AJB_ASS Academic Speaking Skills

Faculty of Education
Spring 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Olga Dontcheva-Navrátilová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Irena Headlandová Kalischová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Petra Hoydenová
Prerequisites
Advanced level of English Experience gathered in the course AJPV:ASLI Academic Skills: Listening in an advantage
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course aims to improve students' presentation and discussion skills, when possible drawing on insights gathered in the "Academic Skills: Listening" course. The tasks try to prepare students for the making of presentations in seminars, for the defence of their dissertations, and for classroom interaction as second-language learners and teachers. The also course tries to encourage learners to evaluate their own performance and to engage in self-monitoring and peer-monitoring as means of improving speaking performance.
Syllabus
  • 1. Spoken and written English. Choice of topic. Collecting information from different sources. 2. Presentation skills. Structuring the presentation. 3. Speaking to small and large audiences. Style adjustment. Getting the attention of the audience. Voice quality and body language. 4. Monitoring talk. Summarising and ending talk. Procedural vocabulary. 5. Expressing a point of view. Reporting, presenting contrasting or contradictory ideas. 6. Talking and visual aids: organizing the board/ handout/ Power-point presentation. 7. Making your presentation interesting: telling jokes and stories. 8. Discussion skills: topic control, argumentation and persuasion. 9. Making suggestions, interrupting, hedging and politeness. 10. Asking and answering questions.
Literature
  • LYNCH, Tony. Study listening : a course in listening to lectures and note-taking. 2nd ed. Cambridge: University Press, 2004, 214 s. ISBN 0521533872. info
  • ANDERSON, Kenneth, Tony LYNCH and Joan MACLEAN. Study speaking : a course in spoken English for academic purposes. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, 224 s. ISBN 0521533961. info
  • NUNAN, David. Language teaching methodology :a textbook for teacher. Harlow: Longman, Pearson Education, 2000, xiv, 264 s. ISBN 0-13-521469-6. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Double-period teaching sessions. Preparation includes reading texts and preparing presentations using the board, OHP and Power Point. Performance during the sessions is the main critearion for getting the credit. Each student should make one Powerpoint presentation.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Note related to how often the course is taught: 2 dopolední bloky, 3. března (pondělí) a 30. května (pátek).
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=947
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