SPOKEN FLUENCY A, B                SPRING  2013


Location and time. A: Room G21, Thursday 1730-1900

                                  B: G21, Thu 1910-2040

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

office hours: Tue 1430-1530, Wed 1400-1600, Thu 1500-1700.


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

Overall 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. 21: Introduction. Constituents of a good spoken (x written)

              performance. Knowledge x skill. Automaticity.

              Spelling and pronunciation: The Chaos, the collection of

                                                                                   pronunciation
errors.

              A nursery rhyme and song to practice.

Feb. 28: Revision of nursery rhyme. Segmental exercises.

              Presentation dates.

Mch. 7: Tongue twisters. Stress patterns and the Chaos assigned.

Mch. 14: Stress patterns, the Chaos, presentation by K. Tomková.

Mch. 21: Presentations          A –  Petra S., Patrik T.

                                               B –  Josef P., Ludmila T., Martina J.

Mch. 28: Presentations          A – Lenka N., Alena P., Vojtěch B.

                                               B –  Lenka S., Jan N., Lenka M.

Apr.  4: Reading Week.

Apr. 11: Presentations           A – Lucia B., Ondřej S., Karel V.

                                               B – Pavel K., Adéla N. Tatiana B.

Apr. 18: Presentations           A – Nikola H., Eliška K., Tomáš K.

                                               B – Mario C., Barbora J., Jana M.

Apr. 25: Presentations           A – Tereza K., Hana K., Anna Vít.

                                               B- Pavla P., Adam T., Veronika B.

May 2: Presentations             A – Tereza M., Anna V., Radka Š.

                                               B- Petr M., Lenka N., Lucie S.

May 9: Presentations             A – Kateřina V., Lucie D.

                                               B – Jana M. Credit test, assessments.