Phonetics 1 1.N3.EP.11

Course objectives:
The main aim of the course is to improve pronunciation of vowels, diphthongs and consonants.
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Course content:
1. Introduction to speech sounds in standard BE and their IPA representations
2. Mechanisms and organs responsible for speech production.
3. Short and long vowels in BE
4. Diphthongs and triphthongs in BE
5. Consonants in BE
6. Consolidation: IPA practice (focus on words commonly mispronounced by Polish learners of English)
7. Individual pronunciation practice.
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Methods of instruction/forms of classroom activity:
individual and group work, practical language exercises, repeating recorded sounds, reading transcribed sounds, transcribing, working with computer programme „Say it right”, ICT tools/MSTeams if needed

Field of study

English Philology

Student workload

ECTS points in relation to student’s duties: total ECTS: 2 0,5 ECTS – 15 hours of classes 1,5 ECTS – 40 hours of self-study for reading transcription and transcribing, 5 hours of consultation

Study level

BA level studies

Education profile

part time studies

Type of course

obligatory courses
foreign languages

The semester in which the subject is carried out

semester 1

Mode

(in Polish) Realizowany w sali

Course coordinators

Term 2023/24-Z:

Małgorzata Adams-Tukiendorf
Ewelina Mierzwa-Kamińska

Term 2024/25-Z:

Małgorzata Adams-Tukiendorf
Ewelina Mierzwa-Kamińska

Term 2022/23-Z:

Ewa Bojak

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes acc to PRK 2019

Knowledge
Student knows:
1. the system of transcriptin (IPA) (k_W02/P6S_WG)
2. place and way of articulating the sounds in English (k_W05/P6S_WG)

Skills
Student can:
3. use the transcription system (IPA) (k_U05/P6S_UK)
4. correctly pronounce sounds in English (k_U05/P6S_UK)

Assessment criteria

Form of evaluation of learning outcomes:

1. Active participation in classes 20% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,4)
2. Transcription test 40% of the final grade (outcome 1,3)
3. Pronunciation tasks 40% of the final grade (outcome 2,4)

pass at 60%

Bibliography

Reading list
Roach, P. (2007). English phonetics and phonology. CUP. - or later editions
Sobkowiak, W. (1996). English phonetics for Poles. Bene Nati, Poznań. - or later editions.
International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) - SBE sound symbols (phonemic transcription) https://www.internationalphoneticalphabet.org

Supplementary reading
Selected Internet resources, e.g.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/pronunciation
https://tophonetics.com/

Additional information

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

Description of 1.N3.EP.11 in USOSweb