Course: Major issues of orthoepy and orthophony

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Course title Major issues of orthoepy and orthophony
Course code KBH/KOO
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Nosková Milena, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
The principles of correct pronunciation and articulation; the norms of the acoustic form of standard spoken utterances; spoken utterance and its description; segmental and suprasegmental levels; speech production; diction; respiratory, phonic and articulatory systems; the essentials of voice hygiene, voice defects; the norm and codification of Czech pronunciation, assimilation; the pronunciation of selected consonant clusters; stress, prepositional phrases; pronouncing words of foreign origin; analysing recorded utterances.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Projection
Learning outcomes
The principles of correct articulation and the correct speech sounds; the set of norms for the acoustic form of standard speech utterances. The spoken utterance and its desription. Description of the acoustic form of speech and its particulars at segmental and suprasegmental levels. The norm and codification of Czech pronunciation. Analysis of recorded utterences.
This course enables students to gain a profound understanding of orthoepy and orthophony, with special emphasis on pronunciation determined by pronunciational style, and their application in speech.
Prerequisites
Phonetics and phonology

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance assessment, Analysis of student's language skills, Analysis of student's work activities (technical works)

An unrehearsed utterance and a prepared presentation; active participation in the seminar.
Recommended literature
  • Výslovnost spisovné češtiny I (výslovnost slov českých). Academia, Praha, 1967.
  • Výslovnost spisovné češtiny II (výslovnost slov přejatých). Academia, Praha, 1978.
  • Hůrková, J. Česká výslovnostní norma. Scientia, Praha, 1995.
  • Hůrková-Novotná, J., Šrámková, V. Mluvený projev a přednes. Praha, 1984.
  • Kraus, J.:. Rétorika v evropské kultuře. Praha, 1998.
  • Krčmová, M. Fonetika a fonologie. Zvuková stavba současné češtiny. Rektorát MU, Brno, 1994.
  • Palková, Z.:. Fonetika fonologie češtiny. 2. vyd.. Praha, Karolinum, 1997.
  • Petr, J. a kol. Mluvnice češtiny 1. Fonetika. Fonologie. Academia, Praha, 1986.
  • Starý, Z. Psací soustavy a český pravopis. Karolinum, Praha, 1995.


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): Introductory teacher training course in Czech language and literature (1) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Introductory teacher training course in Czech language and literature (2) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: -