MSBK_AV2B Teaching Pronunciation

Faculty of Education
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/8/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Bc. Šárka Dohnalová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Bc. Šárka Dohnalová
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
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 seminar focuses on the students´ ability to teach the acquired knowledge and skills regarding their pronunciation to preschool children. The emphasis lies on the creative approach to the phenomenon how the students use their knowledge of the field didactics, educational strategies and psychology to prepare materials for teaching English phonetics.
Syllabus
  • 1. Teaching pronunciation, methodological sources 2. teaching phonemic symbols 3. teachign the individual sounds 4. teaching weak forms, linking, rhythm and sentence stress 5. teaching word stress 6. Using films, poems, songs when teaching pronunciation 7. The importance of listening 10. Integrating pronnciation into teaching, using pronunciation in the framework of the currently used textbooks 11. Integrating pronunciation in the classroom environment
Literature
  • DALTON-PUFFER, Christiane and Barbara SEIDLHOFER. Pronunciation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994, vi, 191. ISBN 0194371972. info
  • KENWORTHY, Joanne. Teaching English pronunciation. London: Longman, 1987, xi, 164. ISBN 0582746213. info
Teaching methods
seminar
Assessment methods
80% attendance test oral exam
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every other week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 8 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2015.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2011, recent)
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