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Motivation in ELT of Advanced Learners
Hubinová, Veronika ; Gráf, Tomáš (advisor) ; Luef, Eva Maria (referee)
(in English): The thesis aims to explore the role of motivation and demotivation in advanced English learners on their journey to make further language progress. Further, the thesis looks at the difference between advanced learners who are studying English major at university (EM) and advanced learners who are not pursuing any academic goals (NEM). The data were drawn from an anonymous online survey (n = 77) and four interviews conducted with two EM respondents and two NEM respondents. Next, the data was coded, and thematic categories were developed. First, the data was analysed together to establish patterns and next, the EM and NEM data was compared. For the quantitative analysis several statistical tests were employed. The interviews were coded based on the emergent themes and subsequently compared with the results from the questionnaires. The findings show that most advanced learners feel either the desire to consciously maintain their level of English or want to improve the weak aspects they observe in their language. Respondents were significantly motivated by intrinsic motivators, such as the wish to fulfill their inner satisfaction, or the desire to feel integrated into the foreign-language culture. As for demotivation, there was no prevailing factor found. However, many respondents...
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Cohesive devices and their counterparts in music
Hubinová, Veronika ; Gráf, Tomáš (advisor) ; Dušková, Libuše (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the similarity between a text and a short musical composition. Particularly, whether there are relationships in the musical composition that could be considered as parallels to linguistic cohesive devices. In linguistics these devices ensure the text's surface linkage and its overall connectedness. Therefore, this thesis considers the question whether musical composition contains ties that function on similar principal. The first chapters summarize the definition of cohesion and cohesive devices and subsequently demonstrate them on a textual analysis. Then the thesis discusses the similarities between text and music and by means of musical analysis attempts to find if linguistic cohesive devices are applicable to musical composition and also if they establish its overall unity. During the analysis, the obvious difference between the semantics in text and in music was observed. This resulted in many difficulties when trying to distinguish cohesion and coherence in music but also when trying to find counterparts to word functions or word classes. The analysis confirmed that not all counterparts are able to be found and also that the same quantitative overview as in a text is not possible to be done. It was stated that musical counterparts to cohesive devices do exist and that...
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