PEL practical phonetics

prosodic processes such as rhythm, word and utterance stress, intonation, phonostylistics

1. word and utterance stress; shifting the nucleus depending on the context

2. English rhythm, rhythmic feet, rhythmic stress shift

3. English connected and fast speech: elision, linking, assimilation, coalescence

4. basic intonation patterns: fall, rise, fall-rise, rise-fall: functions, usage, recognition and production

word stress and stress shift in derivatives

connected speech and phonostylistic processes (assimilations, elision, coalescence etc)

tonic syllable and shifting the tonic depending on the meaning and implication of the utterance

accentuation tendencies in English and the appropriate use of weak and strong forms

the knowledge, identification and usage of tones and intonational contours in appropriate contexts

different functions of intonation (e.g. highlighting, High Key information, Low Key information etc.)

English rhythm, rhythmic feet, rhythmic stress shift

1.Brazil, David, Pronunciation for Advanced Learners of English, Cambridge University Press, 2003.

2.Gimson A C. A Practical Course of English Pronunciation, Hodder & Stoughton, 1989.

3.Hewings, Martin, English Pronunciation in Use (Advanced), Cambridge University Press, 2007.

4.Miatliuk, Hanna, A Guide to Theoretical Phonetics, Wydawnictwo UwB, 2000.

5.Mortimer, Colin, Elements of Pronunciation, CUP, 1990.

6.O’Connor, J.D., Better English Pronuncation, CUP, 1992.

7.Ponsonby, Mimi, How Now, Brown Cow, Prentice Hall, 1987

8.Roach, Peter, English Phonetics and Phonology, CUP, 2009.

9.Sobkowiak, Włodzimierz, English Phonetics for Poles, Bene Nati, 2007.

10.Sobkowiak, W. i J. Szpyra-Kozłowska, Workbook in English Phonetics, Wydawnictwo UMCS, 2002.

11.Vaughan-Rees, Michael, Test Your Pronunciation, Penguin English, 2006.

12.Wells, J C, Pronunciation Dictionary, Longman.

Requirements and assessment criteria:

1. attendance (2 absences are allowed); and participation in classes (preparing homework assignments and other projects)

2. The student gets a mark at the end of the second semester on the basis of continuous assessment. The student must get at least 51% from all the tests throughout the whole academic year. During the course there are written and oral tests. No resits during the course.

In the case of not getting the required minimum of 60 % the student takes a resit test at the end of the course (the test covers the material from 2 semesters and 60% is the minimum).

The cases of students who are not able to write tests for health reasons will be considered individually.

prosodic processes such as rhythm, word and utterance stress, intonation, phonostylistics

1. word and utterance stress; shifting the nucleus depending on the context

2. English rhythm, rhythmic feet, rhythmic stress shift

3. English connected and fast speech: elision, linking, assimilation, coalescence

4. basic intonation patterns: fall, rise, fall-rise, rise-fall: functions, usage, recognition and production

word stress and stress shift in derivatives

connected speech and phonostylistic processes (assimilations, elision, coalescence etc)

tonic syllable and shifting the tonic depending on the meaning and implication of the utterance

accentuation tendencies in English and the appropriate use of weak and strong forms

the knowledge, identification and usage of tones and intonational contours in appropriate contexts

different functions of intonation (e.g. highlighting, High Key information, Low Key information etc.)

English rhythm, rhythmic feet, rhythmic stress shift

1.Brazil, David, Pronunciation for Advanced Learners of English, Cambridge University Press, 2003.

2.Gimson A C. A Practical Course of English Pronunciation, Hodder & Stoughton, 1989.

3.Hewings, Martin, English Pronunciation in Use (Advanced), Cambridge University Press, 2007.

4.Miatliuk, Hanna, A Guide to Theoretical Phonetics, Wydawnictwo UwB, 2000.

5.Mortimer, Colin, Elements of Pronunciation, CUP, 1990.

6.O’Connor, J.D., Better English Pronuncation, CUP, 1992.

7.Ponsonby, Mimi, How Now, Brown Cow, Prentice Hall, 1987

8.Roach, Peter, English Phonetics and Phonology, CUP, 2009.

9.Sobkowiak, Włodzimierz, English Phonetics for Poles, Bene Nati, 2007.

10.Sobkowiak, W. i J. Szpyra-Kozłowska, Workbook in English Phonetics, Wydawnictwo UMCS, 2002.

11.Vaughan-Rees, Michael, Test Your Pronunciation, Penguin English, 2006.

12.Wells, J C, Pronunciation Dictionary, Longman.

Requirements and assessment criteria:

1. attendance (2 absences are allowed); and participation in classes (preparing homework assignments and other projects)

2. The student gets a mark at the end of the second semester on the basis of continuous assessment. The student must get at least 51% from all the tests throughout the whole academic year. During the course there are written and oral tests. No resits during the course.

In the case of not getting the required minimum of 51 % the student takes a resit test at the end of the course (the test covers the material from 2 semesters and 51% is the minimum).

The cases of students who are not able to write tests for health reasons will be considered individually.