Course detail
Rhetoric
FIT-RETAcad. year: 2020/2021
The course is the outcome of a well-proven methodology, leading to a step-by-step increase of the volume of vocabulary, the elimination of often repeated errors and failures in talking by using the experience of logopedic consultancy, getting familiar with the rhetoric art of the antiquity, the medieval age and the new era. The content of the course and the methods used, at the same time, conduct the trainees to getting knowledge of the most excellent literature monuments of the time.
Supervisor
Learning outcomes of the course unit
The knowledge acquired should provide for the cultivation of all modes of vocal and written communication. It should provide for the consolidation of the sense for mutual understanding and tolerance in interpersonal relations. A cultivated speech is supportive of a new dimension to technical erudition.
Prerequisites
No prerequisite knowledge is called for.
Co-requisites
Not applicable.
Recommended optional programme components
Not applicable.
Recommended or required reading
Altrichterová, B., Nastuneaková, M.: Rétorika pro každého. Praha : Vydavatelství ČVUT, 1997. (in Czech)
Altrichterová, B., Nastuneaková, M.: Rétorika pro každého. Praha : Vydavatelství ČVUT, 1997.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Not applicable.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Presence at the lectures with passing the test and furnishing a written work (approximately 2 pages of text, 500 - 1000 words).
Language of instruction
Czech, English
Work placements
Not applicable.
Aims
The basic aim of the course is to develop the ability to consciously cultivate spoken the language in terms of both content and formal, as well as to eliminate the trauma, bad habits and other content defects and deficiencies.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Attendance at lectures.
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme IT-BC-3 Bachelor's
branch BIT , 1. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
- Programme BIT Bachelor's, 1. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
- Programme IT-MGR-2 Master's
branch MBI , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, compulsory-optional
branch MPV , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, compulsory-optional
branch MGM , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, compulsory-optional
branch MSK , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, compulsory-optional
branch MIS , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, compulsory-optional
branch MBS , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, compulsory-optional
branch MIN , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, compulsory-optional
branch MMI , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, compulsory-optional
branch MMM , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, compulsory-optional - Programme MITAI Master's
specialization NADE , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NBIO , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NGRI , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NNET , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NVIZ , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NCPS , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NSEC , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NEMB , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NHPC , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NISD , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NIDE , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NISY , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NMAL , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NMAT , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NSEN , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NVER , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NSPE , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
Type of course unit
Lecture
26 hours, optionally
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
- The nonobviousness of the ability to convey ideas in words
- Rhetoric as art, born in the environment of Greek democracy
- Classical speech construction
- Evaluation of psychological and social circumstances
- Body language and gestures
- The art of persuading
- Eristic dialectics and its tricks
- Ethos of spoken speech
- Empathy and ability to listen