SPOKEN FLUENCY C, D                 SPRING 2015

Location and time:   C: Room J21, Thursday 1550-1720

                                     D: Room G21,Thursday 1730-1900


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. 19: 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. 26: Revision of nursery rhyme. Segmental exercises. Presentation dates.


Mch   5: Tongue twisters. Stress patterns and the Chaos assigned.


Mch 12: Stress patterns, the Chaos.


Mch 19: Academic Oracy – preparation for oral exams and diploma defences.


Mch 26: Presentations by K. Tomková and                         C: Jakub K., Štěpán H.

                                                                                  D: Jolana,
Anastasia, Emil S.


Apr.   2: Presentations           C: Anastasia K., Sabina P., Šárka N.

                                               D: Mária K., Monika Z., Adéla Č.


Apr.   9: Reading Week


Apr. 16: Presentations           C: Fatima Y., Aysegul D., Chiara P., Martin G.

                                               D: Matej G., Matouš S., Adriána A., Klára S.


Apr. 23: Presentations           C: Gabriella N., Nikola K., Nika G.

                                               D: Martina K., Jana K., Anna K.


Apr. 30: Presentations           C: Petra N., Lukáš H., Kateřina A.

                                               D: Patrícía I., Veronika B., Kyriaki M.


May   7: Assessment sheets handed in and processed. Exam minitalks.


May 14: Exam minitalks.


By May 21, results posted in Study Materials.

Remedial interviews taken on Wednesday mornings during the examination period.