The English Pronunciation Course

General data

Course ID:	4101-3SFO
Erasmus code / ISCED:	09.3 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:	The English Pronunciation Course
Name in Polish:	Fonetyka 3
Organizational unit:	University College of English Language Teacher Education
Course groups:
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:	obligatory courses
Short description:	Course aims: to help students eliminate obtrusive traces of their L1; to encourage students to consistently follow one model/standard of pronunciation (either British or American); to improve students' intelligibility; to help them achieve greater fluency in oral communication. By the end of this pronunciation course, students should be able to: improve their ability to produce English sounds; use effectively English stress, rhythm and intonation patterns.
Full description:	TOPIC AREAS 1.VOWELS Quality and length Monophthongs, diphthongs and triphthongs SES English and GenAm vowels. 2. CONSONANTS Fortis versus lenis Consonant sequences 3. SES/GenAm realisational differences 4. SES/GenAm distributional differences 5. CONNECTED SPEECH Full and reduced forms of function words Stylistic variations: assimilation, elision, linking 6. STRESS AND RHYTHM 7. INTONATION The tone-unit: Nucleus, head, pre-head, and tail. Functions of intonation: attitudinal, accentual, grammatical, and discoursal.
Bibliography:	llen, W.S., Living English Speech, Longmans, London, 1959. Arnold, G. F. &. Gimson, A. C., English pronunciation practice. London University Press, London, 1968. Brazil, D., Pronunciation for advanced learners of English, CUP, Cambridge, 1994. Cruttenden, A., Gimson's pronunciation of English, Edward Arnold, London, 1994. Crystal, D., A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics, Blackwell, Oxford, 1996. Hawkins, P., Introducing phonology, Routledge, London, 1992. Jassem, W., Exercises in English pronunciation, PWN, Warszawa, 1995. Jones, D. An English pronouncing dictionary, (15th ed), Roach, P.& Hartman, J. (eds), CUP, Cambridge, 1997. Knowles, G. O., Patterns of spoken English, Longman, London, 1984. Reszkiewicz, A., Correct your English pronunciation, PWN, Warszawa, 1981. Roach, P., English phonetics and phonology, (2nd ed), CUP, Cambridge, 1991. Roach, P., Introducing phonetics, Penguin, London, 1992. Sobkowiak, W., English phonetics for Poles, Bene Nati, Poznań, 1996. Underhill, A., Sound foundations, Heinemann, Oxford, 1994. Wells, J. C. & Colson, G., Practical phonetics, Pitman, London, 1971. Wells, J. C., Accents of English, CUP, Cambridge, 1982. Wells, J. C., Longman pronunciation dictionary, Longman, Harlow, 2000. Wełna, J., English spelling and pronunciation, PWN, Warszawa, 1982.
Learning outcomes:	KNOWLEDGE the student has a basic knowledge of the relevant concepts of phonetics and phonology, such as stress, rhythm, intonation, tone, tonality, tonicity etc., which has practical application in EFL teaching. H1P_W01 the student has a comprehensive knowledge of the pronunciation of English, which helps him/her speak intelligibly and which has practical application in EFL teaching; the student is able to recognize various types of pronunciation errors and can identify the sources of mispronunciations; the student has a basic knowledge of English-Polish phonological CA, which enables him/her to reduce/eradicate mispronunciations resulting from phonetic interference. H1P_W02 the student is familiar with the basic–both English and Polish–terminology/nomenclature of English phonetics and phonology. H1P_W03 SKILLS the student has the necessary level of self-study skills to use a variety of sources (pronunuciation dictionaries and new technologies–ICT) in order to master pronunciation, improve communication skills and develop his/her professional competences in EFL teaching. H1P_U02 H1A_U01 H1A_U03 H1A_U10 the student possesses pronunciation skills at CEFR level C1; these include academic English and the language of classroom communication/instruction, in accordance with the requirements specified in the standards of teaching. H1P_U14 SOCIAL SKILLS SOCIAL COMMUNICATION SOCIAL COMPETENCE(S) the student understands the importance of lifelong learning H1P_K01 the student is able to interact and work in a group H1P_K02 the student is aware of the level of their knowledge, pronunciation and communication skills and understands the need for on-going professional training and personal development. H1A K01 H1A K04 S1A_K02 the student learns to become more tolerant of differences: more tolerant towards other languages, dialects, accents or cultures. H1P_K06
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	(in Polish) Obecność na zajęciach. Test na zakończenie kolejnych semestrów.

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