AJL22066, AJL52066 & AJLA22066 PRONUNCIATION VARIETIES OF ENGLISH, Spring 2022 Související obrázek Sessions: Fridays 1000-1140, room G31 Facilitator: Kateřina Tomková, 2060@mail.muni.cz Compulsory listening: J.C.Wells – Accents of English, recordings in IS Study Materials Collins and Mees – Practical Phonetics and Phonology, recordings in IS Study Materials, with tapecscipts Youtube: - ‘Eat Sleep Dream English’ ‘The English Language in 24 Accents’ ‘A Tour of The UK and Ireland in accents’ ‘One Woman, 17 British Accents’ ‘Educating Rita for educational purposes only’ ‘Christopher Cazenove in Three Men and a Little Woman’ (=Lady) Online sources: Sounds Familiar langlit; Accents Archive browse Literature: Basic phonetic and sociolinguistic terminology and concepts Accents of English by J.C.Wells, chapters presented in class International English by Trudgill / Hannah, chapters presented in class Accents and dialects for stage and screen by Paul Meier Requirements: - Attendance: 3pts/session x 12=max. 36pts - Final test max. 50pts - Contributions, up to 14pts Syllabus W1 – February 18 Introduction. 3 components of each session: theory, listening, speaking. Literature. Terminology. Web sources. 6 credits represent 150 hours of work. Sting-Russians. W2 – February 25 Intro: How to Speak During Coronavirus (FUNNY!) - YouTube Schools of thought: the Prague School, UCL, Sociolinguists. EE standards. Tools: Wells’ triangle, Trudgill’s chart, Tomková’s three presentations in LM, “howjsay“, „“typeit.org“. HW: Exploring 2 social varieties in Educating Rita, Anglican vicar stereotype in The Three Men and a Little Lady. checking channel Eat Sleep Dream English (‘Adele’= check for lapses in terminology) and sketches by T. Ullman (pure enjoyment). Studying ‘Tomková AmE vs. GB suprasegmental behaviours’ (see subfolder THEORY). Checking JELINKOVA RPxURP on Study Materials main page. W3 - March 4 Discussing the use of AmE in pop-music. Sting’s song analysed. Listening to Tracy Ullman’s sketch “A sociopath goes for a job interview“ and reproducing it in groups. Other sketches of hers representing social accents. The sociolinguistics of accents by Tomková. Accents of today as a result of the historical development of English by M. Kräussl. HW: - listen to J.K. Rowling’s commencement speech of 2008, and complete the tapescript in Study Materials which also contains the link to recording; - The secrets of a posh accent: http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/video/2014/sep/22/secrets-posh-accent-video-riot-club-vowel s - Compare the smoothing to W. Churchill’s in his Fulton speech of March 4, 1946 coining the phrase “iron curtain“: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2PUIQpAEAQ - listen to Tomková’s presentations 1-3 W4 - March 11 Sum-up recordings summed up. RP revisited (PP+P 1, 2), the North-South divide. My Fair Lady, Adele in Eat Sleep Dream English, Super Duper Jezebel, Honey, Upton. MLE, Cockney Learn English with Papa TeachMe, The Slobs (Harry Enfield and Chums), Michelle M., Janet Street-Porter, the recording in PP+P, Estuary English and SE England The rhotic SW: Bristol, Hampshire. Funny Welsh Man, Bristol recording from PP+P. W5 - March 18 After St. Patrick’s Day = Celtic accents = the BROGUE Presentation by Ema Bícová. Scottish Irish Tattoo | Celtic symbols, Scottish tattoos, Irish tattoos South and North Wales: in Wells, Funny Welsh Man, Reaction, famous Welsh people, an MP, Luke Evans. W6 – March 25 Revision of SE: Cockney rhyming slang, MLE, Essex Girl jokes, Bristol in PPP Midlans: in Wells, Julie Walters: that’s Another Story W7 – April 1 – All Fools‘ Day - Collection of errors: ALTERNATE, DUPLICATE. COUNTIES AND SHIRES. - Discerning accent(s) in Terry the Odd Job Man (Táňa S.) - North of England: the historical, economic, industrial, agricultural conditions for accents and dialects - Scouse-Mersyside (Lucie H.) - Mancunian-Lancashire - Yorkshire-Leeds - Geordie-Tyneside with Durham Instagramer (Mariia M.) - Northern accents in TV series (Marie S.) W8 - April 8 NO CLASS ON APRIL 15 = GOOD FRIDAY. W9 – April 22 EE accents overseas: - Australia – Waltzing Matilda, Penal Colony, Peter D., young mother, Congress of Radiology. 2 aspects of Cockney DS, close vowels, centring dipththongs, flapping, upspeak. History and stuff: Australia. Famous people, films. B. Homolková’s findings. - New Zealand – Amy Walker 21 Accents Aus vs. NZ: enter your pin. D*ck Maintenance. NZ Airlines commercial. Aboriginals, Maoris. recommended by Hana Kovačičová: www.radionz.co.nz/collections/kiwi-accent - South Africa – the Dutch footprint. Trevor Noah, RK W10 – April 29 Warm-up: a classic musical piece identified; Tok Pisin Tok Pisin (Papua Nová Guinea) (muni.cz) Foreign and second-language varieties in: - Europe: the Germanic, Romance and Slavic varieties (Yurii, Darya) NO CLASS ON MAY 6 = TUTOR’S MEDICAL APPOINTMENT. Self-studying Yurii’s revision compilation video on southern England: https://youtu.be/K3921DbFX1g Similar for Midlans and the north of England: English varieties Midlands North - YouTube Celtic varieties: https://youtu.be/KNmJ9V4wDOQ W11 - May 13 - India: Rochana Jayasinghe’s ppt Ondřej Hudec’s recommendations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7MIyQS9p5E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoF4i77kPak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9arM_agKFA Mariia Minaeva’s recs: India coronavirus: 'My city is under siege from Covid' - YouTube When a Frenchman calls an Indian Call Center : The iRabbit - YouTube - Africa: Chris James, Top 10 English-speaking countries: Top 10 English Speaking Countries in Africa - YouTube Klára Klepalová‘ recs: SA “plucking“ intonation: South African Accent Intonation - YouTube SA vs. AUS, NZ: South African vs. Australian accents - YouTube Test yourself: Guess the English Accent! - YouTube MOCK TEST. W12 - May 20 Feedback of MOCK TEST, CREDIT TEST.