FF:KSCA203 Chinese Phonetics - Course Information

KSCA203 Chinese Phonetics

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Taught in person.

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Nina Krutilová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Zuzana Pospěchová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Zuzana Pospěchová, Ph.D.
Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Nina Krutilová
Supplier department: Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts

Timetable of Seminar Groups

KSCA203/01: Mon 14:00–15:40 N43, N. Krutilová
KSCA203/02: Mon 16:00–17:40 B2.51, N. Krutilová

Prerequisites

No knowledge required.

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

• Chinese Studies (programme FF, B-CS_) (3)

Course objectives

At the end of the course students should be able to:
understand the essentials of Chinese pronunciation;
pronounce correctly Chinese syllables and syllabic combinations;
distinguish between different Chinese syllables and combinations of syllables in listening;
transcribe correctly Chinese syllables into the Latin alphabet using the Chinese transliteration pinyin.
have basic information about phonetics and phonology

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student should: - have basic theoretical knowledge about phonetics and phonology of Modern Chinese - be able to write Chinese syllables in pinyin transcription - detect correctly Chinese syllables and their combinations - be able to pronounce Chinese syllables and their combinations

Syllabus

• A. Basic characteristics of Chinese phonetic system;
• 1. Chinese syllable structure (initial and final: medial, central, terminal)
• 2. basic information about Chinese tonal system, characteristcs of Chinese tonemes, atonic syllable
• 3. pinyin as the basic Chinese transliteration into the Latin alphabet
• B. Basic pronunciation training
• 1. training of the initials
• 2. training of the finals
• 3. reading of the table of Chinese syllables;
• C. Pinyin
• 1. comparison between the Chinese pinyin and the Czech official transliterations
• 2. differences in writing - finals and initials
• 3. pinyin rules
• D. training in pronunciation and writing
• 1. training in pronunciation - isolated syllables
• 2. training in syllable combinations
• 3. combining syllables with toneme and atonic syllables
• 4. various pronunciations of finals (transformations, erization, other phonetic phenomena)

Teaching methods

lectures, training in pronunciation in groups and individually, written tests

Assessment methods

test (minimum pass score 75 %) + written test (pinyin, minimum pass score 80%) + oral exam (pronunciation)
attendance in the class - 1 absence allowed during the semester

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Posluchači Čínských studií povinně zapisují v 1. semestru studia.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo program čínská studia je vyloučen.

• Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2021, recent)
  
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