PdF:ONLINE_AS ONLINE_AS English Online - Spe - Course Information

ONLINE_AS ONLINE_AS English Online - Speaking

Extent and Intensity

0/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

PhDr. Alena Dobrovolná, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Martin Adam, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Ivana Hrozková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Zuzana Kršková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Tamara Váňová (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

doc. Mgr. Světlana Hanušová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education

Timetable of Seminar Groups

ONLINE_AS/01: No timetable has been entered into IS. A. Dobrovolná
ONLINE_AS/02: No timetable has been entered into IS. I. Hrozková
ONLINE_AS/03: No timetable has been entered into IS. L. Podroužková
ONLINE_AS/04: No timetable has been entered into IS. Z. Kršková
ONLINE_AS/05: No timetable has been entered into IS. M. Adam

Prerequisites

The prerequisites are an interest in the subject, a fast Internet connection and a possibility to video record youreselves (a camera or a mobile phone). The course is suitable for students with B1 level and above.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 200 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/200, only registered: 0/200, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/200

Course objectives

To improve students' presentation and discussion skills;
to encourage learners to evaluate their own performance;
to engage in self-monitoring and peer-monitoring as means of improving speaking performance.
At the end of the course the students should be able to use information gathered from different sources to prepare a presentation, to critically assess their and their peers´ language performance, discussion. The tasks try to prepare students for making presentations and for classroom interaction as second-language learners and teachers.

Syllabus

• 1 Structuring the presentation.
• 2 Getting the attention of the audience.
• 3 Structuring the talk.
• 4 Summarising and ending talk. Procedural vocabulary.
• 5 Expressing a point of view. Reporting, presenting contrasting or contradictory ideas.

Literature

• PATERSON, Ken, Caroline CAYGILL and Rebecca SEWELL. A handbook of spoken grammar : strategies for speaking natural English. 1st pub. Peaslake: Delta, 2011, 95 s. ISBN 9781905085545. info
• GUDE, Kathy. Advanced listening and speaking CAE. 3rd impression. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, 152 s. ISBN 0194534251. info
• GUDE, Kathy. Advanced listening and speaking CAE. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998, 152 s. ISBN 0194533476. info
• HARMER, Jeremy and John ARNOLD. Advanced speaking skills. 1st pub. London: Longman, 1978, xxii, 103. ISBN 0582515106. info

Teaching methods

videos followed by online discussions about features of spoken English, online homework, peer reviews

Assessment methods

2 speaking assignments (describing a picture and commenting on a topic for approx. 1 minute each) – peer reviewed; 1 final assignment – evaluated by the moderator; 4 comments/peer reviews of other students´ performances; studying recordings and detecting certain features (according to the task)

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
General note: kurz probíhá online; rychlé připojení k internetu nutností; level of English B1 and higher.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: projekt.

Teacher's information

https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/1441/jaro2016/ONLINE_AS/index.qwarp

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