AJ0216 Pronunciation Practice B

Faculty of Education
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Kateřina Tomková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Olga Dontcheva-Navrátilová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
AJ0216/01: Wed 10:00–10:50 učebna 67, K. Tomková
AJ0216/02: Wed 13:00–13:50 učebna 67, K. Tomková
Prerequisites
Student is supposed to have passed successfully the foundational course in phonetics and phonology in the first year of study or needs to practise concrete pronunciation items that have proved to be unsatisfactory.Preferably,the students have taken AJPV_VYSA in the autumn semester.However,it is not recommended that students take AJPV_VYSA or AJPV_ VYSB before taking phonetics seminars in the first year of study.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
The course offers further practice of selected pronunciation problems,such as stress,rhythm and intonation using advanced authentic spoken texts which are analysed and practised in various forms (BBC news,Streaming Speech CD-ROM etc.)
Learning outcomes
After completing the course students will be able to: -pronounce selected high-frequency loan words (French) -pronounce selected high-frequency loan words (Other ori.) -distinguish between a number of dominant UK accents -use a range of intonation patterns reflecting the comm. purpose
Syllabus
  • 1.Intonational patterns in context 2.Greetings.Giving information 3.Yes-no questions.Wh-questions 4.Incomplete utterances 5.The use of fall 6.The use of rise 7.The use of fall-rise 8.The use of rise-fall and level 9.Reading conversational transcripts and applying the principles learned 10.Work with the Straming speech CD-ROM -focus on fast speech 11.Work with the straming Speech CD-ROM -focus on different accents of English 12.Work with the Dramatic Monolugues for Listening Comprehension" textbook
Literature
  • Graham,C.Jazz chants.Oxford:Oxford University Press,1978.ISBN 0-19502407-9
  • Mortimer,C.dramatic Monolugues for Listening Comprehension.Cambridge:Cambridge University Press,1989.ISBN 0-521-22923-5
  • ALLEN,W.S.Living English Speech.Longman,1965
  • Thomson,I.Intonation practice.Oxford:Oxford university Press,1990.ISBN 0-19-453090-6
  • Cauldwell,R.Streaming Speech.Birmingham:Speechinaction,2003.ISBN 0-9543447-1-5
  • HANCOCK,M.English pronunciation in Use.Cambridge:Cambridge University Press,2003.ISBN 0-521-00185-4
Teaching methods
drill, repetion, discussion
Assessment methods
Attendance 80%,for credit each student has to memorise a spoken text using the correct rhythmical and intonational patterns and defend the strategies used.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Předmět bude realizován, pokud se přihlásí alespoň 15 studentů.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 1 hodina.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2024.
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