SPOKEN FLUENCY C, D               SPRING 2014

Location and time.  C: Room L11, Tuesday 1050-1225

                                   D: Room G02, Tue 1230-1400

Facilitator: PhDr. Kateřina Tomková, Ph.D., 2060@mail.muni.cz;

office hours: Tue 1430-1530, Wed 1230-1330, Thu 1330-1430.


Assessment: Peer

1 You assess presentations you were present at (not your own).

2 You scale them from best (80pts) to worst with min.

- 1pt difference between them if you heard 18+ presentations,

- 2 pts difference between them if you heard 11+ presentations,

- 3 pts difference between them if you were present to 9 or 10 presentations,

- 4 pts difference between them if you witnessed 7 or 8 presentations,

- 5 pts gap if you heard 5 or 6 presentations.

3 Your criteria are

-          the presentation: how new, useful and memorable you found it for your speaking practice

-          preparation: how innovative you found methods of presenting facts and strategies of
retaining skills; effort invested in rehearsing



Individual  assessment: STUDENTS AVERAGE + FINAL TEST - ABSENCES:                                3
pts if away on business, advertized prior to class

                                   4 pts for personal reasons, adv. prior to class

                                   5 pts if unexcused prior to class or missed presentation

                                    date


Feb. 18: Introduction. Constituents of a good spoken (x written) performance.

              Knowledge x skill. Automaticity.

              Spelling and pronunciation: The Chaos, the collections of pronunciation errors.

              A nursery rhyme and song to practice.


Feb. 25: Revision of nursery rhyme. Segmental exercises. Presentation dates.


Mch. 4: Tongue twisters. Stress patterns and the Chaos assigned.


Mch. 11: Stress patterns, the Chaos, presentation by K. Tomková.

Mch. 18: Presentations          C: Michal K., Jiří V.

                                               D: Ivana N., Petra J., Zuzana H.

Mch. 25: Presentations          C:  Paula K., Kristýna H., Karim A.

                                               D: Zdeněk Z., Michaela P., Tereza P.,

Apr. 1: Presentations             C: Tomáš L., Kateřina K., Jana J.

                                               D: Anna D., Michaela M., Markéta B.

Apr. 8: Presentations              C: Klára L., Jana V., Nikol Ch.

                                               D: Dominika D., Alma A., Anita K.

Apr. 15: Presentations           C: Martín P., Lukáš P., Vojtěch C.

                                               D: Alvaro F., Sariyya M., Juraj Š.

Apr. 22: Presentations           C:Karolína V., Václav D., Zuzana B.

                                               D: Barbora S., Andrea P., Jitka N.

Apr. 29: Presentations           C: Lukáš L., Bibiána D.

                                               D: Dominika C., Veronika B., Zuzana B.


May 6: Dies Academicus, no class.


May 13: Credit test, assessments.