FJ2002 French Phonetics and Phonologie

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Zdeňka Schejbalová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Zdeňka Schejbalová, Ph.D.
Department of French Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Barbora Hůrková
Supplier department: Department of French Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Timetable
Thu 10:00–10:50 učebna 54
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
FJ2002/01: Thu 11:00–11:50 učebna 54, Z. Schejbalová
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
Course objectives
The subject of the Phonetics and phonology is divided into a theoretical part (lecture) and practical (seminar). Students will get acquainted with an overview and classifications of French phonemes in the background of the Czech system, systematically undergo basic phenomena, i.e. the suprasegmental. liaison, stress, rhythm, intonation. The main objective is to make students familiar with the basic differences between sound systeme in Czech and French language, and to be able to flawless pronounciation. In the practical part, in the seminar, the students will practise targeted individual sounds of the French phonetic system. Part of the course is the continuous training of the correct spelling - dictations, emphasis is placed on language skills and the correct pronunciation - practicing of poems by heart, the recording and subsequent analysis of the students ' pronunciation, listening to recordings by native speakers of the French language. Students can work independently because this course has an e-learning support.
Learning outcomes
After the lecture student will be able to: - discuss the problems of French phonetics; - describe the manner and places of individual voice articulation; - overwrite the text in the international phonetic transcription API; - apply the knowledge and skills in practice. After the course student will be able to: - improve the pronunciation of individual phonemes in the French phone system; - practice spell, speech skills and correct pronunciation; - practice international phonetic transcription.
Syllabus
  • Syllabus of lectures 1. Introduction to phonological system. 2. Respiratory system, speech organ. 3. Overview of the French oral vowels. 4. Overview of French nasal vowels. 5. Overview of the French semi-vowels. 6. Overview of the French consonants. 7. The concept of the phoneme and sounds. 8. Construction of French syllables and the rhythm of the group. 9. Accent and intonation. 10. Liaison and enchaînement. 11. Aspects of the smooth speech – assimilation, elize. 12. Phonetic and phonological errors of Czech students. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Syllabus of seminar 1. Dictations — practicing of correct spelling. 2. Recitation of poems – practicing correct pronunciation. 3. Loud reading of continuous text-practice of correct pronunciation. 4. Corrective Phonetics, reeducation.
Literature
    required literature
  • Charliac, L.,Motron, A.-C. (2018). Phonétique progressive du français: avec 400 exercices. B2-C1, Avancé. Paris: Cle International.
  • DOHALSKÁ, Marie and Oľga SCHULZOVÁ. Fonetika francouzštiny. Vyd. 3., rozš. Praha: Karolinum, 2008, 236 s. ISBN 9788024614717. info
  • FENCLOVÁ, Marie. Fonetika francouzštiny jako lingvodidaktický problém. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Pedagogická fakulta, 2003, 108 s. ISBN 8072901265. info
    recommended literature
  • Kyzlinková, M., & Hambalčíková, L. (2005). Conversation française. Tome I. Brno: Jazyková škola s právem státní jazykové zkoušky.
  • SCHEJBALOVÁ, Zdeňka and Laurent Georges CANAL. Dictées et textes à corriger (Dictations and texts for error correction). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2016, 50 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-8520-6. info
  • ABRY, Dominique and Marie-Laure CHALARON. Les 500 exercices de phonétique. Paris: Hachette, 2013, 192 s. ISBN 9782011556981. info
  • ABRY, Dominique and Julie VELDEMAN-ABRY. Phonétique. Paris: CLE International, 2007, 175 stran. ISBN 9782090330670. info
  • SCHEJBALOVA, Zdeňka. Francouzská a česká lingvistická terminologie. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 2001, 53 pp. ISBN 80-210-2734-7. info
Teaching methods
Lecture. Seminar
Assessment methods
Exam: written part – dictation, test from vocabulary, oral part - recitation of poems, reading of unknown text.
Language of instruction
French
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=610
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
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