A. General information about the course: 1. Course Identification 1. Credit hours: (3) 2. Course type A. ☐ University ☐ College ☒ Department ☐ Track ☐ Others B. ☒ Required ☐ Elective 3. Level/year at which this course is offered: (4) 4. Course general Description: The course aims to introduce students to the major aspects of phonology. The course also deals with the formal description of sounds and the rules governing their systematic behavior. The course emphasizes on the internal representation of segments, syllabic structure. Students will be introduced to the distinctive feature theory, phonemes, allophones, syllables, syllable structure, aspects of connected speech (i.e., elision, linking, and assimilation), stress and intonation. The differences between English and other sound systems, like Arabic, will also be discussed. The course also deals with the impact of context on sound production and how the consonants that surround the vowel change the way the vowel is produced during connected speech. Students will be taught how to apply terms that describe phonological processes to the realities of English language.