ACADEMIC ORACY, Spring 2017


Location and time: G23, Tue 1730-1900.


Facilitator: Kateřina Tomková, 2060@mail.muni.cz.


Office hours: Tue 0915-1015, Thu 1400-1500.


Assessment: active attendance 2pts a session; *assigned presentation up to 10pts;  **students’ own
initiative presentations up to 20pts, course administration up to 20pts; participation in the skit
up to 20 pts, final test max. 50 pts.


                                              Syllabus


                                               Date

                                       Organization & Theory

                                           Skills & Skit

                                              Feb.21

Introduction of subject and projects:

a)  Oracy topics below

b)  Skit to perform at Creativity Night

c)  Election of best speakers to host on May 10

The post of course administrator.

Personal / teaching goals speaking / teaching English.

Past skits:

2010 - Oral Exam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwkxgBkjpYU

2011 - The ED Odyssey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2yveXXS8Xo

2012 - Conference

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1L_0Fy2rEY

2013 - Zombie Studies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= 9YVN7HlKFlg&feature=share&fb_ref=Default

2014 - Dreamin’  America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukEtnx-zFH4

2015 - Saturday Night Dead

Here is the link: http://uloz.to/xSaxnSzg/mvi-2799-mov and the password is academicoracy.

2016 – Literary characters seeing a psychoanalyst

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVNGuaXbz9g

                                              Feb 28

The course administrator:

Aleš Otýpka.



University hierarchy.

Reading 1: google

www.phil.muni.cz/.../Lesson%201_Academic%20Titles and address

Reading 2:

http://www.internationalstudent.com/study-abroad/guide/uk-usa-education-systém/

Humanitarian  education x edu in science and technology.

Reading1:

http://foreignpolicy.com/2013/07/11/theres-a-good-reason-why-so-many-terrorists-are-engineers/

Reading 2:

https://www.elesapiens.com/blog/science-vs-humanities-educating-citiziens-of-the-future


Discussion on personal / teaching goals.


Exercise in phrasal verbs and their synonyms of Greek and Latin origin.


Brainstorming for the skit’s direction.

                                               Mch 7

A presentation on Argumentative Fallacies by Šimon Evin.


http://www.societies.cam.ac.uk/


www.muni.cz/admission/student/clubs


www.topuniversities.com/where-to-study/north-america/united-states/us-canadian-universities-fratern
ities-sororities



A tabboo game.

A google document started by Lenka Žárská:



https://docs.google.com/document/d/14uMVmYm4d7OAf20rEbxuLqjx3Xsl1rITPN70rQXrHQk/edit?usp=sharing

                                              Mch 14

Election results.

Language: Slang at uni. Paper “Academic Slang“ in Study Materials.

A presentation on Metaphors by Jan Sebera.

Final decision on skit’s topic and procedure of writing.

Politically correct fairy tales:
https://pkubbs.net/attach/boards/Futurama/M.1360682542.A/politically%20correct%20bedtime%20stories.
pdf

                                              Mch 21

Language: Formal academic speech.

Study materials: “Real complete session 4“ about the speech of academics making presentations

Skit’s script completed. Rehearsals starting.

                                              Mch 28


Reading rehearsal.

                                              Apr. 4

Uni life in lit & film.Video on grading trends at Harvard:
https://www.facebook.com/TheEconomist/videos/10154094995194060/?fref=nf

Films and books set in the Academia (Changing Places, Small World, Educating Rita, Possession,
Arcadia, Social Network, Smiley, Gossip, Good Will Hunting).

http://www.whatuni.com/advice/sixth-form-life/22-films-you-need-to-watch-before-going-to-uni/54483/

http://www.whatuni.com/advice/uni-life/books-set-at-university-all-students-should-read/42846/

Reading and spatial rehearsal.

                                              Apr. 11

Academic debate in theory and practice.

Reading and spatial rehearsal.

                                              Apr. 18

READING WEEK but class meeting to finalize the skit.

Reading and spatial rehearsal. Finishing the script (CN theme=space), smuggling in current
political affairs.

                                              Apr. 25

Presentations by:

Rehearsal.

                                               May 2


Dress Rehearsals:

                                         Wednesday, May 3

CREATIVITY

NIGHT

                                               May 9

Leftover presentations. Mock test.


                                              May 16

Discussion with visitors

Exam date: