ACADEMIC ORACY, Spring 2019 Location and time: G24, Thu 1200-1340. Facilitator: Kateřina Tomková, 2060@mail.muni.cz. Office hours: Tue 1100-1200, Wed 1015-1115, Thu 1430-1630. 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 (speech?) max. 50 pts. Syllabus Date Organization & Theory Skills & Skit Fb.21 Presentation by Lukáš Cigánik 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. Topics: Academic hierarchy Academic Slang The discipline of Academic Debate The art of presenting (lectures, conferences, debates) Academic life as pictured in works of art Academic speaking style: - Pronunciation - Sophistication - Figures of speech (tropes) - The blend of pop culture and academia - Political correctness - Argumentative Fallacies - Crystal, D The Stories of English - Fox, K Watching the English - Brookes, I. (ed.) TV Talk - Orkin, M.M. Speaking Canadian English Personal / teaching goals speaking / teaching English. Past skits: 2010 - Oral Exam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwkxgBkjpYU 2011 - The ED Odyssey (in the style of Men In Black) 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 (prep for exam) 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 2017 – Academic Lecture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StJJZrpCvuM 2018 – Trumperica (diplomatic job auditions) 2019 - Job Interview? Interpreting? Clash of Philosophies? Inspiration by Tracy Ullman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTIfU4zMQWY An exercise in formal expressions of Latin/Greek origin (I can talk from Charlotte’s Web). Feb 28 The course administrator: Klára Matoušková University hierarchy. Reading 1: google https://www.hierarchystructure.com/university-job-hierarchy/ Reading 2: http://www.internationalstudent.com/study-abroad/guide/uk-usa-education-system/ Humanitarian education x edu in science and technology. Reading: http://foreignpolicy.com/2013/07/11/theres-a-good-reason-why-so-many-terrorists-are-engineers/ https://www.elesapiens.com/blog/science-vs-humanities-educating-citiziens-of-the-future 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 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 Results of poll. K.Tomková: Pitfalls in making pesentations 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/ Skit layout entered into a shared google document started by Lenka Žárská: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14uMVmYm4d7OAf20rEbxuLqjx3Xsl1rITPN70rQXrHQk/edit?usp=sharing Mch 14 Presentation 1 by Katrin Jongepierová Politically correct fairy tales: https://pkubbs.net/attach/boards/Futurama/M.1360682542.A/politically%20correct%20bedtime%20stories. pdf Lines of skit discussed. Mch 21 Tabboo word competition. Skit cancelled. Mch 28 Latin card game. Apr. 4 Discussion on Erasmus. Apr. 11 2: Alena Bulantová: Academic debate in theory and practice. https://www.google.cz/search?hl=cs&ei=JUm4XJHHIZOl1fAPnumtoAw&q=21+phrases+you+use+without+realizin g+you%27re+quoting+shakespeare&oq=21+phrases+&gs_l=psy-ab.1.0.0i19j0i22i30i19l4j0i22i10i30i19j0i22i 30i19l4.12362.20332..23002...0.0..0.161.4421.47j7......0....1..gws-wiz.....0..0i71j0i67j0j0i131j0i2 2i30._y972J4Xz04 Apr. 18 https://www.is34.org/pdfs/Examples_of_Argumentative_Language.PDF 3: Václav Pekárek: Argumentative fallacies Apr. 25 Presentation 4. Martin Slezák: Pragmatic markers. Anna Havránková – (Popular entertainment), Martina Priatelová: Courtroom language. May 2 Presentation 5 by Marek on PC, 6: by Klára Matoušková on (Idiom). Anna Vacková – Politicians quoting Shakespeare. May 9 Presentation 6: Anna Machová: Figures of speech; Linda Hojgrová, Dat Tran Phu: English in Vietnamese education May 16 Discussion with visitors Exam date set up: