ZS1BK_AV3A Pronunciation Practice 3A - AJ

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/0/8. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Bc. Šárka Dohnalová (seminar tutor)
Bc. Mgr. Sonia Homolka (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Ivana Hrozková, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Prerequisites
Intermediate level of English
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 aim of the course is to link the theory of phonetics with the practice of pronunciation. The course is meant as a support for the Phonetics and phonology 3A course. It aims to practise the suprasegmental area of English pronunciation mainly.
Syllabus
  • 1. Consonants
  • 2. Vowels
  • 3. Dipthongs
  • 4. Linking
  • 5. Aspiration
  • 6. Lenis vs. fortis
  • 7. Weak forms
  • 8. Word stress
  • 9. Sentence stress
  • 10. Intonation
Literature
  • DALTON-PUFFER, Christiane and Barbara SEIDLHOFER. Pronunciation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994, vi, 191. ISBN 0194371972. info
  • UNDERHILL, Adrian. Sound foundations :living phonology. Illustrated by Nick Hardcastle. 1st ed. Oxford: Heinemann, 1994, xii, 210 s. ISBN 0-435-24091-9. info
  • ALLEN, W. S. Living English speech : stress and intonation practice for the foreign student. New ed. London: Longmans, 1965, xiv, 193. info
Teaching methods
seminar listening, repeating, choral repetition, reading phonetic transcription
Assessment methods
Requirements: oral credit, homework throughout the semester, active participation in the lessons
Methods: class discussions, homework, drills.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 8 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015.
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