PdF:ZS1BK_AV3A Pronunciation Practice - Course Information

ZS1BK_AV3A Pronunciation Practice 3A - AJ

Extent and Intensity

0/0/8. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Bc. Mgr. Sonia Homolka (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Ivana Hrozková, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Primary School Teacher Training (programme PdF, M-ZS5)

Course objectives

The aim of the course is to link the theory of phonetics with the practice of pronunciation. The course is meant as a support for the Phonetics and phonology 3A course. It aims to practise the suprasegmental area of English pronunciation mainly.

Syllabus

• 1. Consonants
• 2. Vowels
• 3. Dipthongs
• 4. Linking
• 5. Aspiration
• 6. Lenis vs. fortis
• 7. Weak forms
• 8. Word stress
• 9. Sentence stress
• 10. Intonation

Literature

• DALTON-PUFFER, Christiane and Barbara SEIDLHOFER. Pronunciation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994, vi, 191. ISBN 0194371972. info
• UNDERHILL, Adrian. Sound foundations :living phonology. Illustrated by Nick Hardcastle. 1st ed. Oxford: Heinemann, 1994, xii, 210 s. ISBN 0-435-24091-9. info
• ALLEN, W. S. Living English speech : stress and intonation practice for the foreign student. New ed. London: Longmans, 1965, xiv, 193. info

Assessment methods

Requirements: oral credit, homework throughout the semester, active participation in the lessons
Methods: class discussions, homework, drills.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 8 hodin.

• Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2008, recent)
  
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