How to Handle Speech (HTHS)

RESERVED BOOKS SHELF

Please leave the course reference books on the reserved shelf. If you have removed any, please replace them at once so that others can use them too.

END OF TERM TEST

The test will take place on Wednesday 14 July 2004, 08.00-10.00h in the AUDI MAX. Please be very punctual and cooperative, leaving two desks between yourself and your neigbour, and an empty row between occupied rows.
The exam will not start until everyone is seated appropriately.

SAMPLE TEST

Here is a sample test with a structure similar to the one you will take at the end of term. Note that the questions will of course be different in detail!
You will find information about the concepts, process and technical terms you need to know on the class web pages of the instructors (see below) and in the course-book.

Instructors

Dafydd Gibbon (office hour Monday 12-13, C6-138)
Tutor: Nadine Borchardt

Sophie Salffner (office hour Monday 10-11, C6-139)
Tutor: Anke Eberhard

Further assistance is available in the Phonetics Lab.

Course book

Participants are expected to have a copy of the coursebook:
J. Clark \& C. Yallop (1995), An Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology, Oxford: Blackwell (or a later edition).

Classes

Three parallel classes will be held:

Gibbon (Thursday 8.15-9.45, C01-277)
Salffner (Tuesday 8.15-9.45, C01-277; Wednesday 8.15-9.45, C01-273)

Participation

Participation means active participation, and includes:

Regular attendance.
Class exercises.
Class preparation / homework.
Powerpoint presentation on a specific topic.

Qualification

According to the B.A. regulations, 3 points will be awarded as follows:

For attendance.
For active participation (see above).
For the test.

The grade for the class will be awarded on the basis of performance in the test in the last but one week of term. This will be a joint test for all three classes.

For those studying in the Grundstudium under the M.A. regulations, it will be possible to obtain a

Teilnahmeschein under the same participation conditions as the B.A. students,
Zwischenprfung by sucessful performance in the same test as the B.A. students,
Hausarbeit under the usual conditions (see Gibbon's Teaching page and the checklist there).

Notes on presentation

Document planning: Note the three main components of document planning:
- Content: Think about this carefully: What should, what should not be included? What textual content (and what text objects such as lists and tables) and what multimedia content (graphics, sounds) is necessary? How much explanation and where will you need examples?
- Structure: Plan the overview, the introduction, sensible sections in the body of your presentations, appropriate placement of examples, conclusion.
- Media: Powerpoint (or Open Office Presentation) offers many strategies for getting and keeping the attention of the user, and for helping the user to understand the structure and the content. Use them with discrimination - you are not designing a Disney film... You can additionally use other media - paper handouts, overhead transparencies (slides).
Distribution: If you also have paper handouts, they should be distributed in class before your report. Reduced-size copies of slides can be distributed before or after the report. PowerPoint presentations will be collected and will be available at the end of term on CD-ROM.
Style: For a slide or PowerPoint presentation, make sure that you do not cram too much information on to one page, and do not use fonts which are too small. The minimum font size should be 18pt to ensure good visibility.
Performance: How to interact with your media and the audience is quite a complex task which also needs very careful preparation. The main point to watch: talk to a few judiciously selected individual members of your audience in different locations, don't be hypnotised by your presentation and stare at it all the time!