XCJ06 Language Culture and Communication Skills

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Bc. Klára Březinová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. et Mgr. Marek Lollok, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Hana Křížová, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Petra Rozbořilová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course, students are able to express themselves in standard Czech in front of an adult and child audience. They are able to prepare a speech on a specific topic and manage it successfully. They are able to evaluate speeches from the point of view of nonverbal communication, voice technique, stylistic accomplishment, composition, argumentation and from the matter-of-fact point of view. They are acquainted with contemporary social and political issues related to teaching, education, especially to its lowest stages, to family and family politics and they are able to discuss such topics in a high quality way. They have gained basic knowledge and skills from the area of rhetoric. They know communication skills that should be mastered by a pre-school-aged child. They can evaluate such communication skills by children and develop them in the form of didactic games.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students will be able to: - prepare a rhetorical performance on selected topic. - evaluate speeches from the perspective of non-verbal communication, vocal techniques, language skills, stylistics, and from the point of view of composition, argumentattion and topicality - identify communicative skills of pre-school child. - know current social and political issues related to education, especially to its lowest grades, with special attention to the questions of family and family policy.
Syllabus
  • 1. Verbal and nonverbal communication. 2. The role of stylistic factors in the communication process. 3. Spoken and written communication . 4. History of speaking. 5. Preparation of speech. Ways of coping with stress. 6. Nonverbal communication and vocal technique (phrasing, voice modulation, articulation). 7. Standard pronunciation. Written Czech and other units of the national language. 8. Theory of argumentation. 9. Speaking tricks. Communication and ethics. 10. Communicative skills of preschool child. 11.- 12. Didactic games developing communication skills of a pre-school child. In the combined study, topics are discussed in blocks.
Literature
  • BUCHTOVÁ, Božena. Rétorika. Praha: Grada, 2009. ISBN 978-80-247-3031-8.
  • MŠMT. Rámcový vzdělávací program pro základní vzdělávání. Praha: Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy ČR, 2013, 143 pp. info
  • BYTEŠNÍKOVÁ, Ilona. Komunikace dětí předškolního věku (Communication preschool children). první. Praha: Grada Publishing, a.s., 2012, 236 pp. ISBN 978-80-247-3008-0. info
  • HÁJKOVÁ, Eva. Rétorika pro pedagogy : základy řečových technik, verbální a neverbální komunikace, jaké jazykové prostředky zvolit, jak zvládnout interpretaci textu. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2011, 208 s. ISBN 9788024719900. URL info
  • KRAUS, Jiří. Rétorika a řečová kultura. Vyd. 2., dopl. Praha: Karolinum, 2010, 190 s. ISBN 9788024618296. info
  • ŠPAČKOVÁ, Alena. Moderní rétorika : jak mluvit k druhým lidem, aby nám naslouchali a rozuměli. 3., doplněné vydání. Praha: Grada, 2009, 141 stran. ISBN 9788024729657. URL info
  • VOPEL, Klaus W. Skupinové hry pro život 2 : uvolnění napětí, zvědavost, učení, komunikace, vztahy : pro děti od 6 do 12 let. Translated by Dana Lisá - Alena Veselá. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2008, 133 s. ISBN 9788073673529. info
  • ČECHOVÁ, Marie, Marie KRČMOVÁ and Eva MINÁŘOVÁ. Současná stylistika. Vydání první. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2008, 381 stran. ISBN 9788071069614. info
  • BYTEŠNÍKOVÁ, Ilona. Rozvoj komunikačních kompetencí u dětí předškolního věku. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2007, 200 s. ISBN 9788021044548. info
  • VOPEL, Klaus W. Skupinové hry pro život 1 : zařazení do skupiny, kontakt, smyslové vnímání, přátelství, sebevědomí : pro děti od 6 do 12 let. Translated by Dana Lisá - Alena Veselá. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2007, 138 s. ISBN 9788073672867. info
  • SCHILLER, Pamela Byrne. Hry pro rozvoj dětského mozku. Translated by Pavla Le Roch. Vydání první. Praha: Portál, 2004, 126 stran. ISBN 8071789054. info
  • LOTKO, Edvard. Kapitoly ze současné rétoriky. 2. vydání, aktualizované. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2004, 202 stran. ISBN 8024407965. info
  • ŠIMANOVSKÝ, Zdeněk and Václav MERTIN. Hry pomáhají s problémy. Vyd. 2. Praha: Portál, 2000, 159 s. ISBN 80-7178-408-7. info
  • ŠVANDOVÁ, Blažena and Milan JELÍNEK. Argumentace a umění komunikovat (Argumentation and the art of communication). první. Brno: PedF MU Brno, 1999, 330 pp. Monografie 74. ISBN 1-210-2186-1. info
  • HERMOCHOVÁ, Soňa. Hry pro život :sociálně psychologické hry pro děti a mládež. 2. vyd. Praha: Portál, 1995, 174 s. ISBN 80-7178-042-1. info
Teaching methods
A seminar combined with discussions on the specialized issues of the subject, practical training, class discussion.
Assessment methods
The course ends with a final test; part of the evaluation are also ongoing tasks, which are a prerequisite for access to the test. The test contains 25 short questions, and the student must successfully answer at least 75 percent of them.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 8 hodin (4 x 2).
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