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Common Pronunciation Mistakes among Spanish Speakers of English with the Focus on Vowels
Pýcha, Jaroslav ; Červinková Poesová, Kristýna (advisor) ; Bojarová, Marie (referee)
This thesis is focused on vowels and describes them as to their articulatory, auditory, and acoustic properties. The following chapter presents a phonological description of two specific languages - English and Spanish. The aforementioned languages are then compared in their vocalic systems, phonotactical patterns and orthographical representation of vowels. Based on the knowledge gained from the comparison of English and Spanish, several hypotheses regarding Spanish pronunciation of English were formed. The validity of these hypotheses was investigated through the use of an experiment. 15 recording of native Spanish speakers reading an original English text are perceptually analysed in the empirical part. The aim is to prove that the wide variety of English vowels causes pronunciation difficulties to Spanish speakers, who are used to differentiating only 5 pure vowels. The socio-cultural background and the language competencies of the respondents are considered when interpreting the amassed data. The results of the experiment, which confirm the majority of the hypotheses, are presented in the final part of the thesis.
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Development of Australia's Foreign Policy, her History and her Image in Czech Grammar School
Schwambergerová, Hana ; Gibbs, Michael (advisor) ; Bojarová, Marie (referee)
The aim of this diploma thesis was to acquaint the reader with Australian foreign policy - describe its development in the history, the most important events which have shaped the Australian attitude towards the rest of the world in the last decades and also depict the current issues of Australian foreign affairs. The presumed interconnectedness of Australia with the rest of the world should be proven, giving evidence that it is significant for teachers to be able to mention at least the major features of Australian international presence. A small survey conducted among Czech grammar school teachers should hint whether Australia as such and its foreign policy issues are considered an important topic to be taught. Australia can be undoubtedly considered a vital proof of the predication that bad start does not necessarily mean a bad end. Having basically started its modern history as a vast prison where the British convicts and criminals were expected to serve their sentences, it was understandably struggling to find its own way of living and to gain at least a small reputation among the British colonies in the first dozens of years after it had been discovered. Nonetheless, the rough Australian climate steeled the already harsh incomers who managed to find their way of coping with the specific conditions and...
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In What Ways Is the English Language CHanging the World?
Pánková, Luisa ; Vít, Radek (advisor) ; Bojarová, Marie (referee)
This thesis deals with the growing importance of the English language in the world and social changes associated with it. The theoretical part is devoted to the historical development of English as a global language and its geographic expansion, as well as current changes connected with the English language. It is estimated that in the future the number of English speakers from other countries than the English-speaking ones will increase, and that this trend will affect the character of the language. The practical part mentions statistics related to information technology, language skills of Europeans and learning English in the Czech Republic. They are followed by examples of Anglicisms used in Czech, German and other languages. An Internet survey among primary school pupils, teenagers and adults is also an important part of the thesis. Detailed results are presented in the appendices.
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Didactic Perspective on Intersonorant Voicing
Brožová, Jana ; Červinková Poesová, Kristýna (advisor) ; Bojarová, Marie (referee)
This thesis aims at a comprehensive analysis of the phenomenon called inter-sonorant voicing which frequently occurs in the speech of Czech learners of English. The theoretical part focuses on a general description and explanation of this problem in the context of the negative interference from learners' mother tongue. The practical part contains a complete list of words prone to inter-sonorant voicing and describes the method of selection of these words. Finally, the results of this analysis were applied in creating teaching materials. KEY WORDS inter-sonorant voicing, Czech English, integration, phonemic awareness
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Post - 9/11 Novel : An Analysis of four novels dealing with the events of September 11th, 2001, birth of a new literary phenomenon
Zbořil, Jonáš ; Ženíšek, Jakub (advisor) ; Bojarová, Marie (referee)
This BA thesis is concerned with the analysis of four literary works by Johnatan Safran Foer (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close), Don DeLillo (Falling Man), Ken Kalfus (A Disorder Peculiar To The Country) and John Updike (Terrorist). As the novels will have been thoroughly introduced, a set of common motifs will be analysed. The need for self-reflection of the American (western) society, the urge for understanding the enemy and the reasons for hatred. The psychological, social, political and economical changes contemporary America had and has to face. The last part of the thesis tries to find out whether there is a new phenomenon (Post-9/11 Novel) forming in the contemporary Anglo-American literature, what are its aspects, its history and its future, which works are the most significant ones.
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