SPOKEN FLUENCY A, B                     FALL  2013


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

                                  B: G21, Tue 1410-1540

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

office hours: Tue 10-12, Wed 12-14, Thu 1430-1530.


Assessment: Peer

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

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

- 1pt difference between them if you heard 18+ presentations,

- 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

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



Individual  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 prior to class or missed presentation

                                    date


Sep. 24: Introduction. Constituents of a good spoken (x written)

              performance. Knowledge x skill. Automaticity.

              Spelling and pronunciation: The Chaos, the collections of

                                                                                   pronunciation
errors.

              A nursery rhyme and song to practice.


Oct. 1: Revision of nursery rhyme. Segmental exercises.

            Presentation dates.

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

Oct. 15: Stress patterns, the Chaos, presentation by K. Tomková.


Oct. 22: Presentations           A: Tadeáš T, Lucia T, Hanna M.

                                               B: Jiří B, Anna M, Maksim S.

Oct. 29: Presentations           A – Veronika B, Jana J, Eva K.

                                              B –  Pavla N, Daniela Š, Barbora V.

Nov. 5: Presentations   A – Veronika M, Kristýna Š, Jan Š, Mateja K.

                                     B – Tamara D, Michaela T, Lenka Ž, Ondřej L.

Nov. 12: Presentations          A –  Silvia K, Denisa K, Anna P, Markéta Š.

                                               B – Martina K, Pavel P,  Barbora T, Liliana P.

Nov. 19: Presentations          A – Michaela F, Hana H, Kamila Š, Alena B.

                                               B – Martin O, Eliška P, Zuzana S, Tomáš H.

Nov. 26: Presentations          A – Paula P, Blanka Š, Luisa P, Vivien Sz.

                                               B- Barbora Š, Monika V, Kristýna R.

Dec. 3: Presentations             A – Ekaterina K, Helena B.

                                               B- Michal L, Vojtěch V, Jana Š.

Dec. 10: Credit test, assessments.