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Advanced Acoustic Phonetics, Prosodic Contours, and Transcriptive Analysis
12th Grade · Ela · Open Global English
6 lessons
Goal
Analyze spoken English sound systems, prosodic contours, and acoustic features to evaluate how suprasegmental qualities convey nuanced pragmatic, rhetorical, and emotional meaning.
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Standards Covered
- OGE.13.LAN.1Open Global English Standards 2026™ · Ela · Level 13 / High School 4 (Age 17–18) · Grade 12Analyze the phonetics, phonology, and prosodic features of spoken English, evaluating how acoustic qualities, intonation contours, rhythm, and stress patterns convey nuanced pragmatic and emotional meanings.
- OGE.13.LAN.6Open Global English Standards 2026™ · Ela · Level 13 / High School 4 (Age 17–18) · Grade 12Conduct systematic, empirical investigations of language data using standardized linguistic terminology and research methodologies, synthesizing findings to draw valid conclusions about communicative practices.
Curriculum Framework
12th Grade · Ela · Open Global English
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6 lessons
Advanced Acoustic Phonetics, Prosodic Contours, and Transcriptive Analysis
Analyze spoken English sound systems, prosodic contours, and acoustic features to evaluate how suprasegmental qualities convey nuanced pragmatic, rhetorical, and emotional meaning.
2
6 lessons
Diachronic Semantics, Etymological Trajectories, and Lexical Change
Investigate lexical formation, etymological history, semantic shift, and sociopolitical factors that shape the English lexicon over time.
3
6 lessons
Theoretical Syntax, Clause Architecture, and Morphological Systems
Apply syntactic and morphological frameworks to dissect clause structures, phrase constituents, and stylistic syntactic arrangements.
4
6 lessons
Critical Pragmatics, Speech Act Theory, and Institutional Discourse
Investigate how context, implicature, politeness strategies, and structural power dynamics govern spoken and written interaction.
5
6 lessons
Global Dialectology, World Englishes, and Language Ideologies
Critically analyze regional dialects, sociolects, World Englishes models, language contact phenomena, prescriptivism, and linguistic identity.
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6 lessons
Empirical Linguistic Research Methods and Corpus Analysis
Conduct rigorous linguistic investigations using standardized terminology, corpus query tools, frequency metrics, and statistical synthesis.