Speech as Active Communication 2
| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202EVC2 | ZK | 2 | 1T | English | summer |
Subject guarantor
Name of lecturer(s)
Howard Scott LOTKER, Michaela RAISOVÁ
Learning outcomes of the course unit
- Discovering one's own speaking voice, and how to work with it.
- Discovering one's spoken English, how to work with it.
- Learning to listen and. hear
- Learning to speak with sense and logic.
- Learning to speak expressively and with expression .
- Learning to speak with someone (and with oneself).
The voicework is based on selected texts in English.
Mode of study
- Regular practical classes in small groups and one on one.
- Analysis of attempts and final presentations.
- Discussions about recommended literature.
Prerequisites and co-requisites
- Functional listening skills, and ability for functional, speech creation.
- Communicativeness.
- Interest.
- Basic talent and education
- Linked to Speech Propedeutics 1.
Course contents
Systematic work from class to class and intensive preparations at home on a selected text or texts.
Linked to Speech Propedeutics 1 - dependent on talent.
Recommended or required reading
Berry, Cicely: Voice and the Actor. New York: Wiley Publishing, 1973.
Donnellan, Declan: The Actor and the Target. London: Nick Hern Books 2005.
Gutekunst, Christina and Gillet, John: Voice into Acting. London: Bloomsbury 2014.
Houseman, Barbara: Finding your Voice, London: Nick Hern Books 2002.
Ong, Walter J.: Orality and Literacy and technologizing of the word. London, New York: Routledge 2012.
Rodenburg, Patsy: The Actor Speaks. London: Methuen Drama 1997.
Rodenburg, Patsy: The Need for Words: Voice and the Text. London: Methuen Drama 2005.
Vyskočil, Ivan and company: (Inter)acting with the inner partner. (Edited by Michal Čunderle and Alex Komlosi), Czech translated by Alexander Komlosi. Praha: Brkola 2011.
Assessment methods and criteria
Credit is awarded based on: class participation, attendance, homework (75%), final presentations, and discussions on recommended readings.
Schedule for winter semester 2020/2021:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
Schedule for summer semester 2020/2021:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
The subject is a part of the following study plans
- Authorial Acting in English (B.A.) (required subject)
- Authorial Acting in English (B.A.) (required subject)