RP/BBC English as the British national standard of pronunciation

SEMINAR OUTLINES

JFHOME ASSIGNMENT to Seminar 1

____1. Read the theory and be ready to speak on questions 1-4 given below. Source: Паращук В.Ю. Теоретична фонетика англійської мови: Навчальний посібник для студентів вищих закладів освіти. - Вінниця: Нова книга, 2005(9). - Module 1. -P. 9-20

____ 2. Make notes of the most relevant information.

____ 3. Make up a glossary of terms (10-15) and learn them-p. 21-23.

_____4. Do Test 1, p. 26.

NB! Questions 5-6 are to be taken for Independent work

ORAL answer is not more than 6 min!!!!!!!!!

Seminar 1

THE SOUND STRUCTURE OF LANGUAGE

AND WAYS OF ITS ANALYSIS AND DESCRIPTION

1. ¨ Language use in oral verbal communication. 1 student

2. ¨ Pronunciation as a way of materializing of oral form of language. 1 student

3. Phonic structure of language and its components:

¨ 3.1) the system of sounds; and 2) the syllabic structure; 1 student

¨ 3.2) word/lexical stress; and 4) intonation. 1 student

4. ¨ Units of language vs. speech. 1 student

5. Phonetics as a science and its branches. Phonetics and phonology. (Independent work)

6. Pedagogical phonetics: theories of teaching pronunciation in current TEFL/ TESOL practices.(Independent work)

JFHOME ASSIGNMENT to Seminar 2

_____ 1. Read the theory and be ready to speak on questions 1-7 given below. Source: Паращук В.Ю. Теоретична фонетика англійської мови: - Module 2. - P. 27-41.

____ 2. Make notes of the most relevant information.

_____3. Make up a glossary of terms (10-15) on p.44-45 and learn them.

____4. Do Pr. Tasks on p.49; Do Test 1on p. 50.

NB! Question 8 is to be taken for Independent work

Seminar 2

PRONUNCIATION VARIETIES/ACCENTS OF ENGLISH

¨ 1. Defining an accent.

¨ 2. Major accents of English.

¨ 3. Social shapes of English.

¨ 4 The problem of Standard English and models of English for intercultural communication.

¨ 5 Pronunciation norm and its codification.

¨ 6 Specialist dictionaries of English pronunciation.

¨ 7. Variation in standard/literary pronunciation.

8. Pedagogical priorities for teaching English pronunciation. (independent work)

JFHOME ASSIGNMENT to Seminar 3

____ 1. Read the theory and be ready to speak on questions 1-4 given below. Source: Паращук В.Ю. Теоретична фонетика англійської мови: - Module 4. - P. 71-83.

_____2. Make notes of the most relevant information.

_____3. Make up a glossary of terms.

_____4 Practical Tasks: p.87 Task 1 (or), task 2 (wr), task 3, p. 89 (wr), task 4 a), b) or,

_____5. Do Tes t on p. 91

NB! Questions 6-7 are to be taken for Independent work

Seminar 3.

MAJOR ACCENTS IN THE UK:

RP/BBC English as the British national standard of pronunciation

1. Socio-historical survey of RP/BBC English.

2. Phonological and phonetic dimensions of RP/BBC English.

3. Cockney as an example of a broad accent of English.

4.. Estuary English.

6. Chief differences between RP and regional accents of British English. (Independent work)

7. Pedagogical priorities for teaching recognition and understanding British English pronunciation.(Independent work)

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