A2BP_SFFA Phonetics and Phonology Seminar A

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2006
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Irena Headlandová Kalischová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Renata Povolná, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Petra Hoydenová
Timetable of Seminar Groups
A2BP_SFFA/01: Mon 8:50–10:30 učebna 57
A2BP_SFFA/02: Mon 10:40–12:20 učebna 12
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 raise the student's awareness of problems a Czech student (and future teacher) of English can have in the area of individual sounds.Potential problems are identified and intesively dealt with in the form of school and home drills based on printed worksheets. An integral part of the course is the individual work with the student during specialised consultation and individual home practice.The notion of phoneme is introduced and the phonetic alphabet presented and further practised on a regular basis in phonemic transcriptions which are checked and commented on thoroughly at the beginning of each lesson with special regard to the acoustic differences of sounds existing in both languages. A final recording is made at the endof the course which is analysed with the student suggesting further progress.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction, phonetic alphabet. 2. Sound schwa. 3. English "open e" in contrast with the English "close e" and with the Czech "e". 4. English vowels "i" x "i:" and "u" x "u:". 5. English vowels in words like "cup" x "card", "hot" x "hall". 6. English diphthongs in words like "go", "here", "there". 7. Theoretical background - speech organ, classification of sounds. 8. Pronunciation of endings (past tense, plural),voiced consonants at the end of words. 9. English voiced and voiceless "th" 10. English velar "n" (ng); "v" x "w"; "r". 11. English "h", aspiration, dark "l" x clear "l". 12. Final recording. 13. Analysis of final recording.
Literature
  • ROACH,P.English Phonetics and Phonology.Cambridge:Cambridge university Press,2000.ISBN 0-521-78613-14
  • O'CONNOR,J.D. Sounds English.Longman,1991.ISBN 0-582-01439-5
  • BAKER, Ann. Ship or sheep? : an intermediate pronunciation course. Illustrated by Leslie Marshall. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981, v, 168. ISBN 052128354X. info
  • Internet course containing the audio versions of the worksheets
  • ROGERSON,P. Speaking Clearly.Cambridge:Cambridge university Press,1990.ISBN 0-521-31287-6
Assessment methods (in Czech)
The course finishes with a credit obtained by students who actively participate in the lessons (80 % attendance ,home practice and home assignments,mainly transcriptions, are required ) and who achieve satisfactory results at the credit interview,which will be recorded.Students will be asked to present a memorised authentic English spoken text and read a worksheet containing material covered in the seminar.The recording will be analysed with the student and suggestions will be given concerning the student's further progress.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2006, recent)
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