UCJAOPBK04 English Pronunciation Practice

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Gabriela Entlová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Lenka Jašková (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Libor Práger, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Gabriela Entlová, Ph.D.
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Timetable
Fri 22. 3. 12:15–13:50 H3, Fri 19. 4. 14:45–15:30 H3, Fri 17. 5. 12:15–13:50 H3
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
The course prepares the students for further courses in phonetics and phonology. It helps the students develop the correct learning habits and addresses the most frequently encountered pronunciation problems. It explains how English phonemes, both separately and in context of other phonemes, are pronounced correctly, and focuses on their drill. During the seminars the students learn from recordings and/or the tutor and try to imitate the pronunciation. Besides this, typical mispronunciation of some words will be mentioned for the students to work on individually.
Syllabus
  • Syllabus:
  • 1.English words commonly mispronounced by Czech speakers of English – identification, correction, practice, tonguetwisters, rhymes
  • 2.Practising English short vowels, English long vowels, diphthongs and triphthongs, their pronunciation.
  • 3. Fricatives and affricates, their pronunciation and transcription, concentrating on problematic dental fricatives.
  • 4. Practising nasals, laterals and approximants, their pronunciation.
  • 5.Syllable identification, weak vowel ‘schwa’, pronunciation of strong and weak syllables.
  • 6.Stress in simple and complex words, practising differences in word stress in word-class pairs.
  • 7. Weak forms in words, phrases and sentences.
  • 8. Aspects of connected speech, listening to a speech and a song, singing along, lip-syncing.
  • 9. Dialogues and monologues – practising intonation in different situations.
Literature
    required literature
  • Roach, P.:. English Phonetics and Phonology. CUP. 1983. info
    recommended literature
  • Wells J. C:. Longman Pronunciation Dictionary. Longman. 1990. info
  • O'Connor, J. D. and C. Fletcher:. Sounds English. Marlow: Longman. 1989. info
Assessment methods
Ústní zkouška - 2 části 1. část - výslovnost jednotlivých slov a výrazů, jazykolamů, básní 2. část - čtení textu (úroveň B2) Povolená absence 30%
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 6 hod/cv/sem.
Teacher's information
Oral exam (pronunciation of commonly mispronounced words and expressions, tongue twisters, rhymes and reading a text of a B2 level )
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2025.
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