| Course title | Phonetics and Phonology I |
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| Course code | KGER/FOF1 |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture + Seminary |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | 1 |
| 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 |
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| Course content |
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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.
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Learning outcomes |
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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 |
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There are no prerequisites for this course.
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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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. |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Intercultural German Studies (A14) | Category: Philological sciences | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter |