test tips

Question 1

mark first thing

Answer 1

SBE or GA

Question 2

Begin and end your transcription in

Answer 2

/ / barres obliques

Question 3

mark primary and secondary stresses on

Answer 3

on the correct syllable of orthographic copy before starting

Question 4

no draft is needed, if

Answer 4

you have been working from an orthographic transcription, but double, triple, quadruple check the phonemic transcription because it has to be pretty much perfect

Question 5

include stresses before or after every stressed syllable

Answer 5

before

Question 6

retain word spaces

Answer 6

yes

Question 7

capitals?

Answer 7

no

Question 8

punctuation marks

Answer 8

no

Question 9

allophones or unnecessary details?

Answer 9

no

Question 10

intonation and syllable boundaries?

Answer 10

no

Question 11

forgetting words

Answer 11

it will happen for sure, so don’t be the one who let’s it happen

Question 12

mark stress on

Answer 12

all lexical words, even monosyllabic ones, and on every polysyllabic grammatical word

Question 13

primary stress

Answer 13

are indicated on every lexical word, even if it’s monosyllabic, as well as every grammatical word of at least 2 syllables

Question 14

secondary stress

Answer 14

is transcribed
*on compound nouns,
*polysyllabic words that have one,
*phrasal verbs, even if the jury accepts two primary accents

Question 15

happy vowel

Answer 15

neturalized vowel /i/ on the graphemes <y> ,<ey> <ie>, <ee>, and <i></i></ee></ie></ey></y>

e.g.

*for body, happy, Charlie, valley, Chili, committee (end of word)

*happier, easiest (mid-word)

*re- pre- de- prefixes when these are unstressed and precede a vowel (e.g. react, preoccupied, deactivate)

*disyllabic suffixes (-iate, -ious)

*weak forms of grammatical words he, she, we, me, be, as well as the non-stressed the before a vowel

Question 16

thank you vowel

Answer 16

neutralized /u/ is observed in weak forms of prepositions or personal prnouns such as to, you, and syllabic suffixes such as -uous (tenuous, conspicuous) as well as (graduate, infatuation)

Question 17

Crochets ou barres obliques ?

Answer 17

Barres obliques

Question 18

Avoid unnecessary repetition

Answer 18

yes

Question 19

Consonnes syllabiques ?

Answer 19

Conseillées

Question 20

Glottal stops ?

Answer 20

Non

Question 21

Voyelles neutralisées /i/ - /u/ ?

Answer 21

Oui

Question 22

Division syllabique ?

Answer 22

Non

Question 23

Intonation ?

Answer 23

Non

Question 24

Les questions portent sur quoi ?

Answer 24

*Règles d’accentuation (mots simples et composés).

*Règles graphématiques et phonotactiques.

*Les phénomènes typiques de la parole continue : assimilation, élision, r de liaison, r intrusif, …

*Transcription phonétique étroite et justification du choix des allophones.

*Comparaison entre variétés d’anglais (britannique et américain).

*Transcription de l’intonation d’un passage et justification des choix.

Question 25

to name a consonant, always use the following order:

Answer 25

1. Voice 2. Place of articulation 3. Manner of articulation e.g. voiceless alveolar plosive, voiced labiodental fricative

Question 26

voiceless alveolar plosive

Answer 26

[t]

Question 27

voiced labiodental fricative

Answer 27

[f]

Question 28

Which consonant is never found word-initially?

Answer 28

/ŋ/

Question 29

Which consonants are never found word-finally?

Answer 29

/h, j, w/ In SBE, /r/

Question 30

phonotactic constraints

Answer 30

rules specifying restrictions for the combination of sounds in a given language.

Question 31

diphthongs

Answer 31

dynamic vowels, meaning they have a starting point and they move towards a target.