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Evaluation of Error Mark-Up in a Learner Corpus of Czech
Štindlová, Barbora ; Šebesta, Karel (advisor) ; Petkevič, Vladimír (referee) ; Šindelářová, Jaromíra (referee)
Title: Evaluation of Error Mark-Up in a Learner Corpus of Czech Author: Barbora Štindlová Department: Institute of Czech Language and Theory of Communication, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague Supervisor: prof. PhDr. Karel Šebesta, CSc. Abstract: The thesis deals with the topic of Czech as a second language, while introducing methods of corpus linguistics as applied to texts produced by language learners. The context is the process of building and exploiting a learner corpus, with a focus on its error mark-up and options for evaluating the annotation scheme. Learner corpora have become a major resource for investigating a learner interlanguage and a significant incentive for many different types of research and teaching of second/foreign languages. They are used mainly for contrastive studies of native and non-native speakers, i.e. for contrastive interlanguage analysis, and for computer-aided error analysis of the learner language. This kind of analysis is crucially dependent on the type and quality of the error mark-up. In every error-annotated corpus the error annotation is based on an error typology, which is necessarily problematic from a number of theoretical aspects. Evaluation of the reliability and validity of the annotation scheme design is therefore an important step in the build-up...
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Self-awareness in the dark therapy
ŠTINDLOVÁ, Barbora
Presented work focuses on the proces of self-knowing during the Dark Therapy (DT). The theoretical part is devoted to the modern concept of DT in the Czech Republic and the placement of this therapy into a historical kontext. This section also describes the conditions, course and effects of DT to human psyche and health.. The last section of the theoretical part devotes attention to self-knowing and associated areas. The aim of the practical part is to map out how DT graduates perceive and experience Stay in the dark and whether they relate to better self-knowledge and self-awareness in a relatively short time after graduation. The design of qualitative research is a multiple case study. The data were collected by a half-structured interview with 8 respondents shortly after DT. The data obtained through the interviews was subsequently analyzed in the open coding process, the individual categories are presented by the technique of unloading the cards both in the individual case studies and in their comparison. It was found that motives for DT, personality developmental anchorages and activities performed during DT to some degree determined the experiences and knowledge of the respondents they gained during therapy. Respondents focused in the dark on recapitulation of their life experiences and relationships, which often made it possible to deal with past experiences or rethink their attitudes and opinions. The knowledge of the respondents concerned their dispositions, physical perception, relationship with other people or professional orientation. Frequent evidence is the "mindfulness" of the respondents, who during the stay felt to be spiritually, more conscious, "here and now". Respondents showed an increase in self-acceptance, self-confidence and acceptance of others.
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The Mediating Language in Teaching Czech as a Second Language
Dušková, Jana ; Šebesta, Karel (advisor) ; Štindlová, Barbora (referee)
The thesis deals with the code choice in the language classroom, particularly with teaching Czech as a foreign language. This thesis is an excursion into contemporary teaching Czech as a foreign language and its main aim is to explore the role of the code choice in CFL teaching and find out the motives of this choice on the part of the teacher - whole thesis is therefore primarily concerned with teacher's code choice in the language classroom and with factors that influence the choice. This aim is realized with the use of several case studies that examine in detail the code choice in several courses of Czech for foreigners using participant observation, semi- structured interview and the results of previous similar studies are taken into account. In conclusion, the results of individual studies are compared and we tried to find out trends and key factors that could play an important role in the code choice in the language classroom. Key words : Czech as foreign language, classroom language communication, case study, teacher talk, code choice, mediating language
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Evaluation of Error Mark-Up in a Learner Corpus of Czech
Štindlová, Barbora ; Šebesta, Karel (advisor) ; Petkevič, Vladimír (referee) ; Šindelářová, Jaromíra (referee)
Title: Evaluation of Error Mark-Up in a Learner Corpus of Czech Author: Barbora Štindlová Department: Institute of Czech Language and Theory of Communication, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague Supervisor: prof. PhDr. Karel Šebesta, CSc. Abstract: The thesis deals with the topic of Czech as a second language, while introducing methods of corpus linguistics as applied to texts produced by language learners. The context is the process of building and exploiting a learner corpus, with a focus on its error mark-up and options for evaluating the annotation scheme. Learner corpora have become a major resource for investigating a learner interlanguage and a significant incentive for many different types of research and teaching of second/foreign languages. They are used mainly for contrastive studies of native and non-native speakers, i.e. for contrastive interlanguage analysis, and for computer-aided error analysis of the learner language. This kind of analysis is crucially dependent on the type and quality of the error mark-up. In every error-annotated corpus the error annotation is based on an error typology, which is necessarily problematic from a number of theoretical aspects. Evaluation of the reliability and validity of the annotation scheme design is therefore an important step in the build-up...
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