AJ2BP_FF1B Phonetics and Phonology B

Faculty of Education
Spring 2008
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jaroslav Ondráček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Renata Povolná, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Petra Hoydenová
Timetable
Mon 14:20–15:05 učebna 30
Prerequisites
The student is supposed to have attended the first semester of the foundational pronunciation course (AJ2BP_FF1A) as well.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the lecture is to lay a sufficient theoretical foundation for an insightful,focused practical training in the seminar accompanying it.The student will get an overview of the English phonological system in comparison with Czech,will be acquainted with the structure of the English syllable as well as the basics of suprasegmental phenomena (word stress,sentence stress,aspects of connected speech such as assimilation,elision and linking and intonation) as these apply to English and especially to the problems of teaching English to future Czech teachers of English.As this is the first systematic linguistics course in the students' program of study,attention will paid to the bulding of proper terminology and assistance in the gradual development of the students' linguistic thinking in the process of grasping the linguistic reality ,in this case on the spoken level.
Syllabus
  • 1.English phonological system-introduction 2.An overview of English consonants 3.An overview of English vowels 4.The phoneme and the sound 5.The stucture of the English syllable 6.Word stress in English-basic rules 7.Aspects of connected speech-linking 8.Aspects of connected speech-rhythm 9.Aspects of connected speech-assimilation 10.Aspects of connected speech-elision 11.English intonation-basic intonation patterns and their use 12.English intonation-functions in general
Literature
  • ROACH,P. English Phonetics and Phonology.Cambridge:Cambridge University Press,2000.ISBN 0-521-78613-4
  • URBANOVA,l.A Handbook of English Phonetics and Phonology.Brno: Masarykova univerzita,Pedagogicka fakulta,1998.ISBN 80-210-1728-7
  • CRUTTENDEN,A.Gimson's Pronunciation of English.Arnold,1994.ISBN 0-340-70021-1
Assessment methods (in Czech)
The format of the lecture is as follows: one week a contact session, the other week self-study from electronic support in IS. The course finishes with a written colloquy test containing all aspects of the subject matter covered in an applied form. The passmark is 70 %.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019.
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