AJ22066 & AJL22066  PRONUNCIATION VARIETIES, Autumn 2019

                                        Související obrázek



Sessions: Room G32, Mondays 1200-1330,



Facilitator: K. Tomková, 2060@mail.muni.cz,

                  office hours Mon 11/1130, Tue & Wed 0830-0930, Thu 1400-1500.


Compulsory listening:

J.C.Wells – Accents of English in IS Study Materials

Collins and Mees – Practical Phonetics and  Phonology in IS Study

                                                                          Materials, with
tapecscipts

Youtube: - ‘The English Language in 24 Accents’

                  ‘A Tour of the British Isles in Accents’

                  ‘One Woman, 17 British Accents’

                  ‘Educating Rita for educational purposes only

                  ‘Christopher Cazenove in Three Men and a Little Woman’ (=Lady)

Online sources: Sounds Familiar langlit; Accents Archive browse


Literature:

Phonetic and sociolinguistic terminology

Accents of English by J.C.Wells, chapters presented in class

International English by Trudgill / Hannah, chapters presented in class

Accents and dialects for stage and screen by Paul Meier


Requirements:

- Progress tests 10 x max. 4pts = max. 40pts

- Final test max. 50pts

- Contributions, up to 10pts


                                             Syllabus

Sep. 23

The secrets of a posh accent:
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/video/2014/sep/22/secrets-posh-accent-video-riot-club-vowel
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Introduction. Literature. Terminology. Web sources.

Wells’  triangle and Trudgill’s chart.

HW: listening to J.K. Rowling commencement speech of 2008, link and tapescript in SM. TEST 1.


Sep. 30

Sources of recordings and tapescripts. Identification of an accent with a speaker.

2 social varieties in Educating Rita, Anglican vicar stereotype in The Three Men and a Little Lady.
J.K. Rowling’s speech.

The standard – role and changes (RP, GB].

Creating one’s own accent (goals in pronunciation training).

Collections of errors. TEST 2.


Oct. 07

Phonetic terminology from Meier – game

Suggested presentation topics:

-      The historical development of English

-      The sociolinguistics of accents from Wells

-      RP, R.I.P. by David Abercrombie

-      Sociophonology by John Honey

-      Upton’s model of RP by Miroslav Ježek. TEST 3.


Oct. 14

Sum-up recordings: -   A tour of the British Isles in Accents

                                    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8mzWkuOxz8

-       One woman, 17 British accents
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyyT2jmVPAk

Cockney, Estuary English and SE England

The rhotic SW: Bristol, Hampshire. TEST 4.


Oct. 21

South and North Wales

Midlans. TEST 5.

Oct. 28 – no class, Reading Week


Nov. 04

Yorkshire

Scouse

Geordie

Revision with reference to Halloween and Guy Fawkes Night in the U.K. TEST 6.


Nov. 11

EE accents overseas:        - Australia

- New Zealand

recommended by Hana Kovačičová: www.radionz.co.nz/collections/kiwi-accent


- South Africa. TEST 7.

Nov. 18

First and second-language varieties in:            - India

                                                                       - Africa

                                                                       - Europe. TEST 8.


Nov. 25

Celtic accents:         - Scottish. HW: watch Trainspotting.

- Irish

- Northern Irish. HW: watch In the Name of the Father. TEST 9.


Dec. 02

Revision activities, students’ presentations. TEST 10.


Dec. 09

Revision activities, students’ presentations. MOCK TEST.


Dec. 16

Feedback of MOCK TEST, CREDIT TEST.


Results in the IS by December 24.


Exam colloquium: Monday 27 January, 2020, at 10a.m.