Masaryk university, brno faculty of education

Participation of students in the lessons 
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Ratio between the use of mother tongue and foreign language 
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Students‘ fluency during the activities 
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The use of relevant vocabulary 
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Climate in the classroom 
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Interaction among the students 
Notes were taken during each lesson and served as a valuable source of information for 
answering the reasearch questions and evaluation of the activity aims (see chapters 5.3.1 – 
5.3.8). 
5. Speaking Activities 
5.1 Aims of the Activities 
Since all of the activites are focused on speaking, the aims could be summarized as following: 
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Prepare students for real-life situations connected to their study programme 
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Improve their fluency 
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Boost and build up students‘ self-confidence
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Strenghten students‘ future postions in labour market by specialization in language 
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Encourage students to continue working and preparing on their own 
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Enhance their vocabulary related to their study programme 
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Eliminate stress from speaking by bringing joy into the activity 
Some of the aims are difficult to measure and quantify, yet I strongly believe that they 
play a major part in the process of learning. The higher self-confidence grows within the 
students, the higher motivation and participation in the lessons can be expected. Bringing joy 

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into the learning process is another important factor, in some cases resolving in further self-
study and reasearch at home. The main ‘unofficial’ goal of the teacher is to light up the spark 
of students‘ curiosity. 
5.2 General Outline for Individual Activities 
To make it clear and comprehensible, a common outline for all the activities has been 
created. The author expects that the activities will be used not only by him, but also by other 
colleagues in their lessons. Each activity can be adapted for various levels or changed to fit the 
current needs and circumstances. 
Name of the Activity