ZS1BK_AV1B Pronunciation Practice 1B - AJ

Faculty of Education
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/0/1. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Bc. Michaela Sojková Šamalová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Gabriela Oaklandová
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
The Students are expected to be at the Intermediate 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 main objective of the course is to develop students' speaking skills and improve students' pronunciation with focus on individual sounds as well as prosodic features.
At the end of the course students will be able to differentiate between typical English sounds and they will be aware of differences between words arising from their pronunciation in order to be able to serve as a good model for their future students. Given speech on a general topic in standard language even in a noisy environment, students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the main ideas. Given a general topic, students will be able to produce a clear, detailed description/presentation that demonstrates their awareness of correct pronunciation.
Syllabus
  • During the course students will work on the following features: - consonant sounds - sentence stress - word stress - intonation in question tags - linking
Literature
    required literature
  • OXENDEN, Clive and Christina LATHAM-KOENIG. New English file. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007, 176 s. ISBN 9780194519106. info
    recommended literature
  • OAKLANDOVÁ, Gabriela. A workbook of English pronunciation for teachers. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2006, 43 s. ISBN 8021039337. info
  • OAKLANDOVÁ, Gabriela. A Workbook of English Pronunciation for Teachers II. Brno: MU, 2006, 44 pp. info
  • HORNBY, Albert Sydney. Oxford advanced learner's dictionary : of current English. Edited by Sally Wehmeier - Michael Ashby. 6th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000, xii, 1539. ISBN 0194315851. info
  • FRONEK, Josef. Anglicko-český, česko-anglický slovník. 1. vyd. Voznice: LEDA, 1998, xxxvii, 12. ISBN 8085927489. info
  • English phonetics and phonology : a practical course. Edited by Peter Roach. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991, x, 262. ISBN 0521407192. info
  • MACCARTHY, Peter Arthur Desmond. English pronunciation : a practical handbook for the foreign learner. Cambridge: W. Heffer, 1944, viii, 179. info
Teaching methods
Speaking practice, listening, test.
Assessment methods
Oral exam (based on pronunciation activities from New English File Intermediate, Files 6 - 7).
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2016.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2015, recent)
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