Course: Phonetics and Phonology I

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Course title Phonetics and Phonology I
Course code KGER/FOF1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction German
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Frydrychová Andrea, Mgr.
Course content
1.-2. Course content: Relation between spoken and written form of a language. 3.-4. honetics as a science dealing with the spoken form of a language - principles, structure, basic elements and classification 5.-6. Phonetic transcription and German orthography 7. Phonology 8.-9. The phonological system of German - inventory, combinatorics of German phonemes 10.-11. Supersegmental prosodic elements. Confrontational view of system of Czech and German phonemes. 12. The norm of German pronunciation and its codification. 13. Phono-stylistics in a process of successful communication.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to prepare students to successful communication in German. As speakers they will need productive and receptive German standard pronunciation. As future teachers they will be required to explain the pronunciation norm to their students competently and sensitively.
Student " is able to describe specifics of spoken and written communication based on general language knowledge " knows the International Phonetic Alphabet (API/IPA) at receptive level " knows German pronunciation dictionaries and can use them " knows the basic phonetics and phonology terms " can classify German vowels and consonants.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Credit requirements: Active participation in seminars, students must successfully complete required tasks, hand in portfolio based on course materials which must be approved by the tutor.
Recommended literature
  • Dieling, H./ Hirschfeld, U. Phonetik lehren und lernen. Fernstudieneinheit 21. Berlin, 2000.
  • Hendrich, J. a kol. Didaktika cizích jazyků. Praha, 1988.
  • Kohler, K. J. Einführung in die Phonetik des Deutschen. Berlin, 1995.
  • Kolektiv autorů. Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch. Berlin, New York, 2009.
  • Mangold, M. DUDEN. Das Aussprachewörterbuch. Mannheim, Leipzig, Wien, Zürich, 2005.
  • Maroušková, M. - Schmidt, M. Jak správně vyslovovat němčinu. Ústí nad labem, 2005.
  • Maroušková, Marie. Metody a materiály k nácviku správné německé výslovnosti. Praha. 1980.
  • Palková, Z. Fonetika a fonologie češtiny. Praha: Karolinum, 1999.
  • Romportl, M. Základy fonetiky. Praha, 1983.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Intercultural German Studies (A14) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter