SPOKEN FLUENCY A,B                AUTUMN 2009


Location and time: Room G21, A: Thursday 4:40-6:10; B: 6:20-7:55

Facilitator: PhDr. Kateřina Tomková, Ph.D., tomkat@phil.muni.cz;

                   office hours: Tue 1:30-2:30 and 5-6, Wed 3-4, Thu 3:30-4:30.


Assessment: Peer

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

2 You scale them from best (80pts) to worst with min.

- 2 pts difference between them if you heard 11+ presentations,

- 3 pts diference between then if you were present to 10 and fewer presentations.

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



Oct. 1: Introduction. Constituents of a good spoken performance.

            Spelling and pronunciation: The Chaos.

            A collection of pronunciation errors.

            Spacing presentations. A nursery rhyme.


Oct. 8: Revision of nursery rhyme. Segmental exercises.


Oct. 15: Tongue twisters.


Oct. 22: Stress patterns.


Oct. 29: The Chaos.


Nov. 5: Presentations A: Hubač, Macková.

                                    B: Zarzycká, Pitnerová, Bleha.

Nov. 12: Presentations A: Bočková, Schmitt, Sobotková.

                                      B: Pokorná, Aegerter, Gomez.

Nov. 19: Reading week.


Nov. 26: Presentations A: Jamnický, Matusevich, Tóth.

                                      B: de Seigneurens, Valentová, Winklerová,

                                           Mazumder.

Dec. 3: Presentations A: Mináříčková, Ptáček, Hrušková.

                                    B: Forejt, Lukl, Martin, Jarešová.

Dec. 10: Presentations A: Trubačová, Kastnerová.

                                      B: Chmelová, Matúšková, Ollero.

Dec. 17: Conclusions, assessments.