AJ0208 Academic Skills: Speaking

Faculty of Education
Spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Olga Dontcheva-Navrátilová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Olga Dontcheva-Navrátilová, 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
AJ0208/01: Mon 12:05–13:45 učebna 12, O. Dontcheva-Navrátilová
Prerequisites
! AJPV_ASSP Academic Skills: Speaking
Advanced level of English Experience gathered in the course AJPV:ASLI Academic Skills: Listening is an advantage
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main objective of the course is to improve students' presentation and discussion skills and thus prepare them for the state exam (the defence of their dissertations).
The activities included in the course try to prepare students for drafting and making presentations in seminars and for classroom interaction as second-language learners and teachers.
The second objective of the course is to encourage learners to evaluate their own performance and 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 make a presentation and handle quwstions in a following dicsussion, to critically assess their language performance, body language and work with visual aids during a presentation; furthermore they should be aware of different strategies for asking and answering questions during a post-presentation discussion.
Throughout the semester students are encouraged to link theory in the classroom to practice at schools via practical tasks.
Syllabus
  • 1. Spoken and written English. Choice of topic. Collecting information from different sources.
  • 2. Presentation skills. Structuring the presentation.
  • 3. Speaking to small and large audiences. Style adjustment. Getting the attention of the audience. Voice quality and body language.
  • 4. Monitoring talk. Summarising and ending talk. Procedural vocabulary.
  • 5. Expressing a point of view. Reporting, presenting contrasting or contradictory ideas.
  • 6. Talking and visual aids: organizing the board/ handout/ Power-point presentation.
  • 7. Making your presentation interesting: telling jokes and stories.
  • 8. Discussion skills: topic control, argumentation and persuasion.
  • 9. Making suggestions, interrupting, hedging and politeness.
  • 10. Asking and answering questions.
  • 11. Discussion of speaking skills development and speaking activities observed during teaching practice.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • ANDERSON, Kenneth, Tony LYNCH and Joan MACLEAN. Study speaking : a course in spoken English for academic purposes. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, 224 s. ISBN 0521533961. info
  • WALLACE, Michael J. Study skills in English. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, 1 zvuková. ISBN 0521537533. info
  • NUNAN, David. Language teaching methodology :a textbook for teacher. Harlow: Longman, Pearson Education, 2000, xiv, 264 s. ISBN 0-13-521469-6. info
  • LYNCH, Tony. Study listening : a course in listening to lectures and note-taking. 2nd ed. Cambridge: University Press, 2004, 214 s. ISBN 0521533872. info
Teaching methods
Seminars including presentations, class discussions, group-work and self-study. The self-study modules consist of reading assignments, projects and drills. Tasks for teaching practice.
Assessment methods
Continuous assessment based on presence and participation at seminars, presentation - passmark 70%
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Předmět bude realizován, pokud se přihlásí alespoň 15 studentů.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 2 hodiny.
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=947
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