1st   YEAR COMBINED STUDIES

                                      PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY,



                                            Spring 2008

   

   Lectures given by Robert Hanč and Kateřina Tomková of the Dept. of English and American
   studies who you can contact at tomkat@phil.muni.cz.

   Office hours: Tuesdays 1:30-2:30pm, Wednesdays 3-4pm and Thursdays 4:30-5:30 by confirmed
   24-hour e-mail appointment only. Office: Gorkého 7, 3rd floor, west wing.

   

   Your final mark in Phonetics depends on the result in your final test (60%) and subsequent
   pronunciation interview (40%). Students are recommended to talk to K.Tomková and have their
   pronunciation assessed now while there is still time to eliminate incorrect speaking habits.

   

   Sources

   -         Regular attendance at lectures

   -         Professor Krčmová’s Obecná fonetika a fonologie in the IS
   (student-stud.materiály-kód předmětu)

   -         Gimson’s Pronunciation of English, first 7 chapters; bookshop/SAC, IS-učební
   materiály

   -         Rudiments of Linguistics, chapter on Phonetics by Ludmila Urbanová 

   -         A practical course in English pronunciation, xeroxed copy and

                                                                                     tape; SAC

   Syllabus

   February 22 – Introduction of subject, teachers and sources

                           Delimitation of Phonology and Phonetics

                           Pronunciation of English

   March 7 – Mr. Hanč

   April 11 – Mrs. Tomková

                  Classification of Sounds; Transcription

   April 25 – Mr. Hanč

   May 16 – Mrs. Tomková

                  Transcription practice. Suprasegmental features. Mock test.

   May 23 – EXAM TEST followed by interviews with Mrs. Tomková

   June 6 – resit

   June 20 - resit