FPF:UCJAADK1 English Dialects - Course Information
UCJAADK1 English Dialects
Faculty of Philosophy and Science in OpavaWinter 2019
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/8/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- 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 - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- TYP_STUDIA ( N )
- 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 (programme FPF, N7310 Filo)
- 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
- 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)
- 1. British and American English
- Literature
- recommended literature
- J.C.Wells. Accents of English. info
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
- Teacher's information
- See the study support.
- Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2019, recent)
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