AJ11501 Spoken Fluency Practice

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Kateřina Tomková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Timetable of Seminar Groups
AJ11501/A: Tue 10:00–11:35 G21, K. Tomková
AJ11501/B: Tue 11:40–13:15 G21, K. Tomková
AJ11501/C: Wed 11:40–13:15 G21, K. Tomková
AJ11501/D: Wed 13:20–14:55 G21, K. Tomková
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AJ09999 Qualifying Examination && !NOW( AJ13001 Academic Writing )
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 72 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/72, only registered: 0/72, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/72
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course is compulsory for students of English and optional for those outside the English department. Its goal is to make students aware of the specificities of spoken language as opposed to written (its immediacy). They establish what the constituents of a good spoken performance are and realize what their strong and weak skills are. Pronunciation is practised in depth over the first five weeks for the skills to become automatic. Students then prepare 30-minute presentations treating other speaking skills such as grammar, idiom and specific vocabularies. They participate in an ongoing project, a collection of common pronunciation errors made at the English department. The objective is for the students to acquire better speaking skills and take hints for further work.
Syllabus
  • Week 1: Profile of a fluent speaker. Collection of pronunciation errors. Segmental and suprasegmental training with a nursery rhyme. Week 2: Segmental exercises. Week 3: Tongue twisters. Week 4: Stress patterns. Week 5: The Chaos by Trenite. Weeks 6-11: Presentations. Credit week: Peer assessment.
Literature
  • Individual, according to presentation topic
Teaching methods
The first five weeks are devoted to active pronunciation training. Emphasis is put on ample repetition. Students then take turns in giving presentations, 20-30 minutes in duration, with a 10-15 minute feedback by the teacher and fellow students where the speech's content and form are discussed.
Assessment methods
This is a peer assessed course. Each student ranks presentations in a final scale. 80% of the final mark is the average of fellow students' points (max. 80) for the student's presentation, the main criterion being how useful it was for their speaking practice. The teacher awards up to 20 pts for attendance, active class participation and progress made. Resits which take the form of Cambridge oral examination can be taken during the examination period.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Spring 2000, Autumn 2000, Spring 2001, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021.
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