A2BP_SFFB Phonetics and Phonology Seminar B

Faculty of Education
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jaroslav Ondráček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Olga Dontcheva-Navrátilová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
A2BP_SFFB/01: Thu 7:30–9:10 učebna 63, J. Ondráček
Prerequisites
A2BP_FF1A Phonetics and Phonology A
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
  • 1.Reduction,weak syllables and weak forms
  • 2.English rhythm
  • 3.Word stress in English - basic rules
  • 4.Contrastive stress
  • 5.The role of pauses in connected speech - thought groups
  • 6.Aspects of connected speech - linking
  • 7.Aspects of connected speech - assimilation and elision
  • 8.Given and new information and sentence stress
  • 9.Basic intonation patterns in English
  • 10.Reading texts,mainly conversational transcripts
  • 11.Analysis of mid-term recording
Literature
  • 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
  • O'Connor,J.D. Sounds English.Longman,1991.ISBN 0-582-01439-5
  • ROACH,P.English Phonetics and Phonology.Cambridge:Cambridge University Press,2000.ISBN 0-521-78613-4
  • Headlandová Kalischová, I. Sada pracovních listů. Nepublikováno
Teaching methods
Methods: class discussions, individual projects, drills, homework.
Assessment methods
Requirements: The course finishes with a credit.
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 will obtain the credit.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2015, recent)
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