SPOKEN FLUENCY 04                    SPRING 2016

Location and time:   Room C43, Tuesday 0910-1040


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

office hours: Tue 1100-1200, Wed 1500-1600, Thu 1300-1400.


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 18+ presentations,

- 3pts difference between them if you heard 14-17 presentations,

- 4pts difference between them if you heard 12-13 presentations,

- 5pts defference between them if you heard 10-11 presentations,

- 6pts difference between them if you were present to 9 presentations,

- 7pts difference between them if you witnessed 8 presentations,

- 8pts gap if you heard 7, 9pts gap if you heard 6, 10 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: 1 pt if away on business,

                  (max. 50)                         (max. 25+25)
 advertized prior to class

2 pts for personal reasons,            adv. prior to class

3 pts if unexused prior to class

4 pts if not excused at all
         5 pts for a missed

presentation date


Feb. 23: Introduction. Constituents of a good spoken (x written) performance.

              Knowledge x skill. Automaticity.

              Spelling and pronunciation: The Chaos, the collections of pronunciation errors.

Homework: practising the 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.


Mch  1: Revision of nursery rhyme and song. Segmental exercises. Presentation dates.


Mch  8: Tongue twisters. Stress patterns and the Chaos assigned.


Mch 15: Stress patterns, the Chaos.


Mch 22: Academic Oracy – preparation for oral exams and diploma defences.


Mch 29: Reading Week.


Apr.  5: Presentations: Jan K., Mária H., Hana Z.


Apr.12: Presentations: Lenka Ka, Michaela K., Michael F., Iveta Ž.


Apr. 19: Presentations: Michaela B., Kristína G., Anna H.


Apr. 26: Presentations: Anna P., David R., Katarína V.


May   3: Assessment sheets handed in. Exam minitalks.


May 10: Remaining exam minitalks.


May 17: Evaluations.


Remedial interviews taken on Tuesday mornings during the examination period.