AJU2108 Teaching Pronunciation at Secondary Schools

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Kateřina Tomková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Filip Krajník, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 10:00–11:40 N31
Prerequisites
Attendees are supposed to have completed "Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology", the P+P section of the bachelors state examination, or at least have theoretical knowledge and practical skill in the pronunciation of English.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
To revise the leading concepts in phonetics and phonology of English; to discuss goals and methods of teaching pronunciation; to carry out a minor pronunciation project; to have one's pronunciation and presentation skills assessed at the start and finish of the course.
Learning outcomes
Upon completing the course, the student will: - Have reached his/her personal best at English pronunciation to be an adequate, confident speech model for pupils; - Be able to diagnose and subsequently employ methods of correcting pronunciation errors which compromise intelligibility; - Be able to explain the physiology of speech and supra- and segmental pronunciation to students with mediocre imitation skills; - Be aware of the goals and limitations of teaching pronunciation; - Be well-versed in the diverse pronunciation varieties of English; - Have mastered methods of incorporating pronunciation in language teaching; - Be skillful and efficient at choosing and working with audio and video materials; - Have carried out an independent minor pronunciation project
Syllabus
  • Classes will be held in even weeks. In odd weeks, ample homework and preparation will be required. Weeks 1+2+3 - October 14 - Introduction. Trends and goals of teaching pronunciation. Crystal, Jenkins, Lingua Lingua Franca Core. Discussion: Crystal x Comfortable Intelligibility. Pronunciation models in class (teacher, recordings, advanced students, authentic resources. The use of audio materials in research in phonetics and in the classroom for teaching purposes. Physical phonetics. Students’ autonomy in acquiring pronunciation. Diagnosing pronunciation: one’s own, a colleague’s, a pupil’s. A pledge to eradicate one (worst) speech habit. Weeks 4+5+6 - November 11 - Launch of projects: a) well-documented contribution to class discussion b) a model use of a recording c) a model of boosting students’ autonomy d) an exploitation of past experience Teaching suprasegmentals: rhythmic formats Teaching suprasegmentals: universality of dynamics across accents, memorized formats. Teaching suprasegmentals through production: E.L. Tibbits Weeks 7+8 - November 25 - Segmental training, vowels: full and reduced, open ash, mono- and diphthongization, long mixed vowel. Wells’s lexical sets. Segmental training, consonants: sonority and articulatory energy, sonority hierarchy. Aspiration, voicing and liaison. Dental fricatives. Weeks 9+10 - December 9 - Blend of skills into confident speech. Tomková’s 5 aspects: stresses, reductions, aspirations, voicing and liaison. Collections of errors. Presentations of project outcomes: 10-15 minute papers. Week 11 - January 13 - Presentations of project outcomes: 10-15 minute papers.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • JENKINS, Jennifer. The phonology of English as an international language : new models, new norms, new goals. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000, vi, 258. ISBN 0194421643. info
  • CRYSTAL, David. English as a global language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997, x, 150. ISBN 052159247X. info
  • CELCE-MURCIA, Marianne, Donna BRINTON and Janet M. GOODWIN. Teaching pronunciation : a reference for teachers of English to speakers of other languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996, xii, 435. ISBN 0521405041. info
  • HANCOCK, Mark. Pronunciation games. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995, 108 s. ISBN 0521467357. info
Teaching methods
Lecture. Class discussion. Practice in groups. Presentations of project outcomes. In lockdown: production of speech recordings for analysis/assessment.
Assessment methods
Attendance, weekly tasks (live or online), class contributions (live or online), improvement of speaking skills, presentation of project.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
https://is.muni.cz/auth/ucitel/?fakulta=1421;obdobi=7923;lang=en
Subject's section in the information System's Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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