15-AOEP-PH-EL-1BA-12
The course is taught in the first two years of the BA programme. There is a division into so-called “British” and “American” groups, which is reflected in the pronunciation model used. The aim is for the students to develop consistent, fully intelligible pronunciation based on native phonemic and allophonic models. The teaching/learning process involves the following: exposure (e.g. pronunciation-based listening; transcription); production (e.g. drills and exercises in class; individual homework practice and pairwork, with and without recordings); transfer to new contexts (e.g. prepared and improvised dialogues, monologues, speeches, text reading, etc.). Pronunciation training in 1BA deals with segmental features: English vowels, English consonants, Weak forms of grammar words, elementary sugrasegmental features: word stress, sentence stress and rhythm, developing the awareness of variability.
- Teacher: Paula Orzechowska