NJ020 German Phonetics 2

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Alena Kovářová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Hana Peloušková, Ph.D.
Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Helena Rytířová
Supplier department: Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
After completing this seminar the students will be able to interpret differences in pronunciation between German and Czech consonants and assimilation and characterize typical pronunciation mistakes made by Czech native speakers. The emphasis is on the correct pronunciation of German and on mastering the methodology how to teach and correct pronunciation mistakes typical for Czech native speakers with respect to pre-primary schools students.
Learning outcomes
The student can speak and read German with proper pronunciation. He knows how to express the difference in Czech and German pronunciation. He is able to analyze German text from phonetical point of view. He knows how to set up or chose suitable texts for practicing proper German pronunciation.
Syllabus
  • 1. Characteristics of German articulation on the suprasegmental level. 2. Methodology how to teach and correct pronunciation mistakes typical for Czech native speakers. 3. Analysis of texts from phonetic point of view. 4. Collecting of materials for the practice of the correct pronunciation with very young children (riddles, poems, pictures etc.)
Literature
    recommended literature
  • KOVÁŘOVÁ, Alena. Úvod do fonetiky a fonologie němčiny (Introduction into German Phonetics and Phonology). 1st ed. Brno: Tisk OL Print Šlapanice, 2003, 60 pp. ISBN 80-210-3263-4. info
  • KOVÁŘOVÁ, Alena. Německá gramatika a základy německé výslovnosti (German grammar and basis of German pronunciation). 1st ed. Brno: Nová škola, s.r.o., 2013, 64 pp. ISBN 978-80-7289-497-0. info
  • DIELING, Helga and Ursula HIRSCHFELD. Phonetik lehren und lernen. Berlin: Langenscheidt, 2000, 199 s. ISBN 3-468-49654-0. info
Teaching methods
Seminar; practice of pronunciation of German consonants, assimilation and suprasegmental levels of German pronunciation.
Assessment methods
Oral exam; The students are supposed to read a short text and to master German pronunciation.
Language of instruction
German
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on completion of the course: Souborná zkouška z fonetiky a praktického jazyka.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every other week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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