AHL34001 Introduction to Phonetic Analysis

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2025Year School/Graduate School School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences

Lecture Code AHL34001 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name 音声分析入門演習

Subject Name
（Katakana）オンセイブンセキニュウモンエンシュウ

Subject Name in
English Introduction to Phonetic Analysis

Instructor YAMANE NORIKO

Instructor
(Katakana) ヤマネ　ノリコ

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year,  Second Semester,  3Term

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (3T) Mon5-8：IAS K111

Lesson Style Seminar Lesson Style
(More Details) Face-to-face

Classes will primarily be conducted face-to-face.

Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 4 Language of Instruction B : Japanese／English

Course Level 2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate

Course Area（Area） 23 : Arts and Humanities

Course Area（Discipline） 06 : Linguistics

Eligible Students

Keywords

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) Integrated Arts and Sciences
（Knowledge and Understanding）
・The knowledge and understanding  to fully recognize the mutual relations and their importance among individual academic diciplines.
（Abilities and Skills）
・The ability and skills to collect and analyze necessary literature or data among various sources of information on individual academic disciplines.
・The abilities and skills to summarize one's own research in reports or academic papers, and to deliver presentations at a seminar or research meetings, and to answer questions.

Class Objectives
/Class Outline Using Praat (speech analysis software), you will be able to analyze waveforms, pitch and spectrograms, annotate sounds, and measure formants, F0 and duration.

Class Schedule lesson1 Guidance
lesson2 Recording with praat
lesson3 Analysis of vowels
lesson4 Creation of English Vowel Chart
lesson5 Creation of Japanese Vowel Chart
lesson6 Comparison and Discussion between Japanese and English (Lab mini report 1)
lesson7 Fundamental Knowledge of English Stops
lesson8 Recording and Analysis of English Stops
lesson9 Mimicry Learning of English Stops
lesson10 Recording and Analysis after Learning English Stops  (Lab mini report 2)
lesson11 Basic Understanding of English Intonation
lesson12 Recording and Analysis of English Intonation
lesson13 Mimicry Learning of English Intonation
lesson14 Recording and Analysis after Learning English Intonation
lesson15 Summary  (Lab mini report 3)

Text/Reference
Books,etc. A Course in Phonetics (2014) Peter Ladefoged & Keith Johnson, Cengage Learning

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. Handouts, Audio Materials, Visual Materials, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Forms, moodle

(More Details) https://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/
https://enunciate.arts.ubc.ca/

Learning techniques to be incorporated Discussions, PBL (Problem-based Learning)/ TBL (Team-based Learning), Project Learning, Post-class Report

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review Download Praat from https://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/.
Read a specific part of the reading material every week. Try to get the definitions of technical terms (e.g., consonants, prosody).

Requirements You will need a computer (tablets not allowed), headphones with a microphone (or separate headphones and microphone), a mouse, and a webcam (built-in webcam on your computer is acceptable). Please ensure you have these items prepared and bring them with you to each session.

Grading Method Grading will be based on three assignments, each accounting for 30% of the total grade, and contributions/comments during class, which will constitute 10% of the grade. There will be no final written exam. Arriving more than 30 minutes late will be counted as an absence. Missing more than 2 sessions without a valid reason will result in disqualification.

Practical Experience

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it

Message Have you ever tried imitating ideal speech sounds in a foreign language and thought, “Something still feels off…”? This course aims to help you visualize speech sounds and objectively explain those subtle differences. No prior knowledge of phonetics or speech analysis is required—if you’re a student who’s simply curious about your own pronunciation, you’re very welcome to join. You may also be invited to participate in speech experiments or pronunciation training sessions during the course, so please take part actively when the opportunity arises.

Other

Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

Academic Year	2025Year	School/Graduate School	School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences
Lecture Code	AHL34001	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	音声分析入門演習
Subject Name （Katakana）	オンセイブンセキニュウモンエンシュウ
Subject Name in English	Introduction to Phonetic Analysis
Instructor	YAMANE NORIKO
Instructor (Katakana)	ヤマネ　ノリコ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	2nd-Year, Second Semester, 3Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(3T) Mon5-8：IAS K111
Lesson Style	Seminar	Lesson Style (More Details)	Face-to-face
Classes will primarily be conducted face-to-face.
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week	4	Language of Instruction	B : Japanese／English
Course Level	2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate
Course Area（Area）	23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area（Discipline）	06 : Linguistics
Eligible Students
Keywords
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced Evaluation (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)	Integrated Arts and Sciences （Knowledge and Understanding）・The knowledge and understanding to fully recognize the mutual relations and their importance among individual academic diciplines. （Abilities and Skills）・The ability and skills to collect and analyze necessary literature or data among various sources of information on individual academic disciplines. ・The abilities and skills to summarize one's own research in reports or academic papers, and to deliver presentations at a seminar or research meetings, and to answer questions.
Class Objectives /Class Outline	Using Praat (speech analysis software), you will be able to analyze waveforms, pitch and spectrograms, annotate sounds, and measure formants, F0 and duration.
Class Schedule	lesson1 Guidance lesson2 Recording with praat lesson3 Analysis of vowels lesson4 Creation of English Vowel Chart lesson5 Creation of Japanese Vowel Chart lesson6 Comparison and Discussion between Japanese and English (Lab mini report 1) lesson7 Fundamental Knowledge of English Stops lesson8 Recording and Analysis of English Stops lesson9 Mimicry Learning of English Stops lesson10 Recording and Analysis after Learning English Stops (Lab mini report 2) lesson11 Basic Understanding of English Intonation lesson12 Recording and Analysis of English Intonation lesson13 Mimicry Learning of English Intonation lesson14 Recording and Analysis after Learning English Intonation lesson15 Summary (Lab mini report 3)
Text/Reference Books,etc.	A Course in Phonetics (2014) Peter Ladefoged & Keith Johnson, Cengage Learning
PC or AV used in Class,etc.	Handouts, Audio Materials, Visual Materials, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Forms, moodle
(More Details)	https://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/ https://enunciate.arts.ubc.ca/
Learning techniques to be incorporated	Discussions, PBL (Problem-based Learning)/ TBL (Team-based Learning), Project Learning, Post-class Report
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Download Praat from https://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/. Read a specific part of the reading material every week. Try to get the definitions of technical terms (e.g., consonants, prosody).
Requirements	You will need a computer (tablets not allowed), headphones with a microphone (or separate headphones and microphone), a mouse, and a webcam (built-in webcam on your computer is acceptable). Please ensure you have these items prepared and bring them with you to each session.
Grading Method	Grading will be based on three assignments, each accounting for 30% of the total grade, and contributions/comments during class, which will constitute 10% of the grade. There will be no final written exam. Arriving more than 30 minutes late will be counted as an absence. Missing more than 2 sessions without a valid reason will result in disqualification.
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message	Have you ever tried imitating ideal speech sounds in a foreign language and thought, “Something still feels off…”? This course aims to help you visualize speech sounds and objectively explain those subtle differences. No prior knowledge of phonetics or speech analysis is required—if you’re a student who’s simply curious about your own pronunciation, you’re very welcome to join. You may also be invited to participate in speech experiments or pronunciation training sessions during the course, so please take part actively when the opportunity arises.
Other
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes. Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

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