Academically-oriented English practice: pronunciation: General British / General American

compulsory

English linguistics: Theories, interfaces, technologies

1st cycle

- Developing the ability of articulating English sounds in all allophonic contexts while maintaining the necessary phonemic contrasts.

- Developing the awareness of the social meaning of pronunciation.

- Developing the ability of monitoring one’s speech and independently working on one’s pronunciation.

Year 1

Yes, partially: materials, tests, uploading recordings for evaluation.

the knowledge of basic linguistic issues, introduced in secondary school; the level of English: B2

ELF (PNJA) website, WA moodle, Biblioteka Filologiczna Novum

Articulatory descriptions of speech sounds; listening to model texts and repeating; pronunciation drills; reading dialogues and texts; oral presentations; perception tests; phonemic transcription exercises; exposure to authentic texts (e.g. BBC), laboratory exercises; individual consultations.

4 (after both semesters)

(First semester of a two-semester course. Next semester: 15-AOEP-PH-EL-1BA-22.)

(First semester of a two-semester course. Next semester: 15-AOEP-PH-EL-1BA-22.)

Learning contents:

1. English monophthongs

2. English diphthongs

3. English consonants

4. Weak forms of grammar words

5. Elementary sugrasegmental features: word stress, sentence stress and rhythm

6. Developing the awareness of variability

Pronunciation disctionaries:i:

- Jones, D. 2006. Cambridge English pronouncing dictionary. (17th edition by P. Roach, J. Hartman and J. Setter. With CD-ROM.) CUP.

- Kenyon, J.S and T.A. Knott. 1953. A pronouncing dictionary of American English. G.C. Merriam Co.

- Lindsey, G. and Péter Szigetvári. CUBE pronunciation dictionary, with sound links: http://seas3.elte.hu/cube/

- Upton, C. and W. Kretzschmar. 2017. The Routledge Dictionary of Pronunciation for Current English. (2nd edition). Routledge.

- Wells, J. 2008. Longman pronunciation dictionary. (3rd edition. With CD-ROM.) Pearson Education.

Coursebooks:

British English

- Bowler, B. and S. Cunningham. 1991. Headway (Intermediate and Upper Intermediate) pronunciation. OUP.

- Bradford, B. 1988. Intonation in context. CUP.

- Brazil, D. 1994. Pronunciation for advanced learners of English. CUP.

- Espeseth, M. 1999. Academic listening encounters. CUP.

- Gimson, A.C. 1975. A practical course of English pronunciation. Edward Arnold.

- Hancock, M. 1995. Pronunciation games. CUP.

- Hancock, M. 2003. English pronunciation in use (Intermediate). CUP. [With audio CDs and CD-ROM.]

- Hewings, M. 2007. English pronunciation in use (Advanced). CUP. [With audio CDs and CD-ROM.]

- Morris-Wilson, I. 1984. English phonemic transcription. Blackwell.

- Mortimer, C. 1984. Elements of pronunciation. CUP.

- Nadstoga, Z. and W. Sobkowiak. 1997. The lighter side of English. Wiedza Powszechna.

- O’Connor, J.D. 1971. Advanced phonetic reader. CUP.

- O’Connor J.D. 1973. Phonetic drill reader. CUP.

- O’Connor, J.D. and G.F. Arnold 1973. Intonation of colloquial English. (2nd ed.) Longman.

- O’Connor, J.D. and J. Fletcher. 1991. Sounds English. Longman.

- Ponsonby, M. 1982. How now, brown cow? Pergamon Press.

- Reszkiewicz, A. 1981. Correct your English pronunciation. PWN.

- Sawala K., T. Szczegóła, and M. Jankowski. 2017. Say It Right - A Multimedia Course in English Pronunciation and Vocabulary 5.0. Poznań: Oficyna Wydawnicza Atena Krzysztof Sawala; Motivex.

- Thompson, I. 1985. Intonation practice. OUP.

- Vaughan-Rees, M. 1994. Rhymes and rhythm: A poem-based course for English pronunciation. Macmillan.

- Wells, J. 2006. English intonation: An introduction. CUP. [With audio CD.]

