AJ2RC_FF1B Fonetika a fonologie B

Faculty of Education
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/0/24. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Irena Headlandová Kalischová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Renata Povolná, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Prerequisites
The student should be aware of basic problems he/she has on the segmental level and be working on reducing the frequency of errors as well as on improving the acoustic quality of individual sounds in order to effectively move towards the suprasegmental level.
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 course is to raise the student's awareness of potential problems a Czech student (and teacher) of English can have on the suprasegmental level in the pronunciation of English focusing mainly on the issues of stress, rhythm and intonation.The student will be acquainted with the changes of individual sounds within the context of connected speech (assimilation, elision, linking), the basic rules applying to word stress in English and the role of context (given and new information)in the area of the sentence stress. Further transcription training will be offered. An integral part of the course is the student's guided individual home practice (transcriptions, reading handouts, reading transcribed texts) with the possibility for the student to be given feedback not only corporately in the classroom but also during special consultations on request.
Syllabus
  • Face-to-face sessions:
  • 1. Weak forms
  • 2. Word stress
  • 3. Word stress in compounds; contrastive stress
  • 4. Linking and sound changes in connected speech
  • 5. Sentence stress
  • 6. Intonation
  • These are accompanied by students' own "effort hours" spent on practising the given phenomena by means of handouts, recordings, homework assignments, and by keeping their own Progress Sheets.
Literature
  • OTAVOVA,H.Nepublikovane katedrove vyslovnostni pracovni listy [ Unpublished pronunciation worksheets]
  • O'Connor,J.D. Sounds English.Longman,1991.ISBN 0-582-01439-5
  • BAKER, Ann. Ship or sheep? : an intermediate pronunciation course. Illustrated by Leslie Marshall. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981, v, 168. ISBN 052128354X. info
  • ROACH,P.English Phonetics and Phonology.Cambridge:Cambridge University Press,2000.ISBN 0-521-78613-4
Teaching methods
practical application of theoretical input, i.e. controlled practice, drills, transcription practice
Assessment methods
Requirements: The course finishes with an exam consisting of a written and oral parts.
The students are expected to participate actively in the lessons, do the required home assignments, keep their Progress Sheets on a weekly basis and provide a mid-term recording of a given text.
If this recording does not meet the required standard and is graded "Unsatisfactory", the student will have to submit another one at the end of term.
When the recording (recordings) are graded "Satisfactory" or "In need of improvement", the student can proceed to the exam.
The exam will consist of a written part in the form of a test, and an oral part in the form of a shared interview required for Practical Language, which will be assessed also from the point of view of pronunciation.
Methods: class discussions, individual projects, drills, homework.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020.
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