SPOKEN FLUENCY A, B, C                FALL  2012


Location and time. A: Room G21, Tuesday 1230-1400

                                 B: G21, Tue 1410-1540, C: G22, Tue1730-1900

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

office hours: Tue 1600-1700, Wed 1400-1500, Thu 1300-1500.


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 difference between them if you were present to 9 or 10 presentations,

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

- 5 pts gap if you heard 5 or 6 presentations.

3 Your criteria are

-          the presentation: how new, useful and memorable you found it for your speaking practice

-          kkpreparation: how innovative you found methods of presenting facts and strategies of
retaining skills; effort invested in rehearsing

Overall assessment:

STUDENTS AVERAGE + FINAL TEST - ABSENCES:

3 pts if away on business, advertized prior to class

                            4 pts for personal reasons, adv. prior to class

                            5 pts if unexcused or missed presentation date



Sep. 25: Introduction. Constituents of a good spoken (x written)

              performance. Knowledge x skill. Automaticity.

              Spelling and pronunciation: The Chaos, the collection of

                                                                                   pronunciation
errors.

              A nursery rhyme and song to practice.


Oct. 2: Revision of nursery rhyme. Segmental exercises.

            Presentation dates.


Oct. 9: Tongue twisters. Stress patterns and the Chaos assigned.


Oct. 16: Stress patterns, the Chaos. Passages below, numbers=verses at
www.cs.cmu.edu/~clamen/misc/.../TheChaos.htm, f=former half of verse, l=latter half of verse. and
presentation by K. Tomková.


Oct. 23: Presentations         A – JanŘ, MarkétaG, MiroslavB.

                                               B – IvanaP, MáriaS, MariánS.

                                               C – MatějB3f, ŽanetaV8l, ZdeňkaD4f.

Oct. 30: Presentations         A – MagdalenaŠť, KláraN, IrenaB.

                                               B – MartinaH, MáriaI, ŠimonP.

                                               C- JanZ9l, IvanM5l, AndreaK5f.

Nov.  6: Presentations          A – PavelŠ, EliškaP,  AnetaM.

                                     B –  LenkaD, KatarínaH, TerezaH.

                                               C – LenkaO7f, PetraM6l, ZuzanaM6f,

                                                    KateřinaG.

Nov. 13 A and C - Reading Week, no class.

             B – MichalV + OndřejB, HanaV, MartinT.


Nov. 20: Presentations         A – BarboraVl, MartinaJ, LucieJ.

                                               B – MichaelaH,  IvanaN, AnnaS.

                                               C – JanaV9f, MichaelaV8f,

                                                    DominikaŠ7l,VeronikaA7l.

Nov. 27: Presentations         A – JanU, NicolD, TerezaB.

                                               B – AnnaCh, ZuzanaŠ, KristinaV.

                                               C – DavidH4l, AndreaB11+12, LukášB2l, Andrea Bl3f.

 Dec. 4: Presentations          A – TerezaD, ErenS, MichaelaKl.

                                               B – BoleslavŽ, JanKř.

                                               C – JanB2f, MartaA1l, LucieČ10.

Dec. 11: Credit test, assessments.