Phonetics 1

studia pierwszego stopnia

English Philology

semestr 1

studia niestacjonarne

profil akademicki

języki obce
obowiązkowe

Realizowany w sali

ECTS points in relation to student’s duties:

total ECTS: 2

0,5 ECTS – 15 hours in class

1,5 ECTS – 45 hours preparation to classes with direct participation of the teacher

Course description:

The course gives the students introductory practice in English phonetics. It is compatible with practical classes raising students' proficiency level to B2+/C1.

Course objectives:

The main aim of the course is to improve pronunciation of vowels, diphthongs and consonants.

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Course content:

1. Introduction to speech sounds in standard BE and their IPA representations

2. Mechanisms and organs responsible for speech production.

3. Short and long vowels in BE

4. Diphthongs and triphthongs in BE

5. Consonants in BE

6. Consolidation: IPA practice (focus on words commonly mispronounced by Polish learners of English)

7. Individual pronunciation practice.

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Methods of instruction/forms of classroom activity:

individual and group work, practical language exercises, repeating recorded sounds, reading transcribed sounds, transcribing, working with computer programme „Say it right”, ICT tools/MSTeams if needed

Reading list

Baker, A. (2005). Ship or sheep: An intermediate pronunciation course. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

O’Connor, J. D. (2009). Better English pronunciation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Roach, P. (2009). English phonetics and phonology: A practical course. New York: Cambridge University Press

Sobkowiak, W. (1996). English phonetics for Poles. Poznań: Bene Nati.

International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) - SBE sound symbols (phonemic transcription) https://www.internationalphoneticalphabet.org

Supplementary reading

Selected Internet resources, e.g.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/pronunciation

https://tophonetics.com/

Learning outcomes acc to PQR 2019

Knowledge

Student knows:

1. the system of transcription (IPA) (k_W02/P6S_WG)

2. place and way of articulating the sounds in English (k_W02/P6S_WG)

Skills

Student can:

3. use the transcription system (IPA) (k_U05/P6S_UK)

4. correctly pronounce sounds in English (k_U05/P6S_UK)

Form of evaluation of learning outcomes:

1. Active participation in classes - 20% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,4)

2. Oral tests/tasks - pronouncing sounds in isolation and in a text, reading sounds from transcription - 40% of the final grade (outcome 2,4)

3. Transcription tests - transcribing individual sounds and words - 40% of the final grade (outcome 1,3)

Criteria of evaluation:

60% = 3

80% = 4

100% = 5

pass at 60% of the final grade