American English:

- Bifulco, B., A. Popiel, M. Woynarowski and G. Blick. 1996. Young people talk. Wydawnictwo Idea.

- Boyd, F. and D. Quinn. 1990. Stories from Lake Wobegon. Advanced listening and conversation skills. Longman.

- Cook, A. 2000. American accent training. A guide to speaking and pronouncing colloquial American English. (2nd ed.) Hauppauge, NY: Barrons.

- Dąbrowski, K. 1991. American kaleidoscope. Wydawnictwa Szkolne i Pedagogiczne.

- Gilbert, J.B. 1984. Clear speech. CUP.

- Hagen, S. and P. Grogan. 1992. Sound advantage. A pronunciation book. Prentice Hall.

- Jones, L. and C. Von Baeyer. 1983. Functions of American English. CUP.

- Leigh, S. 1990. Tuning in the USA. (Radio plays.)

- Orion, G.F. 1990. Pronouncing American English. Newbury House Publishers.

- Prator, C. and B. Robinett. 1985. Manual of American English pronunciation. Harcourt College.

- Sawala K., T. Szczegóła, and M. Jankowski. 2017. Say It Right - A Multimedia Course in English Pronunciation and Vocabulary 5.0. Poznań: Oficyna Wydawnicza Atena Krzysztof Sawala; Motivex.

- Tillit, B. and M.N. Bruder. 1985. Speaking naturally. CUP.

- Trager, E.C. 1982. Pd’s in depth. Prentice-Hall.

- Wong, R. 1987. Teaching pronunciation. Prentice-Hall.

- Weinstein, N. 1982. Whaddaya say? Prentice-Hall.

Upon completion of the course, the student:

- Can articulate English sounds and maintains the necessary phonemic contrasts.

- Uses the basic allophonic processes of the English language when speaking.

- Can stress English words correctly.

- Is aware of the social meaning of some variants of English pronunciation.

- Is able to reflect on his oral performance and modify it under the teacher’s supervision.

- Is ready to critically assess the acquired knowledge and skills and develop them incessantly in the context of his/her profession.

- Is ready to critically assess the abilities and limitations of the competence gained in the process of education.

- Is ready to continue lifelong learning and maintaining communicative practice in English.

- Is prepared to change his/her opinion in the light of available data and arguments;

- Is open to new ideas.

Assessment methods:

F – checking preparation for classwork; observation and commentary during classwork; evaluation of recordings and credit projects. S – assessment during the final oral examination

Assessment criteria

very good (bdb; 5,0): the student possesses distinctive features of British or American standard pronunciation, has an excellent command of all phonemes, stresses polysyllabic words correctly, uses weak forms; the influence of the mother tongue (henceforth L1) is negligible.

good plus (+db; 4,5): the student possesses distinctive features of British or American standard pronunciation, has a very good command of all phonemes, stresses polysyllabic words correctly, uses weak forms; sporadically makes minor mistakes; the influence of the mother tongue is minimal.

good (db; 4,0): the student possesses distinctive features of British or American standard pronunciation, has a good command of basic phonemes, stresses polysyllabic words correctly, uses weak forms; occasionally makes mistakes; the influence of the mother tongue is minimal.

satisfactory plus (+dst; 3,5): the student possesses distinctive features of British or American standard pronunciation, has a satisfactory command of basic phonemes; however, the student makes occasional mistakes in the production of basic contrasts or stress assignment or does not use weak forms in all potential contexts; occasional L1 interference does not hinder communication.

satisfactory (dst; 3,0): the student possesses distinctive features of British or American standard pronunciation, has a sufficient command of basic phonemes; however, the student still makes occasional mistakes in the production of basic contrasts or stress assignment or does not use weak forms in all potential contexts; occasional L1 interferences does not hinder communication.

fail (ndst; 2,0): the student does not possess distinctive features of British or American standard pronunciation, makes grave mistakes in basic phonemic contrasts (e.g. FLEECE vs KIT, voicing contrasts, vowel length contrasts) or stress assignment; the student does not use weak forms, cannot monitor their own pronunciation, does not have language awareness or the ability to control and correct their own mistakes; strong interference from L1.