SylabUZ
| Course name | Electives: Fundamentals of American pronunciation |
| Course ID | 08.9--ESP-FAP-S24 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Humanities |
| Field of study | WH - oferta ERASMUS / Filologia angielska |
| Education profile | - |
| Level of studies | First-cycle Erasmus programme |
| Beginning semester | winter term 2024/2025 |
| Semester | 2 |
| ECTS credits to win | 2 |
| Course type | optional |
| Teaching language | english |
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| The class form | Hours per semester (full-time) | Hours per week (full-time) | Hours per semester (part-time) | Hours per week (part-time) | Form of assignment |
| Class | 30 | 2 | - | - | Credit with grade |
The course aims at familiarizing th students with selected sounds of American English which are difficult for Poles, as well as with elements of prosody..
A completed course in English phonetics, a command of English at a level that allows full participation in the classes.
The classes consist of practical exercises that improve articulation: at the segmental level - selected sounds (vowels, consonants and diphthongs) of American English that cause difficulties for Poles, and at the suprasegmental level: (word, phrasal, sentence) stress, intonation and rhythm.
Conversational lecture, laboratory exercises, situational method, production exercises.
| Outcome description | Outcome symbols | Methods of verification | The class form |
Regular and active participation in classes, and a positive result of an oral test at the end of the course.
Baker, A. and Goldstein, S. Pronunciation pairs: An introduction to the sounds of English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Wells, J.C. Pronunciation dictionary. Pearson/Longman, 2008
1. Baker, A. and Goldstein, S. Pronunciation pairs: An Introductory Course for Students of English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
2. Sauer, W. American English pronunciation: A drillbook. Universitätsverlag Winter, 2011.
Modified by dr hab. Leszek Szymański, prof. UZ (last modification: 20-05-2024 08:52)
