SPOKEN FLUENCY C                    AUTUMN 2014

Location and time:   Room G21, Thursday 1550-1720.


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

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


Assessment: 50% 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

                                         (max. 50pts)        (max. 50pts) 3pts 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 pres. date)


Sep. 25: 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.  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.


Oct. 23: Academic Oracy – preparation for oral exams, presentations and diploma


                    defences.


Oct. 30: Reading Week or first presentations – Jakub C., David C.,


Nov.  6: Presentations – Rebeka H.,  Anežka K., Jaroslav T., Veronika T.


Nov.13: Presentations – Barbara O., Boglárka Z., Jiří M.,  Lukáš V.


Nov.20: Presentations – Aysel S., Patrik E., Soňa K., Magdaléna V.


Nov.27: Presentations – Martin R., Amira S., Dovile A., Andrea P.


Dec. 4: Presentations – Marek T., Zoltán D., Natália P.


Dec.11: Assessment sheets handed in and processed. Exam minitalks.


Dec.18: Exam minitalks.


By Dec. 24, results posted in Study Materials.

Remedial interviews taken on Wednesday mornings during the examination period.