SPOKEN FLUENCY A, B, D           AUTUMN 2014

Location and time:   A: Room G21, Wednesday 1410-1540

                                     B: Room G21, Wednesday 1550-1720

                                      D: Room G21, Wednesday 1050-1220

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

office hours: Tue 1300-1500, Thu 1300-1500.


Assessment: Peer

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

2 You scale them from best (50pts) 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 MINITALK - 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.

  Homework: Watching John Oliver Scottish Independence


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YkLPxQp_y0,

                     practising a nursery rhyme This is the house that Jack built (text
http://www3.amherst.edu/~rjyanco94/literature/mothergoose/rhymes/thisisthehousethatjackbuilt.html

pictures http://www.amazon.co.uk/House-Built-Classic-Books-Holes/dp/0859534685#reader_

and the song Rock-a-bye-baby http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9E_MJrl2so.


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.


Oct. 22: Academic Oracy – preparation for oral exams and diploma defences.

Oct. 29: Reading Week or first presentations.         A:

                                                                                  B:

                                                                                  D:


Nov.  5: Presentations          A:

                                               B:

                                               D:


Nov.12: Presentations          A:

                                               B:

                                               D:


Nov.19: Presentations          A:

                                               B:

                                               D:


Nov.26: Presentations          A:

                                               B:

                                               D:

Dec. 3: Presentations                       A:

                                               B:

                                               D:


Dec.10: Assessment sheets handed in and processed. Exam minitalks.


Dec.17: Exam minitalks.


By Dec. 24, results posted in Study Materials.

Remedial interviews taken on Wednesday mornings during the examination period.