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Impact of Intersonorant Voicing on the Perception of Foreing Accent in the Speech of Advanced Czech Learners of English
Dvořáková, Martina ; Červinková Poesová, Kristýna (advisor) ; Matuchová, Klára (referee)
This thesis aims at exploring the impact of intersonorant voicing (/ˈbeɪzɪk/ instead of /beɪsɪk/) that frequently occurs in the speech of Czech learners of English on the degree of foreign accentedness. To evaluate this phenomenon, the method of a perception test was used. The sample phrases with and without the aforementioned mistake were evaluated by native speakers of the English language. The result of their observation, the level of foreign accentedness, was marked on a seven point scale and analysed by the author with the aim of either confirming or rejecting two original hypotheses concerning the relationship between the intersonorant voicing and foreign accentedness when featured in various positions.
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Experiential Education: Teaching English Language to Adults
Kyršová, Eliška ; Hofmannová, Marie (advisor) ; Matuchová, Klára (referee)
The diploma thesis focuses on experiential education as a possible and efficient methodology for teaching ESL to adult learners. The theoretical part scrutinizes the key principles of the method and investigates its background. In addition, the thesis clarifies the concept of learning styles and Kolb's Learning Cycle. The following sections deal with the adult learner as a specific type of learner with his characteristic needs and factors influencing his SLA. Furthermore, the benefits of experiential education for the adult learner are considered. The practical part introduces several concrete activities using elements of experiential education. These activities were described in detail and piloted in a group of adult learners.
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Relevance of Australianisms in English Language Teaching
Hillier, Markéta ; Matuchová, Klára (advisor) ; Dvořák, Bohuslav (referee)
TITLE: The Relevance of Australianisms in English Language Teaching AUTHOR: Markéta Hillier DEPARTMENT: Department of English Language and Literature SUPERVISOR: PhDr. Klára Matuchová, Ph.D. ABSTRACT: The proposed thesis explores the existence of Australian English, the part it plays in Australian culture, available sources on the subject, the direction in which it is heading and the relevance of its teaching to foreign students. The theoretical section of the thesis explores the development of Australian English, modern Australian English, second language acquisition and aspects and importance of teaching vocabulary. The practical part of this thesis introduces two hypotheses: "Australianisms are constantly evolving and in order to keep up with new generations, fresh texts should be developed as a reference for both foreign students and tourists" and "Australian English vocabulary is very different to other English varieties; therefore, students need to be exposed to Australianisms in order to successfully communicate in the Australian environment". Upon statistical analysis the first hypothesis is supported with the second hypothesis being partially supported. KEYWORDS: Australia, Australian English, Australianisms, Second Language Acquisition, Vocabulary
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Stylistic Differences in English Speeches of Male and Female Members of the European Parliament
Buňková, Jana ; Matuchová, Klára (advisor) ; Morgan, Craig Alan (referee)
This diploma thesis is a sociolinguistic analysis of speeches rendered in English by members of the European Parliament. The aim of this diploma thesis is to analyze the stylistic patterns in speeches of members of the European Parliament based on gender, as a sociolinguistic factor. This thesis is based on three main linguistic disciplines: grammar, stylistics and sociolinguistics. The practical part is based on a research of 100 randomly chosen members of the European Parliament, 50 men and 50 women, whose speeches rendered in English, were transcribed and analyzed by the quantitative method used for a comparison of linguistic features. This thesis predominantly focuses on grammatical analysis of parts of speech and syntax. It also deals with hyper- sentential links: cohesion and coherence. This thesis also includes profiles of MEP which, together with other sociolinguistic researches, help to interpret the results of a grammatical analysis. The practical part is concluded by profiles of hypothetic MEPs who are likely to render their speech in English.
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Usage and meaning of extinct Germanic languages in the novels of J. R. R. Tolkien
Kales, Josef ; Ženíšek, Jakub (advisor) ; Matuchová, Klára (referee)
About 450 anthroponyms and toponyms associated with the English literary works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are either borrowed from or etymologically (mostly as asterisk names) located into difference languages other than English as the reference language. This huge figure includes names from earlier versions of the narrative and excludes a huge number of proper names in wholly distinct Tolkien's invented tongues (actually several hundred), a few dozen elements pertaining to older stages of English as early as the Middle English period and more than 60 names from Classical languages and as a whole based on generic or botanical names, which, technically, are not proper names from extinct languages.
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Inter-sonorant Voicing in the Speech of Czech Learners of English
Feldmanová, Sabina ; Červinková Poesová, Kristýna (advisor) ; Matuchová, Klára (referee)
This bachelor thesis elaborates on the inter-sonorant voicing phenomenon which is to be found in Czech English. The theoretical part describes the rules for voicing changes of consonants and some of the general pronunciation rules in a wider context of connected speech in both Czech and English. Further, it gives a brief description and explanation of the origin of inter-sonorant voicing. The practical part introduces two hypotheses and provides details of the original research of inter-sonorant voicing phenomenon among Czech upper-secondary school students, as well as it presents the results in relation to the two hypotheses.
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Cockney Dialect
Nechanský, Tomáš ; Matuchová, Klára (advisor) ; Červinková Poesová, Kristýna (referee)
This thesis aims to provide the reader with a comprehensive description of phonetic, lexical and grammatical variations of the Cockney dialect. Not only does it comment on the linguistic aspects of Cockney, but it also refers to the sociolinguistic point of view, offering a comparison of Cockney and the Queen's English based on Bishop and Coupland's sociological survey of English accents. Moreover, it gives the reader a historical overview of Cockney, presenting Cockney's development and its influence on the standard forms of English. As an additional source of information, my own questionnaire research was conducted. The survey attempts to support the notion that Cockney with its long history is not a dialect that is dying out, but a dialect that still influences the speech of people outside London. The results of my survey confirm the relevant status of Cockney among modern British dialects.
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Influence of modern English on current Czech vocabulary in the field of IT
Drápalík, Michal ; Matuchová, Klára (advisor) ; Vít, Radek (referee)
The main theme of this work is the influence of modern English on the contemporary Czech vocabulary. It isets itself the goal to at least partly map the development of this influence, reasons for the increase in volume of the borrowed words and the motivation for borrowing words. Also a part of this work is an overview of the thematic areas in which borrowing words occurred most often. The work itself is divided into a theoretical part containing the above mentioned analysis as well as classification of anglicisms according to various criteria and then the practical part containing a specialized dictionary mapping the terminology of Information Technologies selected from lectures and specialized magazines, additionaly it is terminology which had not yet been codified. One of the most difficult parts of this work was selecting the right entries which would be known even to people outside of a small circle of computer specialists but which were also new enough not to be included in already published distionaries. To check this I have among others used Nový akademický slovník cizích slov (Academia Praha, 2007). The target audience of this work is a reader aware of the increasing pace of development of the world around him who noticed the growing volue of anglicisms in Czech. This work then offers at least...
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