MSBK_AV2B Teaching Pronunciation

Faculty of Education
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/0/1. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jana Chocholatá, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Gabriela Oaklandová
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English 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.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Abstract
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.
Key topics
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
Study resources and 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
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
seminar
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
80% attendance test oral exam
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every other week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013.
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