SPOKEN FLUENCY A, B                 SPRING 2015

Location and time:   A: Room G32, Wednesday 0900-1030

                                     B: Room C31, Wednesday 1050-1220


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

office hours: Tue 1200-1400.


Assessment: Peer

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

2 You scale them from best (50pts) to worst with min.

- 2pts difference between them if you heard 16+ presentations,

- 3pts difference between them if you heard 12-15 presentations,

- 4pts difference between them if you were present to 9-11 presentations,

- 5pts difference between them if you witnessed 8 presentations,

- 6pts gap if you heard 7, 7pts gap if you heard 6, 8 if you heard 5.

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 MINITALK - 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.

Homework: Watching John Oliver Scottish Independence


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YkLPxQp_y0,

              practising a nursery rhyme This is the house that Jack built (text
http://www3.amherst.edu/~rjyanco94/literature/mothergoose/rhymes/thisisthehousethatjackbuilt.html

pictures http://www.amazon.co.uk/House-Built-Classic-Books-Holes/dp/0859534685#reader_

and the song Rock-a-bye-baby http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9E_MJrl2so.


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.


Mch 18: Academic Oracy – preparation for oral exams and diploma defences.


Mch 25: Presentations by K. Tomková and                         A: Peter Š., Sabina Ž., Indira D.

                                                                                  B: Ondřej J.,
Ladislav M.

Apr.   1: Presentations           A: Marie D., Dagmar G., David K.

                                               B: Dávid K., Ondřej K., Miroslava J.


Apr.   8: Presentations           A:   Lucie F., Kateřina U., Jana V.

                                               B: Zuzana Š., Simona Ň., Jana L., Martina M.


Apr. 15: Presentations           A: Klára B., Markéta K., Anna Mária, Kristina K.

                                               B: Nikola W., Marek Š., Václav M, Simona T.


Apr. 22: Presentations           A: Martina R., Radka S., Ivana M.

                                               B: Frederika R., Martin S, Jakub K.


Apr. 29: Assessment sheets handed in and processed. Exam minitalks.


May   6: No class, Dies Academicus.


May 13: Exam minitalks.


By May 20, results posted in Study Materials.

Remedial interviews taken on Wednesday mornings during the examination period.