Practical English: Module 4 - Practical Phonetics 4. Elective Module: 1/ British Pronounciation, 2/ American Pronounciation Field of study: English Philology
Programme code: W1-S1FA19.2021

Module name: Practical English: Module 4 - Practical Phonetics 4. Elective Module: 1/ British Pronounciation, 2/ American Pronounciation
Module code: W1-FA-NX-S1-P1-FP4-4
Programme code: W1-S1FA19.2021
Semester:
  • summer semester 2025/2026
  • summer semester 2024/2025
  • summer semester 2023/2024
  • summer semester 2022/2023
Language of instruction: English
Form of verification: course work
ECTS credits: 2
Description:
- primary and secondary word stress, phrase stress – perception and production - fluency, weak forms, speech rhythm – practical exercises - typical intonation contours – perception and production - phonetic transcription – practical exercises
Prerequisites:
credit for Practical English Phonetics 3
Key reading:
specified in the syllabus
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]
Student understands the need for constant language development and individual work. [NX-S1PNJ1-FP-4_K1]
 FA1_K01 [5/5]
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 [4/5]
The student knows the issues and terminology of suprasegmental phonetics. [NX-S1PNJ4-FP-4_W3]
 FA1_W03 [4/5]
Type Description Codes of the learning outcomes of the module to which assessment is related
Written or oral test or tests [NX-S1PNJ4-FP-4_w_1]
Written or oral test or tests assessing the students’ knowledge of the issues discussed in class and/or the skills they have acquired. They may include various types of tests, written assignments, oral presentations, project work, etc.
 NX-S1PNJ1-FP-4_K1 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 Written or oral test or tests [NX-S1PNJ4-FP-4_w_1]
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