UCJAANF1 English Phonetics

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/11/0. 4 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
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The aim of the course is for the students to acquire the ability to identify English sounds and their correct pronunciation and to understand the phonological system of English pronunciation as compared to Czech. In order to do that, students must master phonological transcription and fluent reading.
Syllabus
  • 1. Basic categories, speech organs, RP, IPA
    2. English short vowels
    3. English long vowels, diphthongs and triphthongs
    4. English plosives
    5. English fricatives and affricates
    6. Nasals and consonant clusters
    7. Pronunciation of r, l, j, w
    8. Stress (derived words, compounds)
    9. Weak forms
    10. Rhythm
    11. Assimilation, linking and elision
    12. Phonological transcription
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Phonological transcription.
Fluent reading of texts and tongue-twisters.
Pronunciation of crucial words.
Knowledge of the theory system.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2007, Winter 2008, Winter 2009, Winter 2010, Winter 2011, Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2019.
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