AJ52017 MINITALK TOPICS

1 The difference between phonetics and phonology
2 The history of studying the sound form of language
3 Practical applications of phonetics and phonology
4 English segmental phonetics: classification of vowels
5 English segmental phonetics: classification of consonants
6 Aspects of coarticulation: assimilation, elision, liaison
7 English suprasegmental phonetics: the rules of English stress and rhythm
8 Articulatory settings in English, Czech and Slovak
9 Main pronunciation problems of Czech and Slovaks
10 Goals in teaching pronunciation
11 The use of standard or non-standard accents in teaching
12 The use of music in teaching
13 The use of sitcoms and films in teaching
14 Classification of accents according to Trudgill
15 EE accents - standard, England, Aus and NZ, SA, Africa, Asia
16 RP innovations
17 AmE accents - standard, the U.S., the Carribean, Asia-Pacific
18 Second language varieties
19 Labov´s research
20 Honey´s research
21 Upton/Ježek´s research
22 headlandová-Kalischová´s research
23 Tomková´s research
24 Jirásek´s research
25 to be agreed on