SPOKEN FLUENCY A, B               SPRING 2014

Location and time.  A: Room G21, Wednesday 1550-1725

                                   B: Room G21, Wednesday 1730-1900

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. 19: No class, election of the Dean.


Feb. 26: 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.


Mch.  5: Revision of nursery rhyme. Segmental exercises. Presentation dates.


Mch. 12: Tongue twisters. Stress patterns and the Chaos assigned.


Mch. 19: Stress patterns, the Chaos, presentation by K. Tomková.

Mch. 26: Presentations          A: Anna V., Marcel K., Šimon E.

                                               B: (Jonatan H.)

Apr.    2: Presentations          A: Jindřich O., David V.,  Agáta B.

                                               B: Anna F., Eva K., (Andrés)

Apr.    9: Presentations          A: Lukáš V., Michaela Š., Anna Z.

                                               B: Jan Z., Michal L., Lukáš L.

Apr. 16: Presentations           A: Michal G., Petra S., Lucia M., Šimon H.

                                               B: Denisa Š., Barbora M., Anna H.

Apr. 23: Presentations           A: Nela W., Markéta K., Kateřina K.

                                               B: xxx

Apr. 30: Presentations           A: Martin N., Ivana K. – Adriana B.

                                               B: Celtia R.B., Gabriela G., Katarína F.

May   7: Presentations           A: Matej H., Alžběta Z., Veronika H.

                                               B: Jakub Č.


May 14: Credit test, assessments.