Course: Corrective phonetics

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Course title Corrective phonetics
Course code KGER/KOFO
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction German
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Frydrychová Andrea, Mgr.
Course content
1. Word stress 2. Long close vowels and tense vowels e and o 3. Front rounded vowels ö and ü 4. Reduced vowel e and possibilities of its elision in final syllables 5. German diphthongs 6. R vocalization 7. Ich-sound 8. Ach-sound 9. Assimilation in German 10. Intonation 11. Sentence stress

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
This optional course is designed to complement the obligatory course "Practical Phonetics". The aim of the course is to improve productive and receptive speaking skills, using pronunciation exercises and communication activities. Thus, students will practise difficult phenomena at the segmental and suprasegmental level.
Students - can diagnose their own pronunciation difficulties - are aware of methods of practising difficult sounds of speech - are able to eliminate their own pronunciation errors - improve their own phonetic skills corresponding to the B2/C1 level of the CEFR
Prerequisites
none

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Active participation in the seminars, completing all assignet tasks.
Recommended literature
  • Hirschfeld, U. & Reinke, K. & Stock, E. Phonothek intensiv. Aussprachetraining. München, 2013.
  • Reinke, K. & Hirschfeld, U. Aussprachespiele. Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Stuttgart, 2014.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): German Language and Literature (A14) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): German Language and Literature (A14) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): German Language and Literature (A14) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): German Language and Literature (Double-Subject Combination) (A14) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): - (A14) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer