Speech is a skill we need in our daily lives. It gradually develops an important element of communication, beginning with the simple acquisition of words and the subsequent creation of more complex sentence structures. Speech development is systematically developed in primary school, where the child needs communication skills to acquire skills other than reading and writing skills. In the school environment, speech develops systematically and is reflected in various activities, including speech performance. Acquaintance, preparation, and implementation of a speech according to the curriculum take place in the 3rd grade of primary school. Students are then systematically introduced to the characteristics of speech performance, which include speech, content preparation, behaviour in front of listeners, learning to experiment, making eye contact, gaining confidence and gaining feelings for speaking in front of the target group. For successful speech performance is required a lot of effort and training. One of the ways to achieve these goals is the planned preparation and evaluation of the performance of a speech performance according to precisely defined criteria for achieving performance. The purpose of the master's thesis was to investigate how the introduction, implementation, and evaluation of speech performances in the 3rd grade of primary school takes place.
In the theoretical part of the master's thesis, the concept of communicative ability is presented, from which we have already found a presentation of rhetoric in speech. We focused on the phases of communication, verbal language, non-verbal elements, supporting the teacher in the development of students' speech, and also touched on the problems that arise in speech performances.
In the empirical part of the master's thesis, quantitative research is presented, which was obtained through a descriptive research methodology. The first part of the research was conducted with the help of an online survey questionnaire because the data for other partial research obtained with the observation sheet are given.
Both parts of the research were shown that teachers make extensive use of the implementation of speech performance in the 3rd grade, taking into account the characteristics of speech performance and learning objectives in the foreground. This is reflected in the rating scales or criteria for successful speech performance, which mostly covers all the necessary elements of speech performance. We found that most of the students' speeches end with feedback from peers and teachers, but they do not have all the options to correct or improve speech performance.
Obtained research results can help classroom teachers in 3rd grade to pay attention to speech performance factors in performance, performance, and final performance assessment.
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