Event details

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Overview/Objectives:

The seminar offers an insight into the normative phonetics of Standard/High German so that you will be able to speak – depending on the context – without dialect or accent. We will also address phonation for precise articulation so that you can optimize your intelligibility.

 

Contents:

• (Foreign) language as a social function
• Meaning and history of pronunciation variations
• Dialects, sociolects, accents
• Phonetics of all German sounds
• Phonetic formation
• Pronunciation rules (e.g. ig-rule, R-realization…)
• Anatomy of the articulation organs
• Articulation precision
• Relationship between articulation and voice
• Speech tempo, phrasing and accentuation
• Influence of age and pathological peculiarities

 

Methods:

• pronunciation and articulation exercises
• individual one-on-one training
• theoretical input
• group discussion
• analysis of listening examples and participants

 

Prerequisite for participation:

none

 

Workload for ECTS:

1 ECTS: active participation + recording of a text in standard German pronunciation.

 

Lecturer:

Fabian Eckenfels is a graduate speech scientist, scientific research and doctorate on voice, trainer for speaking/voice/vocal/body/text, as well as yoga/fitness trainer.