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Motivation of Adults in ELT
Antonínová, Radka ; Dvořák, Bohuslav (advisor) ; Hofmannová, Marie (referee)
Tato práce se zabývá neformální výukou anglického jazyka dospělých. Pojednává o motivačních prvcích v jazykovém vzdělávání a jak je na motivační strukturu ve výuce anglického jazyka nahlíženo učiteli a jejich studenty. Cílem práce bylo prozkoumat motivační citlivost učitelů v tzv. one-to-one jazykových firemních kurzech a jaké motivační strategie v těchto kurzech učitelé využívají. Teoretická část této práce se zabývá pozadím tématiky vzdělávání dospělých a praktická čast práce se skládá ze dvou částí - dotazníkového šetření a pozorování výuky.
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Continuing Beginner Learners in Adult EFL Classes
Mihulková, Šárka ; Hofmannová, Marie (advisor) ; Dvořák, Bohuslav (referee)
This thesis deals with the issue of teaching continuing beginners in adult EFL classes. It focuses on the description of factors that may influence the learning stagnation among these learners, and it attempts to ascertain the extent to which these factors take effect. Consequently, the thesis aims to characterize Czech continuing beginners as an independent group of learners and to provide scientific evidence which could clarify the assumptions, underlying the continuing-beginner concept. Lastly, but importantly, the thesis also intends to instigate further research in the field. The subject was investigated from the perspective of available pedagogical, andragogcial and psychological literature. Accordingly, four major factors, which may be at the root of continuing-beginner phenomenon, were identified: a mismatch between learning and teaching styles, insufficient study motivation, hindrances to learning and learning disabilities. These four areas were further focused on in a questionnaire survey, using rating scales to determine the importance of the individual areas. The study worked with three hypotheses. Firstly, continuing beginners were expected to report difficulties in at least two of the established areas. Secondly, it was presupposed that the rate of learning disabilities would be somewhat...
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Learning English: Exceptional Ways and Needs of Exceptional Children
Urban, Petr ; Hofmannová, Marie (advisor) ; Fořtíková, Jitka (referee)
This diploma thesis has outlined the issues of gifted education and the problems which this whole area of education faces. It introduced the basic topics related to the gifted population such as the gift itself, its division etc. In addition, it described the basic forms of work with gifted students, with emphasis on the importance of teacher training and introduced (using interviews) the personal characteristics of teachers which are considered by the gifted students important. Furthermore it presented specific training needs of gifted students and showed the possibilities in helping the gifted. In its second part, this diploma thesis also presented some of the unusual methods which can be used in the process of teaching and which are usually highly effective when presented to gifted students. Individual methods were analysed and possible applications of each of those were described. For a better understanding, each of the methods was accompanied by an example. During the research I realized even more that the issue of gifted children and gifted individuals in general in the Czech Republic is not sorted out adequately. There are still many challenges to solve before talented individuals will be given the space for their education and also the following application at work and in life. Therefore,...
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Openings and Closures of English Lessons
Křížová, Barbora ; Hofmannová, Marie (advisor) ; Morgan, Craig Alan (referee)
The bachelor thesis is based on openings and closures of English lessons. As one of the sources it uses observation sheets from several schools, i.e. nursery, primary and secondary, and also data from English language courses for adults. The work aims to compare educational theory with school practices. Key words: lesson planning, openings and endings of lessons, observations, the teacher, the learner.
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CLIL. Content and Language Integrated Learning
Tejkalová, Lenka ; Hofmannová, Marie (advisor) ; Novotná, Jarmila (referee)
Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is a contemporary trend in education. It refers to every situation where a subject or its part is taught in a foreign language. The focus of this work is Mathematics in English. My aim was to confirm or reject the hypothesis of CLIL being motivating for the students and possible to implement in the Czech educational system. In the first part of this work, I focused on methodology related to CLIL, analyzing the language-teaching and general educational theories, methods and strategies used in CLIL lessons. The second part consisted of a minor survey on CLIL implementation in Prague and related opinions and attitudes of the school representatives. The third part presented detailed description of a CLIL lesson plan and reflection on my four teaching experiments. The CLIL lesson proved to be motivating for the students and seen as beneficial by the teachers, the methods chosen were appreciated; however, there are several issues that need to be dealt with in terms of successful CLIL implementation in the Czech Republic.
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Multiculturalism and Multicultural Education: Multiculturalism Education in the Czech Environment
Bouchnerová, Renata ; Higgins, Bernadette (advisor) ; Hofmannová, Marie (referee)
The work deals with the issue ofMulticulturalism and multicultural education in the Czech Republic, however, the world context is taken into consideration as well. The aim of the work is to present both the theoretical background of multicultural education and its practical realization in the Czech Republic with a focus on the possibilities of using English learning as a tool for its development. Based on the results of two pieces of research carried out in Czech primary and secondary schools, a sample handbook was put together to help English teachers to include multicultural education in their lessons. KLÍČOVÁ
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Common mistakes Czech students make in English and their Remedial Treatment
Ganev, Ondřej ; Dvořák, Bohuslav (advisor) ; Hofmannová, Marie (referee)
Common mistakes Czech students make in English represent the main topic of the presented master thesis. The theoretical part mainly deals with the presentation of various TEFL (Teaching English as Foreign Language) methods. Moreover, they are discussed from several perspectives, including techniques, strategies and principles while using the particular method, the role of the teacher, his or her relationship with students, and especially the response to errors within each of the methods. The purpose of presenting TEFL methods is to show also the connection between mistakes and methods themselves. Concerning the area of mistakes and their corrections, we focus on the classification of mistakes and their division. The practical part is based on various illustrations of mistakes from students' writing assignments. These mistakes are divided into four major classes, including grammar, spelling, wrong word and word order. The thesis also deals with the remedial treatment which may hopefully reduce the number of possible mistakes. The aim of the thesis is to compare the level of students' English language knowledge at the Secondary School of Tourism in Prague where the author works as an English teacher.
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Learning English: Exceptional ways and needs of exceptional children
Urban, Petr ; Hofmannová, Marie (advisor) ; Fořtíková, Jitka (referee)
This diploma thesis has outlined the issues of gifted education and the problems which this whole area of education faces. It introduced the basic topics related to the gifted population such as the gift itself, its division etc. In addition, it described the basic forms of work with gifted students, with emphasis on the importance of teacher training and introduced (using interviews) the personal characteristics of teachers which are considered by the gifted students important. Furthermore it presented specific training needs of gifted students and showed the possibilities in helping the gifted. In its second part, this diploma thesis also presented some of the unusual methods which can be used in the process of teaching and which are usually highly effective when presented to gifted students. Individual methods were analysed and possible applications of each of those were described. For a better understanding, each of the methods was accompanied by an example. During the research I realized even more that the issue of gifted children and gifted individuals in general in the Czech Republic is not sorted out adequately. There are still many challenges to solve before talented individuals will be given the space for their education and also the following application at work and in life. Therefore,...
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Current Approaches to English Teacher Education as Reflected in Trainees'Teaching Practice
Holý, Tomáš ; Hofmannová, Marie (advisor) ; Voňková, Hana (referee)
This work deals with the English language teacher training approaches administered at the Department of English Language and Literature of the Faculty of Education, Charles University in Prague. The work seeks answers to which aspects of teacher competence are developed by each of the approaches. As almost half of the trainees involved in the research had a previous teaching experience, the role of teaching experience on the development of teaching skills is also examined. Teacher trainees' written reflections on their teaching practice are analyzed using a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods. The results are related to current trends in teacher education.
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