PCU:KAFON1 English phonetics I - Course Information
KAFON1 English phonetics I
Prague City Universitywinter term 2016
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Barbora Svobodová (lecturer)
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- English as Foreign Language (programme PCU, B-SPE)
- Course objectives
- The series of lectures aims at introducing some basic concepts of English phonetics and phonology on both segmental and suprasegmental level. The main focus of the seminars will be put on pronunciation practice and the development of transcription skills with regard to teaching English as a foreign language.
- Syllabus
- 23/10 Phonetics and phonology; some basic terminology
- 30/10 Speech and writing; speech organs
- 6/11 English vowels
- 13/11 English consonants I (general classification)
- 20/11 English consonants II (problematic sounds, silent letters)
- 27/11 Connected speech – linking, elision, assimilation + test
- 4/12 Syllable and phonotactics
- 11/12 The nature and placement of word stress
- 18/12 Sentence stress and weak forms + test
- 8/1 Rhythm
- 15/1 Intonation I (pitch range, tone unit, basic tones)
- 22/1 Intonation II (accentual and grammatical function)
- 29/1 credit test + teaching pronunciation
- Literature
- Assessment methods
- Requirements for credit: no more than 3 absences; homework; successful passing of at least one of the two short tests plus the final credit test from phonemic transcription EXAM: two parts: theoretical and practical (reading aloud)
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (winter term 2016, recent)
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