SPOKEN FLUENCY A, B               AUTUMN 2015

Location and time:   A: Room G24, Thursday 1730-1900

                                     B: Room G23, Thursday 1550-1720


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

office hours: Tue 1100-1200 & 1430-1530, Wed 1400-1600, Thu 1430-1530.


Assessment: Peer

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

2 You scale them from best (50pts) to worst with min.

- 2pts difference between them if you heard 16+ presentations,

- 3pts difference between them if you heard 12-15 presentations,

- 4pts difference between them if you were present to 9-11 presentations,

- 5pts difference between them if you witnessed 8 presentations,

- 6pts gap if you heard 7, 7pts gap if you heard 6, 8 if you heard 5.

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 – ABSE



2pts if it´s something the student couldn´t influence such as illness or business trip EXCUSED
PRIOR

        TO CLASS
3pts as above if unexcused prior to class
4pts if not excused at all or if missing one´s own presentation
5 pts for missing one´s own presentation without prior notice.


Oct.   1: Introduction. Constituents of a good spoken (x written) performance.

              Knowledge x skill. Automaticity.

              Spelling and pronunciation: The Chaos, the collections of pronunciation errors.

Homework: practising the 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. 8: Revision of nursery rhyme and song. Segmental exercises. Presentation dates.


Oct. 15: Tongue twisters. Stress patterns and the Chaos assigned.


Oct. 22: Stress patterns, the Chaos.


Oct. 29: Academic Oracy – preparation for oral exams and diploma defences.


Nov.  5: Presentations by K. Tomková and             B: KatarínaZ, IvanaN., AdamK.

                                                                                  A: JurajP, NelaŠ.


Nov.12: Presentations          B: TomášŘ, OndřejV, PavelŠ, MartinH.

                                               A: MohamedA, KatrinJ, KristínaO, HalinaB.


Nov. 19: Presentations         B: OndřejM, PavlínaT, JoannaP.

                                               A: KateřinaS, EditaB,
OndřejH.


Nov. 26: Presentations         B: ViktóriaF, SueviaO, DanielŽ, LindaH.

                                               A: AlenaK, VlastaP, TomášT, VojtěchM.


Dec. 3: Presentations                        B: KateřinaŽ, JaromírS, SoňaF.

                                               A: JuliaF, AnaS., AdrijaK.

                                                   ex. Minitalks Ana + Julia


Dec.10: Presentations           B: EvaR, JakubW.

                                               A: PeterE, LilitM(EvgenijaV).


Dec.  17: Assessment sheets handed in. Exam minitalks.



By Dec. 22, results posted in Study Materials.

Remedial interviews taken on Tuesday mornings during the examination period.