UCJAU028 English Dialects

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2016
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Pavel Kolář, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Pavel Kolář, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Pavel Kolář, CSc.
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
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
Course objectives
Students will learn about the most prominent accents and dialects of English and they will improve their ability to understand the basic differences among them by practicing their listening and pronunciation skills.
Syllabus
  • Syllabus of the lectures:
    1. Linguistic and social variability
    2. Sex, ethnicity, age
    3. Accent phonology
    4. How and why accents differ
    5. Standard lexical sets
    6. Historical developments and processes
    7. RP, London
    8. The south and the North of the British Isles
    9. The Celtic countries (Wales, Scotland, Ireland)
    10. General American, the South, Black English
    11. Canada, the West Indies
    12. The Southern Hemisphere, the Imperial Heritage
    Syllabus of the seminars:
    1. British and American English
    2. The south of Great Britain
    3. The north of Great Britain
    4. Received pronunciation, BBC English
    5. Cockney
    6. Scotland, Wales
    7. Ireland, Northern Ireland
    8. The U.S.A. 1
    9. The U.S.A. 2, Canada
    10. The Caribbean
    11. Australia, New Zealand, South Africa
    12. Asia (Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines)
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Dialect description - report
Written test
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2020.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2016, recent)
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