Varieties of American English

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Course ID:	3301-ZJF1637
Erasmus code / ISCED:	09.302 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0232) Literature and linguistics The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Varieties of American English
Name in Polish:	Dialekty regionalne amerykańskiego angielskiego
Organizational unit:	Institute of English Studies
Course groups:	(in Polish) Fakultatywne zajęcia dla studiów zaocznych
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Type of course:	elective courses
Mode:	Blended learning
Short description:	A comparison of the vowel and consonant systems of General American and Received Pronunciation. A phonological account of selected processes in General American and Received Pronunciation. Description of regional American accents.
Full description:	Focus on the major American and British accents. A comparison of the vowel and consonant systems of General American and Received Pronunciation. A phonological account of selected processes in General American and Received Pronunciation. Description of regional American accents used in Eastern New England, the South and New York City. Lexical and grammatical differences.
Bibliography:	Hewings, M. "Advanced Grammar in Use" Cambridge University Press, 1999. Hughes, A., P. Trudgill, D. Watt "English Accents and Dialects: An Introduction to Social and Regional Varieties of English in the British Isles", Hodder Arnold, 2005. McCarthy, M., F. O'Dell "English Vocabulary in Use" Cambridge University Press, 1994. Wells, J.C. "Accents of English" Cambridge University Press 1982.

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