552.141 (20S) Pronunciation b
Overview
- Lecturer
- LV Nummer Südostverbund ENB01002UL
- Course title german Pronunciation b
- Type Course (continuous assessment course )
- Hours per Week 2.0
- ECTS credits 3.0
- Registrations 19 (25 max.)
- Organisational unit
- Language of instruction Englisch
- Course begins on 10.03.2020
- eLearning Go to Moodle course
Time and place
Course Information
Intended learning outcomes
On completing the course, students should be familiar with
- the phonemes of English, primary focus will be on American English
- intonation and other prosodic features
- word and sentence stress
- the IPA notation of the above and their realisation in an American standard
- connected-speech phenomena: linking, reduction, pausing
Teaching methodology including the use of eLearning tools
Lecture, group work, individual work, extensive at-home practice
Course content
The course aims to improve the students' pronunciation skills (in American English) by increasing awareness and providing practice opportunities. Students are expected to commit to extensive at-home practice.
Topics to be covered in this course include but are not limited to:
- IPA system
- Word and phrasal stress
- Intonation and other suprasegmental elements of English
- Vowels and consonants, in isolation and in combination
- Attitudes and obstacles in the acquisition of pronunciation
Literature
Students are encouraged to buy a copy of the following textbook:
Teaching American English Pronunciation, Peter Avery & Susan Ehrlich, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992.
Recommended for SAC (self-access center) or at-home study:
Well Said: Pronunciation for Clear Communication, 3rd/4th edition, Linda Grant, Boston, MA : Heinle/Cengage Learning.
Examination information
Examination methodology
Continuous assessment
Written examination
Oral recording of one or more texts prescribed by the instructor
Examination topic(s)
Elementary Phonetics & Phonology
International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
IPA Transcription
Grading scheme
Grade / Grade grading schemePosition in the curriculum
- Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch
(SKZ: 407, Version: 17W.2)
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Subject: Language Studies
(Compulsory subject)
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ENB.001 Pronunciation (
2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.141 Pronunciation b (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 3. Semester empfohlen
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ENB.001 Pronunciation (
2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Language Studies
(Compulsory subject)
- Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch
(SKZ: 407, Version: 15W.2)
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Subject: Language Studies
(Compulsory subject)
-
ENB.001 Pronunciation (
2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.141 Pronunciation b (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 3. Semester empfohlen
-
ENB.001 Pronunciation (
2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
-
Subject: Language Studies
(Compulsory subject)
- Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch
(SKZ: 407, Version: 19W.2)
-
Subject: Language Studies
(Compulsory subject)
-
ENB.001 Pronunciation (
2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.141 Pronunciation b (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 3. Semester empfohlen
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ENB.001 Pronunciation (
2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Language Studies
(Compulsory subject)
- Bachelor's degree programme English and American Studies
(SKZ: 612, Version: 15W.3)
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Subject: Sprachliches Grund- und Aufbaustudium Language
(Compulsory subject)
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Module: Grundstudium Language I
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2.4 Pronunciation (
0.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.141 Pronunciation b (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 1., 2. Semester empfohlen
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2.4 Pronunciation (
0.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
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Module: Grundstudium Language I
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Subject: Sprachliches Grund- und Aufbaustudium Language
(Compulsory subject)
- Bachelor's degree programme English and American Studies
(SKZ: 612, Version: 10W.3)
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Subject: Sprachliches Grund- und Aufbaustudium (ab 12W)
(Compulsory subject)
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Pronunciation (
0.0h KU / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.141 Pronunciation b (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
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Pronunciation (
0.0h KU / 3.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Sprachliches Grund- und Aufbaustudium (ab 12W)
(Compulsory subject)
Equivalent courses for counting the examination attempts
- Wintersemester 2024/25
- Sommersemester 2024
- Wintersemester 2023/24
- Sommersemester 2023
- Wintersemester 2022/23
- Sommersemester 2022
- Wintersemester 2021/22
- Sommersemester 2021
- Wintersemester 2020/21
- Sommersemester 2020
- Wintersemester 2019/20
- Sommersemester 2019
- Wintersemester 2018/19
- Sommersemester 2018
- Wintersemester 2017/18
- Sommersemester 2017
- Wintersemester 2016/17
- Sommersemester 2016
- Wintersemester 2015/16
- Sommersemester 2015
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Wintersemester 2014/15
- 551.122 KU Pronunciation a (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
- Sommersemester 2014
- Wintersemester 2013/14