. Students will be trained in the
use of the two major phonetic trancription systems (North
American and IPA) as a means of recording phonetic material
for both teaching and research purposes.
(1-1-1)
Pre-requisites: None
This course is highly recommended for students intending
to enroll in 400 level general or language-specific
linguistics courses.
Description of course:
Explanation of vector (1-1-1): Each week of instruction will begin
with an excursus on a specific area of phonetic discrimination and
production. The second weekly session involves a tutorial where the
student is trained in the articulations relevant to the discrimination
or transcription in the lecture. The third or lab session is the
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discrimination or transcription session which by utilizing extant
equipment from our language labs, allows the student to sharpen his
phonetic discrimination ability at his own speed as well as check his
ability to mimic hence articulate the same material by comparing his
student track against the master track.
Text: The text for the lectures is a series of handouts prepared
by Profs. Saunders and Roberts. The exercises for tutorials and the
lab tapes and manual are also in preparation by the same authors.
Course Goals: 1. The primary goals are to train the students' ears
and articulatory organs for the maximum discriminability and maximum
articulatory flexibility.
2. To prepare students for upper level linguistics
courses by (a) teaching them the transcription systems in use in
these courses; (b) providing them with abilities needed to understand
certain facets of these courses (namely the ability to read transcrip-
tions not merely for the purpose of reciting examples but to elicit
meaningful linguistic observations.)
3. To provide future teachers of modern languages
with a most useful pedagogical tool.
Justification: The course Linguistics 420-1, which is replaced
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by this proposed course Linguistics 130-3, was a pre-requisite to
higher level linguistic courses. It was, however, numbered in the
same 400 series as the courses it was designed to feed, with the
result that either the student was delayed one semester in his program
or that he took the pre-requisite 420 course simultaneously or in some
cases subsequent to the other Linguistics 400 courses. The move to
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the 100 course series puts this introductory pre-requisite course on
the actual pre-requisite level and should remove the above two
problems.
A second reason for the shift to the lower level is a change in content
focus. Whereas Linguistics 420-1 consisted of two major parts: an
anatomical and physiological introduction to the speech tract as well
as practical phonetic training similar to the new proposed course, but
of necessity much shorter; the new Linguistics 130-3 course will be
devoted entirely to practical phonetics, leaving the physiology to
the higher level phonetics courses on an elective basis.
The expansion of the vector and credit hours reflects two facts: first
that there was little relation between the credit awarded for Linguistics
420-1 and the amount of work involved. The restriction to two hours a
week for what is essentially a skill acquisition course in the perception
and production of a wide range of articulations was found after 6 years
experience to be counter-productive. In actual fact materials produced
for the Linguistics 420 course, namely exercises, etc. were impossible
to cover in the allotted time. It is our best judgement that three
hours a week will permit us to provide the student with a wide range of
phonetic experience in an unhurried and more controlled context.
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NEW
COURSE PROPOSAL
I.
CALENDAR INFORMATION
Department: Modern Languages
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Course Number: Russian 140
Course Title : Russian Civilization
Sub-title or Description: A survey of the cultural heritage of the?
Russian people.
Syllabus: Weeks 1 and 2 - History; #3 - Language; #4 - Literature
from the Xth to the XVIIth Century; #5 and 6 - Literature
of the
XVIIIth
and XIXthe Centuries; #7 - XXth Century
Literature; #2 - Drama and the Film; #9 and 10 - Music;
#11 and 12 - Art; #13 - Science.
Credit Hours: 3
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Vector Description: 1-2-0
Pre-requisite(s): None.
II.
ENROLMENT AND SCHEDULING
Estimated Enrolment: 30
Semester offered (e.g. Yearly, every Spring; twice yearly, Fall
and Spring):
Fall and Spring.
When course will first be offered:
Fall 1973
III.
JUSTIFICATION
A.
What is the detailed description of the course including
differentiation from lower level courses from similar courses
in the same department and from courses in other departments
in the University?
All other lower level courses involved In language acquisition.
This course is designed to provide a cultural setting for such
activity. It conflicts with no courses offered by other
departments, for example, the history component in weeks #1
and 2 (cf. syllabus above) merely provides a chronological
framework for the other aspects of Russian culture studied.
B.
What is the range of topics that may be dealt with in the
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course?
Cf. Syllabus above: history, language, literature, drama and
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film, art, music and science.
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C. How does the course fit the goals of the department?
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D.
How does this course affect degree requirements?
Not at all.
E.
What are the calendar changes necessary to reflect the
addition of this course?
Addition of course into the Calendar.
F.
What course, if any, is being dropped from the calendar
if this course is approved?
None.
G.
What is the nature of student demand for this course?
This course was designed to meet the need of students for a
cultural perspective in which to place their language
studies.
H.
Other reasons for introducing the course.
IV. BUDGETARY AND SPACE FACTORS
A.
Which faculty will be available to teach this course?
Professors DeArmond, Harden, Saunders, Shoolbraid and Wahigren.
B.
What are the special space and/or equipment requirements for
this course?
Audio-Visual equipment for films and records/tapes.
C.
Any other budgetary implications of mounting this course?
None.
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Dean of Faculty:
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August 28, 1972.
