Practical English: module 4, Practical Phonetics 4, elective module: British or American 4 Field of study: English Philology
Programme code: 02-S1FA12.2018

Module name: Practical English: module 4, Practical Phonetics 4, elective module: British or American 4
Module code: 02-FA-NX-S1PNJ4-FP-4
Programme code: 02-S1FA12.2018
Semester: summer semester 2019/2020
Language of instruction: English
Form of verification: exam
ECTS credits: 2
Description:
Advanced phonetic description practice Advanced native speech imitation practice Differences between British and American English pronunciation Introduction to acoustic phonetics
Prerequisites:
credit for Practical English Phonetics 3
Key reading:
Brazil, D. 1994. Pronunciation for Advanced Learners of English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Porzuczek, A., Rojczyk, A., Arabski, J. 2013. Praktyczny kurs wymowy angielskiej dla Polaków. Katowice: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego. Roach, P. 1991. English Phonetics and Phonology: a practical course. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Learning outcome of the module Codes of the learning outcomes of the programme to which the learning outcome of the module is related [level of competence: scale 1-5]
The student can recognise the main speech sound types in acoustic description (spectrogram) [NX-S1PNJ4-FP-4_U1]
 FA1_U03 [2/5]
The student speaks and reads text correctly at the suprasegmental level. [NX-S1PNJ4-FP-4_U4]
 FA1_U08 [5/5]
The student knows the issues and terminology of suprasegmental phonetics. [NX-S1PNJ4-FP-4_W3]
 FA1_W03 [5/5]
Type Description Codes of the learning outcomes of the module to which assessment is related
exam [NX-S1PNJ4-FP-4_w_1]
oral exam
 NX-S1PNJ4-FP-4_U1 NX-S1PNJ4-FP-4_U4 NX-S1PNJ4-FP-4_W3
Form of teaching Student's own work Assessment of the learning outcomes
Type Description (including teaching methods) Number of hours Description Number of hours
practical classes [NX-S1PNJ4-FP-4_fs_1]
presentation of theoretical issues pronunciation and transcription training, acoustic analysis exercises
30
self-study transcription practice pronunciation practice acoustic analysis exercises
 30 exam [NX-S1PNJ4-FP-4_w_1]
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